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Der Zigeunerbaron is Johann Strauss II's 1885 operetta after Mór Jókai's Saffi, noted for a more serious tone and enduring success.
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.
Roundhay Garden Scene is an 1888 British actuality by Louis Le Prince, widely cited as the earliest surviving motion-picture film.
Der lustige Krieg is Johann Strauss II's 1881 operetta, premiered at the Theater an der Wien and performed 69 times in its first run.
Das Spitzentuch der Königin is Johann Strauss II's 1880 operetta about Cervantes, source of the famous Rosen aus dem Süden waltz.
Le jour et la nuit is Charles Lecocq's 1881 opéra-bouffe, a Paris Théâtre des Nouveautés success that ran for 193 performances.
Simplicius is Johann Strauss II's 1887 operetta after Grimmelshausen, remembered partly through the Donauweibchen waltz drawn from it.
Don Cesar is Rudolf Dellinger's 1885 German comic operetta, premiered in Hamburg and regarded as a major 19th-century German operetta success.
