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: Voice, piano
Item no.: 124762
Overture to the Operetta
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 374447
Die schönsten Operettenmelodien in ungekürzten Originalausgaben und vollständigen Texten
for: Voice, piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 288101
Operette in drei Akten
Miniatur-Klavierauszug
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 306791
Opéra bouffe en 3 actes et 4 tableaux
3e acte et livrets
Offenbach Edition Keck
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 607377
Operette in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124874
Opéra-bouffon in 2 Akten und 4 Szenen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 282561
11 Transkriptionen aus Oper und Operette
Organ goes Opera, Band 5
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1556939
Unabridged Beautiful Operatta Arias with the Original Text
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 288307
Operette in drei Akten
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124876
Singspiel in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124875
Walzer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 154169
Eine Operette in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 199521
Arie aus der Operette "La Périchole"
N° 8b: Griserie - Ariette
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Item no.: 635666
aus "Die lustige Witwe"
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 283504
Über 40 Operetten- und Filmerfolge
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124817
Organ goes Opera 3
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 675091
Comic Operetta in 3 Acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383684
für Orchester
Komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 217030
or 'The Town of Titipu'
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 214614
for: 4 Flutes [opt. Alto Flute substitute for 4th Flute]
Buch
Item no.: 1676805
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1660127
Lied (Sou-Chong) (Nr. 5)
aus der romantischen Operette "Das Land des Lächelns"
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 100015
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 562533
100 Meter Glück - Romantische Operette
Tango
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 362529
"Berlin! Hör' ich den Namen bloß" – Marschlied
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 261646
Für leichtes Spiel auf Keyboards mit Einfinger-Begleitautomatik
Melodie & Rhythmus 013
for: Keyboard
Item no.: 108480
Paul Lincke-Album für Saxophonquartett (AATBar)
Band 2
for: 4 saxophones (AATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 679612
Operette in 3 Aufzügen
Reclams Textbücher
Lyric book
Item no.: 1670674
Foxtrott
aus "Maske in Blau"
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 1664705
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 261022
Walzer aus der Operette "Die lustige Witwe"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1667957
Bericht über das internationale Symposium anlässlich des 200. Geburtstages von Jacques Offenbach
Beiträge zur Offenbach-Forschung 4
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1678330
50 beliebte Klänge vom Alpenland zum Nordseestrand
Evergreenalben
for: Accordion
Item no.: 108446
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 557940
Operette in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1664323
"Im Feuerstrom der Reben" aus "Die Fledermaus"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 1654229
Ein Beitrag zur Libretto-Forschung im 19. Jahrhundert
Beiträge zur Offenbach-Forschung 3
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1669921
Großes Potpourri
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Tenor/Bass
Item no.: 1653865
Ensemble
Klavierauszug in den Fassungen A/B
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 685447
Ensemble
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 684829
Lied aus dem Singspiel 'Friederike'
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 128196
for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1670487
Walzer
for: Salon orchestra
Additional parts
Item no.: 1659683
Potpourri, für Bläser
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1652242
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951660
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1682168
aus "Die lustige Witwe"
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 283505
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