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.
Die schönsten Melodien in leichter Spielbarkeit
for: Piano
Item no.: 1687820
Salon-Orchester
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1670441
Berühmte Operettenmelodien
for: 3 tenor horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 664505
4 ausgewählte leichte Stücke
for: 2 flutes, piano
Partitur und Stimmen
Item no.: 272816
für Flöte, Violoncello und Klavier
aus "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor"
for: Flute, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 684964
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 135403
Paul Lincke-Album für Saxophonquartett (AATBar)
Band 2
for: 4 saxophones (AATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 679612
Große Erfolge
Violine und Klavier, erweiterbar durch Ergänzungsstimmen bis zum Quintett
for: 2 violins, cello, double bass, piano (quintet)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 147815
Werkeinführung
Die Oper – Schriftenreihe über musikalische Bühnenwerke
Teachers book
Item no.: 106782
Unabridged Beautiful Operatta Arias with the Original Text
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 288307
Eine Sammlung der bekanntesten Kompositionen
Band 2
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102276
Walzer
for: Salon orchestra
Additional parts
Item no.: 1659683
11 Transkriptionen aus Oper und Operette
Organ goes Opera, Band 5
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1556939
Die schönsten Volkslieder
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 287941
for: 4 Flutes [opt. Alto Flute substitute for 4th Flute]
Buch
Item no.: 1676805
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1682168
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 604357
Ensemble
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 684829
Potpourri, für Bläser
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1652242
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 680698
or 'The Town of Titipu'
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 214614
Operette in drei Akten
Miniatur-Klavierauszug
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 306791
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 562533
for: Oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon
Set of parts
Item no.: 135718
Über 40 Operetten- und Filmerfolge
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124817
Marsch
for: Salon orchestra
Piano conductor, orchestral parts
Item no.: 229016
für 4 Posaunen
Partitur und Stimmen
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1677281
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: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 109066
50 beliebte Klänge vom Alpenland zum Nordseestrand
Evergreenalben
for: Accordion
Item no.: 108446
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1664815
Operette in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1664323
Ensemble
Klavierauszug in den Fassungen A/B
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 685447
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 313218
Potpourri
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 1668210
Eine Operette in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 199521
Walzer nach den Motiven der Operette "Das Spitzentuch der Königin" op. 388
for: Salon orchestra
Piano conductor, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1669063
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
Ouvertüre für Salonorchester
for: Salon orchestra
Piano conductor, orchestral parts
Item no.: 463332
Ein Beitrag zur Libretto-Forschung im 19. Jahrhundert
Beiträge zur Offenbach-Forschung 3
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1669921
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
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 557940
Opéra-bouffon in 2 Akten und 4 Szenen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 282561
Potpourri
for: Concert band
Item no.: 1652018
Overture to the Operetta
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1654106
Opéra-bouffe in 4 Akten
Spiralbindung
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1678573
für Orchester
Komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 217030
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