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Der Zigeunerbaron

Johann Strauss II’s *Der Zigeunerbaron* is a Hungarian operetta composed in 1885. Based on Mór Jókai's novel *Saffi*, it...

Hungarian Romance Viennese Strauss

8.9 Great

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Der Bettelstudent

Carl Millöcker’s *Der Bettelstudent* premiered in Vienna in 1882. This operetta, a popular Viennese example of the genre...

Student Romance Viennese 1880S

8.8 Great

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Leichte Kavallerie

Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry) is an operetta in three acts by Franz von Suppé with a libretto by F. Zell and Richar...

Military Stage Golden Age Viennese

8.3 Great

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Gasparone

Carl Millöcker’s *Gasparone* premiered in Vienna in 1884. This Viennese operetta explores themes of love and revenge wit...

Romance Viennese Bandit 1880S

8.2 Great

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Eine Nacht in Venedig

Johann Strauss II composed Eine Nacht in Venedig, an operetta from 1883. It’s notable as his only work staged outside Vi...

Comedy Viennese Venice Strauss

8.2 Great

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Die schöne Galathée

Die schöne Galathée is a one-act German-language comic operetta by Franz von Suppé, with a libretto by Poly Henrion, fir...

Stage Comic Golden Age Viennese

8.2 Great

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Madame Pompadour

Madame Pompadour is a Viennese operetta composed by Leo Fall in 1922. The work gained attention through its premiere in...

Fall Historical Romance 1920S

8.1 Great

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Boccaccio

Franz von Suppé’s Boccaccio, premiered in 1879, is a Viennese operetta adapted from Boccaccio's *Decameron*. The work fe...

Comedy Historical Viennese 1870S

8.1 Great

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Poet and Peasant

"Poet and Peasant" (Dichter und Bauer) is a three-act operetta composed by Franz von Suppé to a German libretto by Karl...

Comic 19TH Century German Language Viennese

8.1 Great

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Paganini

Paganini is an operetta by Franz Lehár, premiered in 1925 at the Johann Strauss Theater in Vienna. The work tells a fict...

Music Historical 1920S Viennese

7.8 Good

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Die schöne Galathee

Die schöne Galathee is a one-act German-language operetta by Franz von Suppé, first performed in 1865. Drawing on the cl...

Comedy Viennese 1860S Myth

7.5 Good

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Fatinitza

Fatinitza is a three-act operetta composed by Franz von Suppé that premiered in 1876 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienn...

Military Romance Viennese 1870S

7.3 Good

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Der lustige Krieg

Der lustige Krieg, translated as The Merry War, is a three-act operetta by Johann Strauss II with a German libretto by F...

Military Comedy Viennese Strauss

7.0 Good

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Donna Juanita

Franz von Suppé operetta premiered in Vienna in 1880, featuring a female protagonist who disguises herself as the legend...

Stage Comic Golden Age Viennese

6.9 Fair

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Das Spitzentuch der Königin

Das Spitzentuch der Königin is Johann Strauss II's 1880 operetta about Cervantes, source of the famous Rosen aus dem Süd...

Comedy Royal Viennese Strauss

6.7 Fair

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Simplicius

Simplicius is Johann Strauss II's 1887 operetta after Grimmelshausen, remembered partly through the Donauweibchen waltz...

Literary War Viennese Strauss

6.5 Fair

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Das Pensionat

Das Pensionat is Franz von Suppé's 1860 one-act operetta, widely regarded as a foundational work in the development of V...

Comic 19TH Century German Language Viennese

6.4 Fair

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Der Teufel auf Erden

Der Teufel auf Erden is a three-act fantastical operetta by Franz von Suppé, first performed at Vienna's Carltheater on...

Fantasy Viennese 1870S Suppe

6.4 Fair

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Zehn Mädchen und kein Mann

Franz von Suppé operetta premiered in Vienna in 1862, a comedy whose title means 'Ten Girls and No Man,' set in a girls'...

Stage Comic Golden Age Viennese

6.3 Fair

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Banditenstreiche

Banditenstreiche is an 1867 operetta by Franz von Suppé with a German libretto by B. Boutonnier, premiered at Vienna's C...

Comedy Viennese 1860S Bandit

6.2 Fair