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Operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, and length of the work. Apart from its shorter length, the oper ...
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Operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, and length of the work. Apart from its shorter length, the oper ...
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Paul Abraham Paul Abraham (; 2 November 1892 – 6 May 1960) was a Jewish-Hungarian composer of operettas, who scored major successes in the German-speaking world. His specialty – and own innovation – was the insertion of jazz interludes into operett ...
(1892–1960)

* '' Victoria und ihr Husar'' (1930) * '' Die Blume von Hawaii'' (1931) * '' Ball im Savoy'' (1932) * '' Roxy und ihr Wunderteam'' (1936)


Leo Ascher (1880–1942)

* ''
Hoheit tanzt Walzer ''Hoheit tanzt Walzer'' (Her Highness Dances the Waltz) is an operetta in three acts by Leo Ascher to a libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, with a plot loosely based on Oscar Straus' 1907 operetta ''Ein Walzertraum''. It premiered on ...
'' (1912)


Ralph Benatzky (1884–1957)

* '' Meine Schwester und ich'' (1930) * '' Im weissen Rössl'' (1930) * ''
Bezauberndes Fräulein ''Bezauberndes Fräulein'' (''The Charming Young Lady'') is a musical comedy in four scenes, similar in style to an operetta. Ralph Benatzky wrote both music and libretto, inspired by the French farce ''La petite chocolatière'' by Paul Gavault ...
'' (1933)


Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)

* ''
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Paul Burkhard (1911–1977)

* '' Hopsa'' (1935, revised 1957) * '' Feuerwerk (Der schwarze Hecht)'' (1950)


Alfred Cellier (1844–1891)

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The Mountebanks ''The Mountebanks'' is a comic opera in two acts with music by Alfred Cellier and Ivan Caryll and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The story concerns a magic potion that causes the person to whom it is administered to become what he or she has pre ...
'', 1892


Noël Coward (1899–1973)

* '' Bitter Sweet'' (1929)


Rudolf Dellinger (1857–1910)

* ''
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Anton Diabelli (1781–1858)

* '' Adam in der Klemme''


Nico Dostal (1895–1981)

* ''
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'' (1933) * '' Monika'' (1937) * '' Die ungarische Hochzeit'' (1939) * '' Manina'' (1942)


Edmund Eysler (1874–1949)

* '' Bruder Straubinger'' (1903) * '' Die gold'ne Meisterin'' (1927)


Leo Fall (1873–1925)

* '' Der fidele Bauer'' (1907) * ''
Die Dollarprinzessin ' is an operetta by Leo Fall. The German libretto was by Alfred Maria Willner and Fritz Grünbaum after the comedy by Emerich von Gatti and Thilo Friedrich Wilhelm von Trotha. Performance history It was first performed at the Theater an der Wi ...
'' (1907) * '' Brüderlein fein'' (1909) * ' (1912) * ''
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'' (1923)


Harold Fraser-Simson (1872–1944)

* ''
The Maid of the Mountains ''The Maid of the Mountains'', called in its original score a musical play, is an operetta or "Edwardian" musical comedy in three acts. The music was by Harold Fraser-Simson, with additional music by James W. Tate, lyrics by Harry Graham a ...
'' (1917)


Rudolf Friml (1879–1972)

* '' The Firefly'' (1912) * ''
Rose-Marie ''Rose-Marie'' is an operetta-style musical with music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. The story is set in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and concerns Rose-Marie La Flemme, a F ...
'' (1923) * ''
The Vagabond King ''The Vagabond King'' is a 1925 operetta by Rudolf Friml in four acts, with a book and lyrics by Brian Hooker and William H. Post, based upon Justin Huntly McCarthy's 1901 romantic novel and play ''If I Were King''. The story is a fictionali ...
'' (1925)


Edward German (1862–1936)

