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.
F
for: Piano, Trombone
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1613013
F
for: Piano, Trombone
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1613014
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1582315
G
for: Viola, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1565412
Alto saxophone
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1582309
Tenor saxophone / clarinet
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1582317
for: Clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1582308
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1378563
from the operetta „Die Fledermaus”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747787
from the opera "Hoffmanns Erzählungen"
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732570
from the operetta "Orpheus in der Unterwelt”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760322
from the opera "Rigoletto”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760215
from the opera "Die Entführung aus dem Serail”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760301
from the opera "Der fliegende Holländer”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732566
from the opera "Carmen”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732567
from the opera "Nabucco”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760214
from the opera "Fidelio”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732564
from the operetta "Die Fledermaus”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760211
from the opera "Lohengrin”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732565
from the operetta "Der Zarewitsch”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760296
from the opera "Der Freischütz"
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760297
final chorus from the opera "Die Zauberflöte“
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760300
from the operetta "Der Vogelhändler”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760295
from the opera "La Traviata”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760293
from the opera "Der Freischütz"
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760294
from the opera "Der Evangelimann”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747754
from the opera "Die Fledermaus"
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760291
from the opera "Carmen”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732569
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374896
from: Orpheus in the Underworld
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 739593
from: Orpheus in the Underworld
for: Trumpet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 746460
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1379886
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1380175
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376098
from: Orpheus in the Underworld
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 759023
from the operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 754527
from: Orpheus in the Underworld
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 733228
The Desert Song
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1529582
The New Moon
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1529581
for: Piano
Item no.: 1360384
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1359877
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1359878
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1359876
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1360383
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1359892
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1359891
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1362455
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1362450
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