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.
11 Transkriptionen aus Oper und Operette
Organ goes Opera, Band 5
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1556939
Opéra-bouffon in 2 Akten und 4 Szenen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 282561
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
Operette in drei Akten
Miniatur-Klavierauszug
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 306791
Eine Operette in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 199521
aus der Operette "Der fliegende Rittmeister", mit Orchester oder Klavier
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1652761
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 604356
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 313218
Melodienfolge aus der gleichnamigen Operette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score (women voices)
Item no.: 684397
for: Concert band
Set of parts
Item no.: 680699
4 ausgewählte leichte Stücke
for: 2 flutes, piano
Partitur und Stimmen
Item no.: 272816
Die schönsten Volkslieder
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 287941
Ouvertüre für Salonorchester
for: Salon orchestra
Piano conductor, orchestral parts
Item no.: 463332
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
Walzer aus der gleichnamigen Operette
Heft 1
für Klavier mit Text
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 1664391
Marsch - Couplet des Zsupán mit Chor - Nr. 16 aus "Der Zigeunerbaron"
Klavierauszug Fassung ABC, Transposition nach F-Dur (original A-Dur)
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1657481
for: Salon orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1672037
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 128154
Lied aus der Operette "Der Vogelhändler"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 176553
Operette
Lyric book
Item no.: 283375
for: Oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon
Set of parts
Item no.: 135718
Overture
Domesticum
for: Salon orchestra
Piano conductor, orchestral parts
Item no.: 283604
Walzer aus der Operette "Die lustige Witwe"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 309033
Salon-Orchester
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1670441
Die schönsten Melodien in leichter Spielbarkeit
for: Piano
Item no.: 1687820
Opéra-bouffe in 4 Akten
Spiralbindung
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1678573
Tango
for: 1–2 accordions
Single edition
Item no.: 125766
Duett (Lisa, Sou-Chong) (Nr. 8)
aus "Das Land des Lächelns"
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 100016
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 604357
Werkeinführung
Die Oper – Schriftenreihe über musikalische Bühnenwerke
Teachers book
Item no.: 106782
Marsch
for: Salon orchestra
Piano conductor, orchestral parts
Item no.: 229016
Overture to the Operetta
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1654111
Organ goes Opera 3
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 675091
Über 40 Operetten- und Filmerfolge
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124817
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1664815
Overture to the Operetta
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1654106
Operette
Lyric book
Item no.: 1677334
für 4 Posaunen
Partitur und Stimmen
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1677281
Potpourri
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 1668210
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 140920
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1659869
Berühmte Operettenmelodien
for: 3 tenor horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 664505
Großes Stimmungs-Potpourri nach Melodien aus der gleichnamigen Operette
mit Text
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124768
Overture to the Operetta
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1654109
Operette in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124874
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