*''
The Emerald Isle ''The Emerald Isle''; ''or, The Caves of Carrig-Cleena'', is a two-act comic opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and Edward German, and a libretto by Basil Hood. The plot concerns the efforts of an Irish patriot to resist the oppressive "re- ...
'', 1901 *'' Merrie England'', 1902 *''
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'', 1907 *''
Fallen Fairies ''Fallen Fairies''; ''or, The Wicked World'', is a two-act comic opera, with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by Edward German. The story is an operatic adaptation of Gilbert's 1873 blank-verse fairy comedy, '' The Wicked World''. In Fair ...
'', 1909


Jean Gilbert (1879–1942)

* '' Die keusche Susanne'' (1910, revised 1953)


Walter Goetze (1883–1961)

* ''
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'' (1919) * ''
Der goldene Pierrot (') is a German-language operetta in eight scenes by Walter Goetze to a libretto by Oskar Felix and Otto Kleinert. It premiered on 31 March 1934 at the Theater des Westens in Berlin. Roles Synopsis ''Time and place: A large city by the Rhine ...
'' (1934)


Bruno Granichstaedten (1879–1944)

* '' Der Orlow'' (1925)


Victor Herbert (1859–1924)

* '' The Fortune Teller'' * '' Mlle. Modiste'' * '' Naughty Marietta'' (1910) * '' Sweethearts'' (1913) * '' Babes in Toyland'' * ''
The Red Mill ''The Red Mill'' is an operetta written by Victor Herbert, with a libretto by Henry Blossom. The farcical story concerns two American vaudevillians who wreak havoc at an inn in the Netherlands, interfering with two marriages; but all ends well. Th ...
''


Hervé, Pen-name of Florimund Ronger (1825–1892)

*'' Les chevaliers de la Table Ronde'' 1866 *''
L'œil crevé ''L'œil crevé'' (literally "The pierced eye", more loosely "It hit me right in the eye") is an ''opéra bouffe'' with libretto and music by Hervé, first produced in Paris on 12 October 1867 at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques. Main roles ...
'' 1867 *'' Chilpéric'' 1868 *''
Le petit Faust ''Le petit Faust'' is an opéra bouffe in four acts which burlesques the drama ''Faust'' by Goethe and the opera of the same name by Gounod. The music of the piece is by Hervé, with a text by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Adolphe Jaime. The wo ...
'' 1869 * '' Mam'zelle Nitouche'' (1883)


Richard Heuberger (1850–1914)

* '' Der Opernball'' (1898)


Jenő Huszka (1875–1960)

* '' Tilos a bemenet'' (''No entry'') * '' Bob herceg'' (''Prince Bob'') * '' Aranyvirág'' * ''
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'' * '' Tündérszerelem'' (''Fairly love'') * '' Rébusz báró'' (''Baron Rebus'') * '' Erzsébet'' (''Elisabeth'') * '' Lili bárónö'' (''Baroness Lili'') * '' Mária föhadnagy'' (''Corporal Maria'') * '' Gyergyoi bál'' (''Ball in Gyergyo'') * ''
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'' (''The nice Mrs Juhasz'') * '' Szabadság, szerelem'' (''Freedom and love'')


Victor Jacobi (1883–1921)

* '' A rátartós királykisasszony'' * '' Legvitézebb Huszár'' (''The Brave Hussar'') * '' Leányvásár'' (''The Marriage Market'') * '' Szibill''


Georg Jarno (1868–1920)

* '' Die Försterchristel'' (1907)


Leon Jessel (1871–1942)

* '' Das Schwarzwaldmädel'' (1917)


Emmerich Kálmán, also known as Imre Kálmán (1882–1953)

