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.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 137416
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183185
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 124818
Comic Opera in 3 Acts
Piano reduction
Item no.: 723194
Weltbekannte Operettenlieder
for: Accordion
Noten mit vollständigem Text
Item no.: 748221
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588999
from the operetta "Orpheus in der Unterwelt”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760322
from the opera "Die Entführung aus dem Serail”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760301
from the opera "Rigoletto”
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760215
Ouvertüre
for: Violin, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 761093
for: 4 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 590477
Waltz from the Opera "The Bat"
for: Orchestra
Salonorchester-Ergänzung (Zusatzstimmen für großes Orchester) Fl II (Picc), Ob II, Klar II, Fag I, Fag II, Hn I, Hn II, Hn III, Hn IV, Pos I, Pos II, Pk (Schlgz), Hfe
Item no.: 757225
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1044276
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1342769
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392117
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 102808
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Piano reduction, Libretto / Lyrics
Item no.: 102747
Direktion und Klavierbegleitstimme
Musik Makes the World Go Round
for: Flexible ensemble
Conductors part (Piano)
Item no.: 617707
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 197109
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102363
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 102957
for: Piano
Item no.: 102855
for: 2 voices (ST), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662
for: Ensemble in variabler Besetzung
Partitur und Stimmen
Item no.: 268572
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 591065
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 298034
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 283289
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316916
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 199623
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 309806
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 307253
Piano reduction
Item no.: 306793
for: 2 voices, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 283502
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 272516
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 307265
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307878
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 218014
Waltz from "Die Fledermaus"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781567
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 378479
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307849
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 224173
for: Male choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307952
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 821121
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 344737
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102223
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 290569
Lyric book
Item no.: 193505
for: Zither (German tuning)
Music score
Item no.: 193306
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