Operetta is the vital link between Opera and the Musical, it originated in Paris, and became highly popular in London and Vienna. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the wonderful operettas on offer with Stretta Music today!
In Paris in the middle of the 19th century, operetta, which is shorter and lighter than ’serious opera’, developed out of the highly popular opera comique. This new form, consisting of frivolous parodies of bel canto opera and Meyerbeer’s grand opéra, and contemporary society, was first penned by Jacques Offenbach.
In Vienna, news of Offenbach’s success spread quickly, and it inspired composers like Johann Strauss II to take up the call, and the first great Viennese operetta was his “Die Fledermaus”. In contrast to the French can-can, the Viennese operettas are famous for their Waltzes. As the operetta grew in popularity, composers tried to reach the more affluent audience, and operetta soon became less frivolous, and more political, reflecting the rise of nationalism in the country.
In London, 1871, theatre manager Richard D’Oyly Carte, seeing the developments on the continent, brought together the literary and musical talents of W.S Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, to form the great operetta duo Gilbert & Sullivan. Their operettas were so popular, that ten years later, he built the Savoy Theatre will the sole purpose of producing Gilbert & Sullivan operettas.
In Germany, the Bavarian operettas, and the Berlin operettas were very popular, reaching their high point with Paul Abraham and his “Viktoria und ihr Husar” in 1929. After the National Socialists took power, his extremely successful and popular works were labelled ’degenerate’, and were struck from the repertoire.
Towards the end of the first half of the 20th century, many musicians left Europe for the USA, and they took with them all the joys and experience of operetta, and a new genre was born, the Musical.
Arie aus der Operette "La Périchole"
N° 8b: Griserie - Ariette
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Item no.: 635666
Großes Potpourri für Akkordeon
for: Accordion; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 179356
aus "Die lustige Witwe"
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 283504
aus "Giuditta"
für Gesang und Klavier
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 131721
Lyric book
Item no.: 128217
aus der Operette "Orphée aux enfers"
for: Accordion [keyboard]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1764
Polka schnell nach Motiven der Operette "Cagliostro in Wien"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 275244
Organ goes Opera 3
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 675091
Oper Buffo in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 200052
Über 40 Operetten- und Filmerfolge
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124817
Lyric book
Item no.: 344674
Potpourri
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 338768
Konzertparaphrase über Johann Strauß'sche Walzermotive aus "Fledermaus" u. a.
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 200108
op. 449 (1893)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass [string orchestra]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1593
aus der Operette "Orphée aux enfers"
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1765
Blasorchester
Partitur
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 894685
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 613536
Piano reduction
Item no.: 137918
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 152518
für Gitarre solo
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 207354
I 23 / 8
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 217029
Operette in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128164
Operette in zwei Akten und einem Zwischenspiel
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128160
for: Salon orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 389159
Operette in drei Akten
Klavierauszug mit Text
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128162
Lied (Suo-Chong) (Nr. 11) aus "Das Land des Lächelns"
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 128152
Comic Operetta in 3 Acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383684
Couplets der Adele aus der Operette "Die Fledermaus" (2. Akt)
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1111
aus der Operette "Orphée aux enfers"
for: 2 violins [flute, clarinet (B-flat)], cello [bassoon], harpsichord [piano]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1526
pour chant & piano
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 616503
Lied aus der Operette "Ein Walzertraum"
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 309808
Duett Rosalinde - Alfred
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 644841
Opérette en trois actes
pour chant et piano
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 645994
aus "Die lustige Witwe"
Mit Akkordbezeichnung
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 283507
für Orchester
Komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 217030
aus "Die Csárdásfürstin"
für Gesang und Klavier
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 128084
from ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722663
Deutsch/Englische Ausgabe des Liedes "Sei nicht bös'" aus der Operette 'Der Obersteiger'/ "The Miller's Daughter"
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 643235
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027696
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028659
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1196984
Gm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1050124
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026298
A
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1048670
Klassik
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1353992
Zarzuela
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Book
Item no.: 301244
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026277
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026085
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