25 Oct 2006

Kitsch Operetta Has Audience Singing Along at Paris's Chatelet

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aGT.Sr.z_72Y&refer=muse

lopez_francis.jpgBy Jorg von Uthmann [Bloomberg.com, 25 October 2006]

Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Nobody writes operettas anymore, and the old ones, save for ``Die Fledermaus'' and ``The Merry Widow,'' are rarely produced.