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.
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 946076
Overture
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1015405
from the Merry Widow
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 603907
from "Candide"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675098
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 821121
Oper/Operette
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 137416
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 146278
Operette in einem Vorspiel und drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 266022
Opérette en trois actes
pour chant et piano
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 645994
Melodienfolge von James Last
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560222
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 168400
Operette in drei Akten op. 14
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1042876
Einzugsmarsch
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315531
Duet from "The Land of Smiles" (Mi, Gustl)
for: 2 voices (ST), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1665548
Aria from "The Land of Smiles"
for: Voice (tenor), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1665190
Song from "The Land of Smiles"
for: Voice (soprano), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668941
Aria from "The Land of Smiles"
for: Voice (soprano), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1665586
Duet from "The Land of Smiles"
for: 2 voices (ST), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668396
Duet from "The Land of Smiles"
for: 2 voices (ST), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668736
Operette in 3 Akten RV 503
Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe Serie I / 2 / Band 3
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 636281
HeBu Blasorchester Noten / Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1684437
Oper/Operette
for: Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 617023
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 580925
Wals Suite
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014627
Wals Suite
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014240
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 560470
Reduced Instrumentation
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1678580
Potpourri für Blasmusik
for: Concert band
Item no.: 304452
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 993442
Duet from the operetta "The Bat"
for: 2 voices (ST), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1666537
Duet from the operetta "The Bat"
for: 2 voices (TBar), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668942
Couplet from "The Gypsy Baron"
for: Voice (tenor), concert band; mixed choir (SSATB) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1665584
Couplet from the operetta "The Bat"
for: 3 voices (SMezBar), concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1665553
Chorbegleitung Orchester / Leihmaterial
Tage und Jahre vergehen im Winde – Can Can aus der Operette Orpheus in der Unterwelt
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [orchestra]
Set of parts
Item no.: 675322
Walzer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305362
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681462
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951660
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 294561
from the Operetta "Die Fledermaus"
for: 3 soloists (SMezT), mixed choir (SATB), concert band; mixed choir (SATB) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198522
aus der Operette Der Zigeunerbaron
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 665727
from the Operetta "Der Zarewitsch"
for: Voice (tenor), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198301
Singspiel in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124875
Potpourri
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559499
Overture
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1020695
Finale from "Orpheus in the Underworld"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670443
from "The Gipsy Baron"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670450
Vorspiel
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670449
Ouverture/Overture
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1012014
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