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.
Couplet from the operetta "The Bat"
for: 3 voices (SMezBar), concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1665553
Walzer aus der gleichnamigen Operette
Heft 1
für Klavier mit Text
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 1664391
"Frau Sonne lacht zum Fenster hell herein" - Walzer
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Score
Item no.: 746715
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: Double Bass Quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 963206
for: Salon orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1672037
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 916383
Frühling sein für Männerchor und Klavier
Chorpartitur
for: CHORMUSIK MÄNNERCHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG WELTLICH EINZELN
Choir score
Item no.: 1610599
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1617063
Chor und Couplets des Caramello
Klavierauszug in den Fassungen A/B
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: 2 soloists (TT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 685135
Chor und Couplets des Caramello
Partitur in den Fassungen A/B
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: 2 soloists (TT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 685143
Arie des Homonay mit Chor - Nr. 12a aus "Der Zigeunerbaron"
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 685126
für Männerchor und Klavier oder Orchester
Tage und Jahre vergehen im Winde – Can Can aus der Operette Orpheus in der Unterwelt
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 675320
Opereta en dos actos
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1024989
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 797149
Marsch - Nr. 19a aus "Eine Nacht in Venedig"
Partitur in der Fassung AB
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 690981
Ensemble
Partitur in den Fassungen A/B
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 685722
Entreact und Ensemble
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 685104
Polka française für Orchester - 2. Auflage
Partitur in den Fassungen AB/C
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 688929
Operette in 3 Akten - Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe - Serie I/2/09
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684816
Das wär' kein rechter Schifferknecht (Schifferchor) · Jeden Tag Müh' und Plag' (Nr. 1)
Klavierauszug in den Fassungen Ar/B-1/BC
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 685174
Arie des Caramello
Klavierauszüge in den Fassungen A und B
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Voice (tenor), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 685161
Tenor
Con acompañamiento de piano
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 770858
Die schönsten Melodien in leichter Spielbarkeit
for: Violine (Klavier ad libitum)
Item no.: 289001
Grosses Potpourri
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1013294
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 190966
for: Zither (3 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 192225
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 686990
für Bläserquintett
Potpourri aus F. Lehárs "Die lustige Witwe"
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 207312
für Bläserquintett
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 207184
Großes Potpourri
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Tenor/Bass
Item no.: 464800
Potpourri
for: Concert band
Item no.: 304417
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 271059
Opera
for: Opera
Book
Item no.: 318302
Lied aus der Operette "Der Vogelhändler"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 176553
for: Piano
Item no.: 165510
Textbuch der Gesänge
Operette in 3 Bildern
Lyric book
Item no.: 167265
Großes Potpourri
for: Concert band
Set of parts
Item no.: 339078
Phoenix Music~Getting It Together
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 478829
for: Electric organ
Music score
Item no.: 102928
Ouvertüre
for: Violin, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 356383
for: Concert band
Item no.: 128221
for: Piano
Item no.: 128170
Operette
Lyric book
Item no.: 283375
Potpourri
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 281974
Operette in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 281944
A song from the operetta "The Birdseller"
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 199808
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151549
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