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.
Operette in 3 Akten | Reprintausgabe
nach dem gleichnamigen Lustspiel von Rudolf Kneisel
Reprint der Erstausgabe Verlag Aug. Cranz, Hamburg 1880
for: Voice, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1645847
Operette in 3 Akten | Reprintausgabe
Text: Gustav Davis
Reprint der Erstausgabe Verlag Bote & Bock, Berlin 1895
for: Voice, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1646127
Operette in einem Vorspiel und 2 Akten | Reprintausgabe
Text: Victor Léon nach dem Schelmenroman „Der Abentheuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch“ von Hans Jakob Christofell von Grimmelshausen
Reprint der Erstausgabe Verlag Aug. Cranz, Hamburg 1887
for: Voice, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1645849
Operette in 3 Akten | Reprintausgabe
Text: Alfred Maria Willner und Bernhard Buchbinder
Reprint der Erstausgabe Verlag Emil Berté & Cie, Wien 1897
for: Voice, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1646126
Kurzfassung
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1633687
11 Transkriptionen aus Oper und Operette
Organ goes Opera, Band 5
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1556939
Opus 61
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1203573
arrangiert für Kammerorchester von Michael Rot (2020)
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1215724
for: Wind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1031614
Escenas y coro
Zarzuela
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1024978
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1025065
Oper/Operette
for: Concert band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1024993
Zarzuela In 3 Acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1024992
Opereta en dos actos
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1024989
aus der Operette "Das Land des Lächelns"
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023454
aus der Operette "Das Land des Lächelns"
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023456
aus der Operette "Das Land des Lächelns"
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023450
Un viaggio nel mondo dell'operetta
Book
Item no.: 1018774
Autor und Komponist für Operette, Revue, Kabarett, Film und Fernsehen 1904–1988
Populäre Kultur und Musik 28
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 817577
for: Descant recorder, flute
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 797215
Highlights aus "Die lustige Witwe", "Giuditta", "Das Land des Lächelns", "Der Zarewitsch", etc.
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 780935
Klassik
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1160524
(1860-1890)
Esordi, sistema produttivo e ricezione
Book
Item no.: 773223
An Operetta in One Act
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 771437
Musica Britannica 99
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 771414
Tenor
Con acompañamiento de piano
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 770858
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 770885
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) – eine systematisch-chronologische Bibliographie
Beiträge zur Offenbach-Forschung 1
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 768410
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 767911
aus der Operette "Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies"
for: Flexible ensemble
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 767864
Die "Fledermaus"-Ouvertüre bearbeitet
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Item no.: 766955
Die "Fledermaus"–Ouvertüre bearbeitet
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 766944
Eine Biographie
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 764954
Musikalisches Unterhaltungstheater zwischen 1933 und 1945
Musik im Dritten Reich und im Exil 18
Book
Item no.: 763938
Ein Franz-Lehàr-Lesebuch
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 745562
Bouffonerie in einem Akt
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 744882
Operette in 6 Bildern
Spiralbindung
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 744887
Opera Buffo in 2 Akten
Lyric book
Item no.: 697675
Opera Buffo
Lyric book
Item no.: 697674
Siegfried Kracauer Werke 8
Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und Faksimiles
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 697646
Opera buffo in 2 Teilen und einer szenischen Ouvertüre
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 697645
Duett aus der Operette "Der fidele Bauer"
Mehner Akkordeon-Reihe Nr. 143
for: Accordion
Music score (with text and chords)
Item no.: 695710
Ouvertüre
Schott Archive
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 695484
Nr. 13a aus der Operette "Der Zigeunerbaron"
RV 511A/B/C-13a.ABC
Strauss Edition Wien/ Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 695292
Christrose
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695349
I 23/ 8
Diletto Musicale – Doblingers Reihe alter Musik
for: String orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 694974
Highlights aus seinen Operetten
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); vocals ad lib.
Conductors part
Item no.: 693852
Arie des CaramelloRV 510A/B-15W.B
for: Voice (tenor), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 690970
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