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*Victoria und ihr Hussar* is a three-act operetta composed by Hungarian musician Paul Abraham, premiering in 1930. The work is distinguished by its synthesis of classical Viennese operetta structures with contemporary popular music, incorporating elements of jazz and modern dance rhythms. Written fo...
A 1930 operetta by Paul Abraham, notable for blending traditional Viennese elements with jazz and fox-trot rhythms, premiering in Leipzig.
Frühjahrsparade is Robert Stolz's 1964 stage operetta, adapted from his 1934 film operetta and premiered at the Vienna Volksoper.
Die Straßensängerin is a three-act operetta by Leo Fall, notable for freely recasting George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion as a musical wager.
Die lockende Flamme is Eduard Künneke's romantic singspiel about E. T. A. Hoffmann, set in Berlin in 1817 and premiered there in 1933.
Kaiserin Joséphine is a historical operetta by Emmerich Kálmán about Joséphine de Beauharnais and Napoleon, premiered in Zurich in 1936.
Venus in Seide is a three-act operetta by Robert Stolz, premiered in Zurich in 1932 and written as a traditional vocal operetta with large finales.
Die Teresina is a 1925 operetta by Oscar Straus, with a libretto by Rudolf Schanzer and Ernst Welisch, premiered in Berlin on 11 September.
Sweet Adeline is a 1929 American operetta by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, notable for its 1890s setting and the enduring musical standard Deep in My Heart.
Die Frau im Hermelin is a 1919 operetta by Jean Gilbert whose story later inspired several films, including Ernst Lubitsch's final feature.
Der gute Kamerad is Emmerich Kálmán's 1911 Viennese revision of the Hungarian operetta Az obsitos, later reworked as Gold gab ich für Eisen.
Die Kinokönigin is a three-act operetta by Jean Gilbert, revised from Die elfte Muse and premiered under its final title in Berlin in 1913.
Die oder Keine is a 1939 large-scale operetta by Ludwig Schmidseder, premiered at Berlin's Metropol-Theater and performed more than 600 times.
Die Tangokönigin is a 1921 Viennese operetta by Franz Lehár, notable as his second modernized revision of Der Göttergatte.
Die lustigen Weiber von Wien is a 1908 operetta by Austrian composer Robert Stolz, with a libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald.
Franz Lehár operetta premiered in Vienna in 1909, depicting a fictional prince torn between dynastic duty and romantic love.
Der lachende Ehemann is a 1913 Viennese operetta by Edmund Eysler with a libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald, notable for being his first major theatrical success.
