Best Operetta
Top-rated operetta ranked by our AI-powered scoring system.
table_chart Top 5 at a Glance
| # | Name | Score | Price | Best For | ||
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| #1 |
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Die Fledermaus | 9.74 | - | - | |
| #2 |
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The Mikado | 9.58 | - | - | |
| #3 |
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The Pirates of Penzance | 9.42 | - | - | |
| #4 |
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H.M.S. Pinafore | 9.34 | - | - | |
| #5 |
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La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein | 9.02 | - | - |
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Die Fledermaus is Johann Strauss II's 1874 comic operetta, premiered at the Theater an der Wien and central to the Viennese repertoire.
The Mikado is an 1885 Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera set in a fantasy Japan and the most internationally successful Savoy opera.
The Pirates of Penzance is an 1879 Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, officially premiered in New York to counter American stage piracy.
H.M.S. Pinafore is an 1878 Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera whose 571-performance London run made it their first international hit.
La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein is Offenbach's 1867 opéra bouffe satirizing militarism, premiered in Paris with Hortense Schneider in the title role.
Der Zigeunerbaron is Johann Strauss II's 1885 operetta after Mór Jókai's Saffi, noted for a more serious tone and enduring success.
The Yeomen of the Guard is an 1888 Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy opera set at the Tower of London and known as their darkest work.
Iolanthe is an 1882 Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy opera, the first new theatre production staged with full electric lighting.
The Gondoliers is an 1889 Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy opera about Venetian gondoliers, with a successful 554-performance first run.
The Student Prince is Sigmund Romberg's 1924 Broadway operetta, based on Old Heidelberg and famous for a 608-performance original run.
Der Vogelhändler is Carl Zeller's 1891 Viennese operetta, premiered at Theater an der Wien and still his best-known stage work.
La fille de Madame Angot is Charles Lecocq's 1872 opéra-comique, premiered in Brussels and among the era's biggest French stage hits.
Rose-Marie is a 1924 Broadway operetta-style musical by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, famous for its song Indian Love Call.
Patience is an 1881 Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera satirizing the Aesthetic movement and the first Savoy Theatre show lit by electricity.
Wiener Blut is an 1899 Viennese operetta compiled by Adolf Müller Jr. from Johann Strauss II's music after the composer's death.
Barbe-bleue is Offenbach's 1866 opéra bouffe after Perrault's Bluebeard, with a Meilhac-Halévy libretto and Hortense Schneider as Boulotte.
Eine Nacht in Venedig is Johann Strauss II's 1883 operetta, his only one premiered outside Vienna and one of his best-known stage works.
Giuditta is Franz Lehár's 1934 musical comedy, his last major stage work, premiered at the Vienna State Opera with Jarmila Novotná and Richard Tauber.
Komische Oper Berlin is a German opera house founded in 1947, noted for Walter Felsenstein's music-theatre approach in postwar Berlin.
The Desert Song is a 1926 operetta by Sigmund Romberg, inspired by the Rif uprising in Morocco and a Broadway success with 471 performances.
Merrie England is Edward German's 1902 English comic opera with Basil Hood, a Savoy success long favored by British amateur companies.
Boccaccio is an 1879 three-act operetta by Franz von Suppé, based on Decameron material and among his best-known stage works.
Madame Pompadour is Leo Fall's 1922 operetta, premiered in Berlin with Fritzi Massary and later staged in Vienna, London and Paris.
Mágnás Miska is a 1916 Hungarian operetta by Albert Szirmai, his most popular work and still part of Hungary's light-opera repertory.
La fille du tambour-major is Offenbach's 1879 opéra comique, one of his last premieres and a successful work billed as his 100th stage piece.
Die Dollarprinzessin is Leo Fall's 1907 Viennese operetta, later adapted in London as The Dollar Princess with a 428-performance run.
No, No, Nanette is a 1925 American musical comedy with music by Vincent Youmans, known for the songs Tea for Two and I Want to Be Happy.
The New Moon is Sigmund Romberg's 1928 Broadway operetta with Oscar Hammerstein II lyrics, often cited as Broadway's last hit operetta.
Orphée aux enfers is an opéra bouffon by Jacques Offenbach, premiered in 1858, famous for its irreverent satire of classical mythology and the "Infernal Galop."
The Maid of the Mountains is a 1917 London operetta by Harold Fraser-Simson, one of the major West End musical hits of World War I.
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