This is a complete list of the operettas written by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II (1825–1899). With the exceptions of Eine Nacht in Venedig and three incomplete works (Die lustigen Weiber von Wien, Romulus and Der Schelm von Bergen), all premieres took place in Vienna.
List of operettas
edit| Title | Genre | Acts | Libretto | Premiere | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Venue | ||||
| Die lustigen Weiber von Wien | burleske Operette | 3 acts | Josef Braun | incomplete, composed c. 1868 | |
| Romulus | incomplete, composed c. 1871 | ||||
| Indigo und die vierzig Räuber | komische Operette | 3 acts | Maximilian Steiner | 10 February 1871 | Theater an der Wien |
| Der Karneval in Rom | komische Operette | 3 acts | Josef Braun and Karl Lindau | 1 March 1873 | Theater an der Wien |
| Die Fledermaus | komische Operette | 3 acts | Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, after Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy's Le réveillon | 5 April 1874 | Theater an der Wien |
| Cagliostro in Wien | komische Operette | 3 acts | Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée | 27 February 1875 | Theater an der Wien |
| Prinz Methusalem | komische Operette | 3 acts | Karl Treumann, after Alfred Delacour and Victor Wilder | 3 January 1877 | Carltheater |
| Blindekuh | Operette | 3 acts | Rudolf Kneisel | 18 December 1878 | Theater an der Wien |
| Das Spitzentuch der Königin | Operette | 3 acts | Heinrich Bohrmann-Riegen and Richard Genée, after Miguel de Cervantes | 1 October 1880 | Theater an der Wien |
| Der lustige Krieg | Operette | 3 acts | Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée | 25 November 1881 | Theater an der Wien |
| Eine Nacht in Venedig | komische Operette | 3 acts | Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée, after Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré's Château Trompette | 3 October 1883 | Berlin, Neues Friedrich Wilhelmstadisches Theater |
| Der Zigeunerbaron | Operette | 3 acts | Ignaz Schnitzer, after Mór Jókai's Sáffi | 24 October 1885 | Theater an der Wien |
| Der Schelm von Bergen | Ignaz Schnitzer, after Heinrich Heine | incomplete, composed c. 1886 | |||
| Simplicius | Operette | prologue and 2 acts | Victor Léon, after Grimmelhausen's Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus | 17 December 1887 | Theater an der Wien |
| Fürstin Ninetta | 3 acts | Hugo Wittmann and Julius Bauer | 10 January 1893 | Theater an der Wien | |
| Jabuka | 3 acts | Max Kalbeck and Gustav Davis | 12 October 1894 | Theater an der Wien | |
| Waldmeister | Operette | 3 acts | Gustav Davis | 4 December 1895 | Theater an der Wien |
| Die Göttin der Vernunft | Operette | 3 acts | Alfred Maria Willner and Bernhard Buchbinder | 13 March 1897 | Theater an der Wien |
Operettas arranged by others using music by Johann Strauss II (selection)
edit- La reine Indigo, opérette in 3 acts (1875)
- La tzigane, opérette in 3 acts (1877)
- Wiener Blut, Operette in 3 acts, arranged by Adolf Müller (1899)
- Gräfin Pepi, Operette in 3 acts, arranged by E Reiterer (1902)
- Tausend und eine Nacht, Operette in a prelude and 2 acts, arranged by E Reiterer (1906)
- Reiche Mädchen, Operette in 3 acts (1909)
- Der blaue Held, Operette in 3 acts (1912)
- Faschingshochzeit, Operette arranged by J Klein (1921)
- Casanova, Operette in 7 scenes, arranged by Ralph Benatzky (1928)
- Walzer aus Wien, Singspiel in 2 acts, arranged by Julius Bittner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1930)
- Die Tänzerin Fanny Elßler, Operette in 3 acts, arranged by Bernard Grun and Oskar Stalla (1934)
References
edit- Sources
- Lamb, Andrew (1992), 'Strauss, Johann' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7