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.
"Im Feuerstrom der Reben" aus "Die Fledermaus"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 746706
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590111
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590561
on themes by Jacques Offenbach
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198187
Oper/Operette
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907551
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936584
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590473
Operette in 6 Bildern
Spiralbindung
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 744887
Orlofsky-Couplet aus "Die Fledermaus"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 729958
Overture to the Operetta
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1676713
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308386
"Auf, auf, vorbei ist die Nacht" aus der Operette "Der Zigeunerbaron"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 1
Item no.: 1111882
Ouvertüre
for: Wind Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 909861
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590492
Music Makes The World Go Round!
4-stimmig gesetzte Sammelbände mit variabler Besetzung für Bläser und Streicher
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Single parts 1, 2 in B-flat (Trumpet)
Item no.: 611276
Großes Potpourri
for: Concert band
Schweizer Stimmen
Item no.: 327018
Großes Potpourri
for: Zither
Single part(n)
Item no.: 206079
daprès des motifs de lOpérette "Saint Cyr"
Bürgerliche Tänze des 19. Jahrhundert, Band 3
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 471109
Waltz
Domesticum
for: Salon orchestra
Piano conductor, orchestral parts
Item no.: 283600
aus der Operette "Monika"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 245097
Tanzduett (Bella, Pimpinelli), Nr. 18
aus "Paganini"
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 226904
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 373874
aus "Der Rastelbinder"
for: Voice, piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 563084
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 564828
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 580925
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 137963
for: Mandolin orchestra
Score
Item no.: 555767
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 302224
für Bläserquintett
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Study score
Item no.: 310086
aus der Operette "Der Vetter aus Dingsda"
for: Wind instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat), concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 300741
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 127181
(Zarewitsch), Nr. 5
aus "Der Zarewitsch"
for: ZITH
Single part(n)
Item no.: 128215
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 366730
Choir part Tenor 1, 2
Item no.: 343757
for: Piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 361245
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 670858
for: VL KLAR VC
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 205541
Music Makes The World Go Round
for: Flexible ensemble
Single parts 1, 3, 4 in C (Trombone, Cello, Bassoon, Baritone horn)
Item no.: 617709
from Casanova
for: Flexible wind ensemble (4 voices)
Score
Item no.: 862373
"Ach, wie so herrlich zu schau'n" aus "Eine Nacht in Venedig"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 746708
Potpourri
for: Orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 782111
aus der Operette "Boccaccio", gem Chor Orchester (Klav)
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 644590
Overture to the Operetta
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1676706
Oper/Operette
for: Bass Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904227
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590599
Opus 61
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1203573
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 1136979
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