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Author Bozó, Péter, author.

Title Offenbach performance in Budapest, 1920-1956 : Orpheus on the Danube / Péter Bozó
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (80 pages) : illustrations
Series Cambridge elements : elements in musical theatre
Cambridge elements. Elements in musical theatre.
Summary As a legacy of the Habsburg Empire, performances of Jacques Offenbach's musical stage works played an important role in Budapest musico-theatrical life in the twentieth century. However, between the collapse of the Empire and the 1956 anti-Soviet revolution, political ideologies strongly influenced the character of these productions, when they took place. Public performances of Offenbach's works were prohibited between 1938 and 1945 and they became the bases for propagandadistic adaptations in the 1950s. This element explores how the local operetta tradition and the vogue of operettas featuring composers as characters during the interwar period were also important factors in how Offenbach's stage works were performed in mid-twentieth century Budapest in versions that sometimes bore little resemblance to the originals
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 23, 2022)
Subject Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880 -- Adaptations
SUBJECT Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880 fast
Subject Operetta -- Political aspects -- Hungary -- Budapest -- History -- 20th century
Hungary -- Budapest
Genre/Form History
Adaptations
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781108973410
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9781108968591
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