* '' Tatárjárás'' (''The Gay Hussars'') (1909) * '' Obsitos'' (''The soldiers on Leave'') * '' Der Zigeunerprimas'' (''The Gipsy violinist'') * ''
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Die Csárdásfürstin ' ( or ; ''The Csárdás Princess''; translated into English as ''The Riviera Girl'' and ''The Gipsy Princess'') is an operetta in 3 acts by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán, with libretto by Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach. It premiered in Vienna ...
'' (''The Csardasprincess'') (1915) * '' Die Faschingsfee'' * '' Das Hollandweibchen'' * '' Die Bajadere'' * ''
Gräfin Mariza ''Gräfin Mariza'' (; ''Countess Maritza'') is an operetta in three acts composed by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán, with a German libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It premiered in Vienna on 28 February 1924 at the Theater ...
'' (''Countess Mariza'') (1924) * ''
Die Zirkusprinzessin ' (''The Circus Princess'') is an operetta in three acts by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán to a German libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 26 March 1926 and went on to 344 per ...
'' (''The Circus Princess'')(1926) * ''
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Die Herzogin von Chicago ''Die Herzogin von Chicago'' (''The Duchess of Chicago'') is an operetta in two acts, a prologue, and an epilogue. The music was composed by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán with a libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It premiered ...
'' (''The Duchess of Chicago'') * '' Das Veilchen von Montmartre'' * '' Der Teufelsreiter'' * '' Kaiserin Josephine'' * '' Marinka'' * '' Arizona Lady''


Rudolf Kattnigg (1895–1955)

* '' Balkanliebe'' (1937)


Walter Kollo (1878–1940)

* ''
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'' (1917) * '' Die Frau ohne Kuss'' (1924)


Reginald De Koven (1859–1920)

* ''
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Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)

* ''
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'' (1932)


Eduard Künneke (1885–1953)

* '' Das Dorf ohne Glocke'' (1919) * '' Der Vetter aus Dingsda'' (''The Cousin from Nowhere'') (1921) * '' Liselott'' (1932) * '' Glückliche Reise'' (1932)


Hans Lang (1908–1992)

* '' Lisa, benimm dich!'' (1939)


Charles Lecocq (1832–1918)

* Fleur de thé (1868) *
La fille de Madame Angot ''La fille de Madame Angot'' (, ''Madame Angot's Daughter'') is an opéra comique in three acts by Charles Lecocq with words by Clairville (Louis-François Nicolaïe), Clairville, Paul Siraudin and Victor Koning. It was premiered in Brussels in ...
(1871) * Les cent vierges (1872) *
Giroflé-Girofla ''Giroflé-Girofla'' is an opéra bouffe in three acts with music by Charles Lecocq. The French libretto was by Albert Vanloo and Eugène Leterrier. The story, set in 13th century Spain, concerns twin brides, one of whom is abducted by pirates. ...
(1874) * Le petit due (1878) * La petite mademoiselle (1879) * Le Jour ella nuit (1881) * La princesse des Canaries (1883)


Franz Lehár (1870–1948)

* '' Wiener Frauen'' (''Women from Vienna'') * '' Der Rastelbinder'' * '' Göttergatte'' * '' Juxheirat'' * ''
Die lustige Witwe ''The Merry Widow'' ( ) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality ...
'' (''The Merry Widow'') (1905) * '' Der Mann mit drei Frauen'' (''The man with three wives'') * '' Fürstenkind'' * ''
Der Graf von Luxemburg ''Der Graf von Luxemburg'' (''The Count of Luxembourg'') is an operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár to a German libretto by Alfred Maria Willner, Alfred Willner, Robert Bodanzky, and Leo Stein (writer), Leo Stein. A Viennese take on Bohemianism, ...
'' (1909) * '' Zigeunerliebe'' (''The gipsy love'') (1910) * '' Eva'' * '' Die ideale Gattin'' (''The Ideal Wife'') * ''
Endlich allein ''Endlich allein'' (''Alone at Last'') is an operetta by composer Franz Lehár. It uses a German language libretto by A. M. Willner and Robert Bodanzky. It premiered on 30 January 1914 at the Theater an der Wien. It was revised, with a text by L ...
'' (''Finally alone'') (1914) * '' Sternglücker'' * '' Wo die Lerche singt'' * '' Die blaue Mazur'' * '' Tangokönigin'' (''The queen of tango'') * ''{{ill, Frühling (operetta), lt=Frühling, de, Frühling (Lehár)'' (''Spring'') * ''
Frasquita ''Frasquita'' is a 1934 Austrian musical film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Jarmila Novotná, Charlott Daudert, and Heinz Rühmann.Ball and Spiess p. 51 An operetta film, it is an adaptation of Franz Lehár's 1922 stage work of the same na ...
'' (1922) * '' La danza delle Libelulle - Libellentanz'' * '' Die gelbe Jacke'' (1923) * '' Clo-clo'' * '' Paganini'' (1925) * '' Gigolette'' * '' Der Zarewitsch'' (''The Tsarevich'') (1927) * '' Friderike'' (1928) * ''
Das Land des Lächelns ''The Land of Smiles'' (German: ') is a 1929 romantic operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár. The German language libretto was by Ludwig Herzer and Fritz Löhner-Beda. The performance duration is about 100 minutes. This was one of Lehár's later ...
'' (''The Land of Smiles'') (1929) * '' Schön ist die Welt'' (''The World is nice'') (1931) * ''
Giuditta ''Giuditta'' is an operatic ' (German for ''musical comedy'') in five scenes, with music by Franz Lehár and a German libretto, by and Fritz Löhner-Beda. Scored for a large orchestra, it was Lehár's last and most ambitious work, written on a la ...
'' (1934)


Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857–1919)

* La jeunesse de Figaro * Malbrouck * La reginetta delle rose * Are you there? *
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* A chi la giarrettiera? * Il primo bacio * La maschera nuda


Paul Lincke (1866–1946)

* '' Frau Luna'' (1899)


André Messager (1853–1929)

*''
Les p'tites Michu ''Les p'tites Michu'' (The Little Michus) is an opérette in three acts, with music by André Messager and words by Albert Vanloo and Georges Duval (journalist), Georges Duval. The piece is set in Paris in the years following the French Revoluti ...
'', 1897 *'' Véronique'', 1898 *'' Monsieur Beaucaire'', 1919 *''
Coups de roulis ''Coups de roulis'' is an opérette in three acts with music by André Messager and a French libretto by Albert Willemetz, based on the 1925 novel by Maurice Larrouy. It was Messager's last work, written during remissions of illness, and although ...
'', 1928


Carl Millöcker (1842–1899)

* '' Das verwunschene Schloss'' (1878) * '' Die Dubarry'' (1879, major revision ( T. Mackeben) 1938) * ''
Der Bettelstudent ''Der Bettelstudent'' (''The Beggar Student'') is an operetta in three acts by Carl Millöcker with a German libretto by Camillo Walzel (under the pseudonym of F. Zell) and Richard Genée, based on ''Les noces de Fernande'' by Victorien Sardou ...
'' (1882) * ''
Gasparone ''Gasparone'' is an operetta in three acts by Carl Millöcker to a German libretto by Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée. The libretto was later revised by and . An amusing feature of the work is that the title character never appears and acts as ...
'' (1884) * '' Der arme Jonathan'' (1890, revised ( W. Felsenstein) 1959)


Oskar Nedbal (1874–1930)

* '' Polish Blood'' (''Polská krev'') (1913) * '' The Vendage'' (''Vinobraní'') (1916)


Edmund Nick (1891–1974)

* '' Das kleine Hofkonzert'' (1935)


Ivor Novello (1893–1951)

* ''
The Dancing Years ''The Dancing Years'' is a musical with book and music by Ivor Novello and lyrics by Christopher Hassall, set in Vienna, from 1911 until 1938. It follows a Jewish composer and his love for two women of different social classes, with an ending set ...
'' (1939) * ''
Glamorous Night ''Glamorous Night'' is a musical in two acts with a book and music by Ivor Novello and lyrics by Christopher Hassall. Hassall was Novello's collaborator in six of the eight musicals Novello created between 1935 and 1951. ''Glamorous Night'' ...
'' (1935) * '' King's Rhapsody'' (1942) * '' Perchance to Dream'' (1945)


Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)

*'' Ba-ta-clan'', 1855 *'' La chatte métamorphosée en femme'', 1858 * ''
Orpheus in the Underworld ''Orpheus in the Underworld'' and ''Orpheus in Hell'' are English names for (), a comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux, Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy. It was first performed as a two-act "op ...
'' (''Orphée aux enfers'') 1858, revised 1874 *''
Geneviève de Brabant ''Geneviève de Brabant'' () is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in Paris in 1859. The plot is based on the medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant. For the 1867 version two additional characters, men-at-ar ...
'', 1859, revised 1867 *''
Le pont des soupirs ''Le pont des soupirs '' ("The Bridge of Sighs") is an opéra bouffe (or operetta) set in Venice, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in Paris in 1861. The French language, French libretto was written by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy. ...
'' 1861 *'' M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le . . .'', 1861 * ''
La belle Hélène ''La belle Hélène'' (, ''The Beautiful Helen'') is an opéra bouffe in three acts, with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The piece parodies the story of Helen of Troy's elopement with Paris (mythology ...
'' 1865 *'' Barbe-bleue'', 1866 * '' La Vie parisienne'', 1866 * ''
La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein'' (''The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein'') is an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The s ...
'', 1867 *''
Robinson Crusoé ''Robinson Crusoé '' is an opéra comique with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Eugène Cormon and Hector-Jonathan Crémieux. It premiered in Paris on 23 November 1867. The writers took the theme from the 1719 novel ''Robinson Crusoe'' ...
'', 1867 *''
L'île de Tulipatan ''L'île de Tulipatan'' (''The Island of Tulipatan'') is an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), in one act by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru. It was first performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes ...
'', 1868 * ''
La Périchole ''La Périchole'' () is an opéra bouffe in three acts with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The opera depicts the mutual love of two impoverished Peruvian street singers – too poor to afford a marriage ...
'', 1868 *''
Vert-Vert ''Vert-Vert'' is an opéra comique in three acts by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Charles Nuitter, first performed on 10 March 1869 at the Paris Opéra-Comique. Based on the 1734 poem « Vert-Vert ou les voyages du perro ...
'', 1869 *''
La princesse de Trébizonde ''La Princesse de Trébizonde'' is an opéra bouffe with music by Jacques Offenbach and text by Étienne Tréfeu and Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter. The work was first given in two acts at the Theater Baden-Baden on 31 July 1869 and subsequently ...
'', 1869 *'' Les brigands'', 1869 *''
Le roi Carotte ''Le roi Carotte'' (, ''King Carrot'') is a 4-act opéra- bouffe-féerie with music by Jacques Offenbach and libretto by Victorien Sardou, after E. T. A. Hoffmann. The libretto, written before the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, lampoo ...
'', 1872 *'' Fantasio'', 1872 *'' La jolie parfumeuse'', 1873 *''
Madame l'archiduc ''Madame l’archiduc'' () is an opéra bouffe, or operetta in three acts, by Jacques Offenbach, with a French language, French libretto by Albert Millaud first performed at the Bouffes-Parisiens (Salle Choiseul) in Paris in 1874.Lamb A. Jacques ...
'', 1874 *'' Whittington'', 1874 *''
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'', 1875 *'' Le docteur Ox'', 1877 *'' Maître Péronilla'', 1878 *''
Madame Favart ''Madame Favart'' () is an opéra comique, or operetta, in three acts by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Alfred Duru and Henri Chivot. Performance history After defeat in the Franco-Prussian War (1870) ended Napoleon III' ...
'', 1878 *''
La fille du tambour-major ''La fille du tambour-major'' (, ''The Drum Major's Daughter'') is an opéra comique in three acts, with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Alfred Duru and Henri Chivot. It was one of the composer's last works, premiered less than a year bef ...
'', 1879 See also
List of operettas by Jacques Offenbach This is a complete list of the 98 operettas of Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880). Subgenres The stage works of Offenbach (with the two exceptions of the opéras '' Die Rheinnixen'' and ''The Tales of Hoffmann'') are broadly referred to as 'operett ...


