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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.
La fille de Madame Angot is Charles Lecocq's 1872 opéra-comique, premiered in Brussels and among the era's biggest French stage hits.
Boccaccio is an 1879 three-act operetta by Franz von Suppé, based on Decameron material and among his best-known stage works.
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.
Le voyage dans la lune is Offenbach's 1875 opéra-féerie loosely after Jules Verne, premiered at the Théâtre de la Gaîté with lavish spectacle.
Le petit duc is an 1878 opéra-comique by Charles Lecocq, premiered at Paris's Théâtre de la Renaissance and ran for 301 performances.
Giroflé-Girofla is Charles Lecocq's 1874 opéra-bouffe, a Brussels premiere about twin brides that became an international success.
Le roi Carotte is Offenbach's 1872 opéra-bouffe-féerie with a Victorien Sardou libretto, noted for its political satire and spectacular staging.
Cagliostro in Wien is Johann Strauss II's 1875 operetta, premiered in Vienna with Marie Geistinger and Alexander Girardi in the cast.
Madame Favart is Offenbach's 1878 opéra comique about the actress Justine Favart, a late Paris success that ran 208 performances at the Folies-Dramatiques.
Le docteur Ox is Offenbach's 1877 opéra bouffe adapted from Jules Verne's short story, premiered at Paris's Théâtre des Variétés on 26 January 1877.
Prinz Methusalem is Johann Strauss II's 1877 operetta, premiered at Vienna's Carltheater and remembered for an 80-performance first run.
Les cent vierges is an 1872 opérette by Charles Lecocq, premiered in Brussels and built around a comic scheme to send brides to a colony.
La petite mademoiselle is an 1879 opéra-comique by Charles Lecocq, with Meilhac and Halévy's libretto for the Théâtre de la Renaissance.
Whittington is Offenbach's 1874 grand opera bouffe féerie based on Dick Whittington, his only major work to premiere in London.
