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.
Romantische Operette in drei Akten
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128169
Romantische Operette in drei Akten
Klavierauszug mit Text
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128212
Opéra-bouffe en 3 actes et 4 tableaux
1er et 2e actes
Offenbach Edition Keck
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 607378
Operette in einem Akt
Le Mariage aux Lanternes
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 444902
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 248143
Operette in einem Akt
Piano reduction
Item no.: 443606
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 124762
Bouffonerie in einem Akt
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 744882
Operette Buffo in einem Akt
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 550477
Overture to the Operetta
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 374447
Highlights aus "Die Csárdásfürstin", "Gräfin Mariza", "Der Zigeunerprimas", "Die Zirkusprinzessin", etc.
bearbeitet für Klavier, Gesang und optionales Instrumentalensemble
for: Voice, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 680148
Opérette-bouffe en un acte
Offenbach Edition Keck
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 677519
Operette in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 297870
Walzer aus der Operette "Die lustige Witwe"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 309033
Couplet (Zsupán) aus der Operette "Der Zigeunerbaron"
Transponierte Ausgabe
for: Voice (bass), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4027
Die schönsten Operettenmelodien in ungekürzten Originalausgaben und vollständigen Texten
for: Voice, piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 288101
Musikalische Komödie in fünf Bilder
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128232
Operetta in three actes
Allowed reprint (1906, Doblinger, Wien)
spiral-bound
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1203304
Operette in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128161
A Comic Opera in three acts
Kalmus Classic Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 603586
Vocal Score
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318153
Operette in drei Akten
Miniatur-Klavierauszug
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 306791
Lied (Paganini), Nr. 9 aus der Operette "Paganini"
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 667079
Terzett aus der Operette "The Mikado or the Town of Titipu"
for: Women's choir (SAA) [3 solo voices], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1977
Komische Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 281948
bearbeitet für Violine (Oboe, C-Blockflöte) und Klavier
for: Violin [descant recorder/oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1974
Piano reduction
Item no.: 306792
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
(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 583541
aus der Operette "Der fliegende Rittmeister"
für Männerchor und Klavier
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 172403
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 616224
aus der gleichnamigen Operette
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 167812
Couplets des Prinzen Orlofsky aus "Die Fledermaus"
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1396
Waltz
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724267
aus der Operette "Die Fledermaus"
for: 3 voices (SMezT), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1633
Oper/Operette
for: Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 617023
30 beliebte Lieder und Tänze in leichtester Spielart
für Gesang und Klavier
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 274068
Walzerlied aus der Operette "Walzertraum"
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 152506
Waltz
from 'Gipsy Princess'
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 128103
Operette in 2 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 102763
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
Luisa Fernanda
Comedia lírica en tres actos
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 324860
Dover Vocal Scores
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 430082
Unterlegblatt für 6-Akkordzither
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150793
from: Orpheus in the Underworld
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 733228