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The Resurrection of Dr. Ox

From: <Rfbagby~at~aol.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:26:59 EDT
To: jvf~at~gilead.org.il 



Just now running the search "Ox Offenbach" on Google turned up the surprising 


news that Paris's Athenee-Theatre Louis Jouvert performed the Offenbach 


operetta last November (and, in fact, if I'm reading them right, a touring company 


only finished with that property this month!) This is appearently part of an 


annual tradition to dust off one of Offenbach's neglected titles for modern 


audiences.


While there were appearently no plans to have recorded this rarity, alas, 


just reading the text material is of course very interesting. For instance, this 


confirms that Offenbach invented a love interest for Ox himself in a "Princess 


of Transcaucasus" (one suspects Aiouda in 80 DAYS  has as much to do with 


this as Offenbach's own taste for comic-opera royalty.)


RF Bagby


Received on Thu 15 Apr 2004 - 16:27:29 IDT











      

    

    

      

        
      

    

    

    

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