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American Musical Theater in the Opera House
Larry Bomback, Director of Finance and Operations, OPERA America
Opera America Magazine •
9/1/2007
The American musical theater tradition, beginning with the musical comedies of the
early 20th century and continuing through the musical plays and concept musicals of
the present day, are rooted in a European tradition that has long captivated opera audiences
around the world — from the Viennese operetta of Lehár and Strauss to the French opera bouffe of
Offenbach and Chabrier, and even the British comic operas of Gilbert & Sullivan.
This article looks at several opera companies and their differing attitudes toward the inclusion of American musical theater in
regular season programming, and celebrates those that have historically included the stage works of Romberg, Friml, Herbert,
Weill, Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Rodgers, Berlin, Arlen, Loewe, Bernstein, Loesser, Willson, Sondheim and others as part of
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2002-2003 production of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. Photo by Dan Rest/Lyric Opera of Chicago.
their core repertory.
About the Author: Larry Bomback is operations manager of the New York
Youth Symphony and Lecturer of Music History at Hunter
College. His work has been published in The Musical Times,
Musicological Explorations and The Harmonizer, and he has
presented papers and lectures in the United States, Canada
and Great Britain. He is currently working on a book about
Irving Berlin for University of Mississippi Press.
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