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.
C
for: Voice, guitar
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1052201
from ‘The Pirates of Penzance’
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722664
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034430
D
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1027692
from ‘The Mikado’
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759296
from ‘Patience’
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732172
from ‘Iolanthe’
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759309
from ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759310
from ‘The Gondoliers’
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722661
from ‘The Mikado’
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722660
from ‘Princess Ida’
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722666
from ‘Ruddigore’
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732173
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025746
from ‘The Sorcerer’
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759304
from ‘The Gondoliers’
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759282
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025324
Overture
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724293
from the operetta „Die Fledermaus”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747787
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210602
from "Der lustige Krieg"
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score
Item no.: 743719
from the opera "Hoffmanns Erzählungen"
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732570
Auftritt Ollendorfs aus der Operette "Der Bettelstudent"
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3273
Potpourri
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 729898
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044619
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1383901
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1379886
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1378563
for: Piano
Item no.: 1360384
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365223
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365211
Waltz from "Die Fledermaus"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781567
Weltbekannte Operettenlieder
for: Accordion
Noten mit vollständigem Text
Item no.: 748221
Comic Opera in 3 Acts
Piano reduction
Item no.: 723194
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
Waltz from the Opera "The Bat"
for: Orchestra
Salonorchester-Ergänzung (Zusatzstimmen für großes Orchester) Fl II (Picc), Ob II, Klar II, Fag I, Fag II, Hn I, Hn II, Hn III, Hn IV, Pos I, Pos II, Pk (Schlgz), Hfe
Item no.: 757225
Duett aus der Operette "Der Zigeunerbaron" (2. Akt)
for: 2 voices (ST), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662
G
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1044276
Ouvertüre
for: Violin, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 761093
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1364458
aus der Operette "Gasparone"
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1748
Overture
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 724328
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 735687
„Glücklich ist, wer vergißt”
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 761154
Waltz from the Opera "Die Fledermaus"
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 741606
from the opera "Der fliegende Holländer”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732566
aus "Der Zigeunerbaron"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 755873
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