August Pepöck (1887–1967)

* '' Hofball in Schönbrunn'' (1937)


Fred Raymond (1900–1954)

* '' Maske in Blau'' (1937) * '' Saison in Salzburg (Salzburger Nockerln)'' (1938) * '' Geliebte Manuela'' (1951)


Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951)

* ''
The Student Prince ''The Student Prince'' is an operetta in a prologue and four acts with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. It is based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster's play ''Old Heidelberg (play), Old Heidelberg''. The piece has a scor ...
'' (1924) * ''
The Desert Song ''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. It was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Berber fighters, against French colonia ...
'' (1926) * ''
The New Moon ''The New Moon'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, and Laurence Schwab. The show was the third in a string of Broadway hits for Romberg (after ''The St ...
'' (1928)


Hans Schanzara (1897–1984)

* '' Die Nachtigall'' (1947)


Ludwig Schmidseder (1904–1971)

* '' Abschiedswalzer'' (1949)


Friedrich Schröder (1910–1972)

* ''
Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies ''Wedding Night in Paradise'' (German: ''Hochzeitsnacht im Paradis'') is an operetta in eight scenes. Book by Heinz Hentschke, lyrics by Gunther Schwenn and music by Friedrich Schröder.Meyer-Dinkgrafe p.22 It was premièred in Berlin at the Met ...
'' (1942)


Edward Solomon (1855–1895)

* '' Pickwick'' (1889)


Petar Stojanović (1877–1957)

* '' Die Herzog von Reichstadt'' (''Vojvoda od Rajhštata'' – ''The Duke of Reichstadt'') * '' Devojka na Mansardi'' (''A Girl on Terrace'') * '' Der Tiger'' (''Tigar'')


Robert Stolz (1880–1975)

* '' Der Tanz ins Glück'' (1921) * '' Zwei Herzen im Dreivierteltakt (Der verlorene Walzer)'' (1933)


Oscar Straus (1870–1954)

* ''
Ein Walzertraum ' (''A Waltz Dream'') is an operetta by Oscar Straus with a German libretto by and , based on the novella ' (''Nux, the Prince Consort'') by Hans Müller-Einigen from his 1905 book ' (''Book of Adventures''). The young Jacobson presented Strau ...
'' (1907) * '' Der tapfere Soldat (
The Chocolate Soldier ''The Chocolate Soldier'' (German: ''Der tapfere Soldat'' he courageous soldieror ''Der Praliné-Soldat'') is an operetta composed in 1908 by Oscar Straus based on George Bernard Shaw's 1894 play, '' Arms and the Man''. The German language li ...
)'' (1908) * '' Drei Walzer'' (1935) * '' Bozena'' (1952)


Johann Strauss II (1825–1899)

* '' Indigo und die vierzig Räuber'' (1871) * '' Der Karneval in Rom'' (1873) * ''
Die Fledermaus ' (, ''The Bat'', sometimes called ''The Revenge of the Bat'') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874. Background The original literary source for ' was ...
'' (''The Bat'') (1874) * ''
Cagliostro in Wien ' ('' Cagliostro in Vienna'') is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II to a libretto by F. Zell and Richard Genée. It premiered on 27 February 1875 at the Theater an der Wien, featuring Marie Geistinger and Alexander Girardi. Rec ...
'' (''Caliogstro in Vienna'') (1875) * '' Prinz Methusalem'' (1877) * '' Blindekuh'' (1878) * '' Das Spitzentuch der Königin'' (1880) * '' Der lustige Krieg'' (1881) * ''
Eine Nacht in Venedig '' Eine Nacht in Venedig '' (''A Night in Venice'') is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II. Its libretto was by F. Zell and Richard Genée based on ''Le Château Trompette'' by Eugène Cormon and Richard Genée. The farcical, roman ...
'' (''A Night in Venice'') (1883) * ''
Der Zigeunerbaron ''The Gypsy Baron'' () is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II which premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 24 October 1885. Its German libretto by Ignaz Schnitzer is based on the unpublished 1883 story ''Saffi'' by Mór Jókai. Jokai ...
'' (''The Gypsy Baron'') (1885) * '' Simplicius'' (1887) * '' Fürstin Ninetta'' (1893) * '' Jabuka'' (1894) * ''
Waldmeister ''Waldmeister'' (''Woodruff'') is an operetta written by Johann Strauss II to a libretto by . It was first performed on 4 December 1895 at the Theater an der Wien. Although not as popular as some of Strauss' other operettas, such as '' Der Zigeun ...
'' (1895) * ''
Die Göttin der Vernunft ''Die Göttin der Vernunft'' (''The Goddess of Reason'') was the last completed operetta of Johann Strauss II. It was written to a libretto by A. M. Willner and Bernhard Buchbinder and was first performed at the Theater an der Wien on 13 March ...
'' (1897) * '' Wiener Blut'' (1899)


