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(Top) 1 Paul Abraham (1892–1960) 2 Leo Ascher ... See also List of operettas by Jacques Offenbach. August Pepöck (1887–1967) Hofball in Schönbrunn (1937)
Probably the most popular of all operettas. [125] 1874 The Two Widows (Smetana). Another comedy by Smetana, the only one of his operas with a non-Czech subject. [126] 1875 Carmen (Bizet). Probably the most famous of all French operas. Critics at the premiere were shocked by Bizet's blend of romanticism and realism. [127]
Strauss was highly influenced by the work of Offenbach, so much so that he collaborated with many of Offenbach’s librettists for his most popular works. [5] His operetta, Die Fledermaus (1874), became the most performed operetta in the world, and remains his most popular stage work. In all, Strauss wrote 16 operettas and one opera, most with ...
Operettas by Jacques Offenbach Title [1] Genre Acts Libretto Premiere Date Venue L'alcôve: opéra comique: 1 act: Philippe Auguste Pittaud de Forges, Adolphe de Leuven and Eugène Roche: 24 April 1847: Paris, Salle Moreau-Sainti Blanche: opéra comique: 1 act: Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges: composed ca. 1847, but unperformed: La Duchesse ...
The following is a list of operas and operettas with entries in Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by title, with the name of the composer and the year of the first performance also given. For a list of operas sorted by name of composer, see List of operas by composer.
Operetta (literally "little opera") is a genre of light opera – light in terms of the subject matter and light in terms of the music itself. Operetta also shares many characteristics with musical theatre.
It became one of Offenbach's most popular operettas. In 1864 the Théâtre du Palais-Royal presented a comedy by Meilhac and Halévy entitled Le Photographe ( The Photographer ), which featured a character called Raoul Gardefeu, the lover of Métella, trying to seduce a baroness.
One of the most popular theatrical forms in the early decades of the 20th century in America was the operetta, and its most famous composer was Irish-born Victor Herbert. It was announced in 1912 that Italian-born operetta diva Emma Trentini would be starring on Broadway in a new operetta by Herbert with lyricist Otto Harbach entitled The Firefly.