A dash of paprika and a banquet of glorious music can be found in Emmerich Kalman's "The Csardas Princess," the 1915 operetta some observers believe to be the Hungarian composer's finest achievement. ...

The Hungarian Jewish composer of light music, Kálmán Imre (1882 –1953), better known by the Germanized version of his name, Emmerich Kálmán, continues to enjoy cult status in East and Central Europe.

Most opera companies have no compunction about delving into the lighter world of operetta. And why should they? The operetta repertoire abounds in splendid mixes of music and words to complement ...

Emmerich Kalman has written 10 shows including The Gay Hussars (Composer), Sari (Composer), Die Csárdásfürstin (Composer), Miss Springtime (Composer), Her Soldier Boy (Composer), The Yankee Princess ...

They say no minute goes by in the world without a melody of him being heard either on stage, on television, on the radio, at a concert or gala. And most often it is the melodies of The Csardas ...

We head to a concert by the Danish National Radio Orchestra. In concert in Copenhagen, Leopold Hager leads the orchestra first in a polka by Johann Strauss called Hail, Hungary. Then we hear the ...

Chicago Folks Operetta's 2012 staging of The Circus Princess, by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kalman Credit: Gerald Frantzen This weekend, Chicago Folks Operetta, which earlier this year mounted a rare ...

Chicago Folks Operetta is at it again, scouring dusty library shelves for operettas that once were the toast of Vienna and Berlin but have since fallen from the repertory, save for select opera houses ...