Heinrich Strecker (1893–1981)

* ''
Ännchen von Tharau "" (, ) is a 17-stanza poem by the East Prussian poet Simon Dach. The namesake of the poem is Anna Neander (1615–1689), the daughter of a person from Tharau, East Prussia (now known as Vladimirovo in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia). The poem wa ...
'' (1933)


Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)

**With
W. S. Gilbert Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas. The most fam ...
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Gilbert and Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) and to the works they jointly created. The two men collaborated on fourteen com ...
) * ''
Trial by Jury A jury trial, or trial by jury, is a legal proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact. It is distinguished from a bench trial, in which a judge or panel of judges makes all decisions. Jury trials are increasingly used ...
'' (1875) * ''
The Sorcerer ''The Sorcerer'' is a two-act comic opera, with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by Arthur Sullivan. It was the British duo's third operatic Gilbert and Sullivan, collaboration. The plot of ''The Sorcerer'' is based on a Christmas stor ...
'' (1877) * ''
HMS Pinafore ''H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor'' is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Opera Comique in London on 25 May 1878, and ran for 571 performances, whi ...
, or The Lass That Loved a Sailor'' (1878) * ''
The Pirates of Penzance ''The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty'' is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, W. S. Gilbert. Its official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 3 ...
, or The Slave of Duty'' (1879) * ''
Patience or forbearance, is the ability to endure difficult or undesired long-term circumstances. Patience involves perseverance or tolerance in the face of delay, provocation, or stress without responding negatively, such as reacting with disrespect ...
, or Bunthorne's Bride'' (1880–1881) * ''
Iolanthe ''Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri'' () is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, first performed in 1882. It is one of the Savoy operas and is the seventh of fourteen operatic collaborations by Gilbert ...
, or The Peer and the Peri'' (1882) * ''
Princess Ida ''Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant'' is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It was their eighth operatic collaboration of fourteen; the next was ''The Mikado''. ''Princess Ida'' opened at the Savoy Thea ...
, or Castle Adamant'' (1883) * ''
The Mikado ''The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu'' is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen Gilbert and Sullivan, operatic collaborations. It opened on 14 March 1885, in London, whe ...
, or The Town of Titipu'' (1884–1885) * ''
Ruddigore ''Ruddigore; or, The Witch's Curse'', originally called ''Ruddygore'', is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is one of the Savoy Operas and the tenth of fourteen comic operas written tog ...
, or The Witch's Curse'' (1886) * ''
The Yeomen of the Guard ''The Yeomen of the Guard; or, The Merryman and His Maid'', is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 3 October 1888 and ran for 423 performances. This was the eleventh ...
, or The Merryman and His Maid'' (1888) * ''
The Gondoliers ''The Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria'' is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 7 December 1889 and ran for a very successful 554 performances (at that time t ...
, or The King of Barataria'' (1889) * ''
Utopia Limited ''Utopia, Limited; or, The Flowers of Progress'', is a Savoy opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It was the second-to-last of Gilbert and Sullivan's fourteen collaborations, premiering on 7 October 1893 for a ...
, or The Flowers of Progress'' (1893) * ''
The Grand Duke ''The Grand Duke; or, The Statutory Duel'', is the final Savoy Opera written by librettist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan, their fourteenth and last opera together. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 7 March 1896, and ran for 12 ...
, or The Statutory Duel'' (1895–1896) **With other
librettist A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major ...
s *''
Cox and Box ''Cox and Box; or, The Long-Lost Brothers'', is a one-act comic opera with a libretto by Francis Cowley Burnand, F. C. Burnand and music by Arthur Sullivan, based on the 1847 farce ''Box and Cox (farce), Box and Cox'' by John Maddison Morton. It ...
'', (1866) *''
The Contrabandista ''The Contrabandista'', ''or The Law of the Ladrones'', is a two-act comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and F. C. Burnand. It premiered at St. George's Hall, in London, on 18 December 1867 under the management of Thomas German Reed, for a run of 7 ...
'', (1867), revised and re-written as ''
The Chieftain ''The Chieftain'' is a two-act comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and Francis Cowley Burnand, F. C. Burnand based on their 1867 opera, ''The Contrabandista''. It consists of substantially the same first act as the 1867 work with a completely new se ...
'' (1897) *''
The Zoo ''The Zoo'' is a one-act comic opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by B. C. Stephenson, writing under the pen name of Bolton Rowe. It premiered on 5 June 1875 at the St James's Theatre in London (as an afterpiece to W. S. Gi ...
'' (1875) *''
Haddon Hall Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye, Derbyshire, River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire, a former seat of the Duke of Rutland, Dukes of Rutland. It is the home of Lord Edward Manners (brother of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rut ...
'' (1892) *'' The Rose of Persia'' (1899)


