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.
20 Sad, Happy and Humorous Songs from the World of the Victorian Operetta
for: Voice, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 759308
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 214614
Lyric book
Item no.: 185990
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026070
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026072
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 666953
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 611042
Zarzuela forever
With piano accompaniment
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 611468
10 berühmte Lieder aus der Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 102854
from the Operetta 'The Czarevitch'
for: Soloist (tenor), male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 132345
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1031011
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025958
for two-part Choir and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 679780
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318139
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 184208
Gm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035550
from the Operetta 'The Czarevitch'
for: Soloist (tenor), male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 208411
C
for: Voice, guitar
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1052201
for: Voice, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 471661
für hohe Singstimme und Klavier
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 244177
D
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1027692
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034430
aus der Operette 'Giuditta'
für Gesang und Klavier
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 666267
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 894567
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 666968
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 997271
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 666662
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 199818
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025746
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 929289
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 871178
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 429932
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025324
Kontrabass ad lib.
Wiener Melange
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 654899
for: 4 Flutes [opt. Alto Flute substitute for 4th Flute]
Buch
Item no.: 1676805
Die "Fledermaus"-Ouvertüre bearbeitet
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Item no.: 766955
Operette zwischen Bravour und Banalität
(Komische Oper, Berlin)
Book
Item no.: 662387
from the Operetta "Die Fledermaus"
for: 3 soloists (SMezT), mixed choir (SATB), concert band; mixed choir (SATB) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198522
for: 2 trumpets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1073142
aus der Operette "Boccaccio"
for: Male choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 304021
Valse Boston (Elisabeth), Nr. 14
aus "Schön ist die Welt"
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 576225
for: Women's choir, piano
Item no.: 331437
Lied aus der Operette 'Frasquita'
für Gesang und Klavier
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 289119
aus "Ein Walzertraum"
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 307288
Musikalisches Unterhaltungstheater zwischen 1933 und 1945
Musik im Dritten Reich und im Exil 18
Book
Item no.: 763938
aus 'Die Zirkusprinzessin'
für Gesang und Klavier
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 296902
nach Motiven der Operette "Das Spitzentuch der Königin", für Bläserquintett
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 268839
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 139081
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