Franz von Suppé (1819–1895)

* ''
Die schöne Galathee Die, as a verb, refers to death, the cessation of life. Die may also refer to: Games * Die, singular of dice, small throwable objects used for producing random numbers Manufacturing * Die (integrated circuit), a rectangular piece of a semicondu ...
'' (1865) * '' Banditenstreiche'' (1867) * ''
Fatinitza ''Fatinitza'' was the first full-length, three-act operetta by Franz von Suppé. The libretto by F. Zell (a pseudonym for Camillo Walzel) and Richard Genée was based on the libretto to ''La circassienne'' by Eugène Scribe (which had been set t ...
'' (1876) * ''
Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio ( , ; ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was s ...
'' (1879)


Albert Szirmai (1880–1967)

* '' Táncos Huszárok'' * '' Mágnás Miska'' * '' Mézeskalács''


Arno Vetterling (1903–1963)

* '' Liebe in der Lerchengasse'' (1936)


Gerhard Winkler (1906–1977)

* '' Premiere in Mailand'' (1950)


Vincent Youmans (1898–1946)

* ''
No, no, Nanette ''No, No, Nanette'' is a musical with a book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel based on Mandel's 1919 Broadway play ''My Lady Friends''; lyrics by Irving Caesar and Harbach; and music by Vincent Youmans. The farcical story centers on three coup ...
'' (1924)


Carl Zeller (1842–1898)

* ''
Der Vogelhändler ' (''The Bird Seller'') is an operetta in three acts by Carl Zeller with a libretto by Moritz West and Ludwig Held based on Victor Varin's and de Biéville's ' (1857). In 1891, Helen Tretbar translated the original German libretto into English an ...
'' (1891) * '' Der Obersteiger'' (1894)


Carl Michael Ziehrer (1843–1922)

* '' König Jérôme oder Immer Lustick'' (1878) * '' Die Landstreicher'' (1899) * ''
Die drei Wünsche Die, as a verb, refers to death, the cessation of life. Die may also refer to: Games * Die, singular of dice, small throwable objects used for producing random numbers Manufacturing * Die (integrated circuit), a rectangular piece of a semicondu ...
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