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    Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music...
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  • Candide is an operetta with music composed by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics primarily by the poet Richard Wilbur, based on the 1759 novella of the same...
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  • Perchance to Dream is a musical romance with book, lyrics and music by Ivor Novello. It was the only musical for which Novello wrote lyrics. The title...
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  • This is a complete list of the operas and operettas of the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár (1870–1948). Lamb, Andrew (1992), "Lehár, Franz" in The...
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    Flittermouse or The Bat, sometimes called The Revenge of the Bat) is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and...
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  • Leányvásár is a Hungarian operetta composed by Victor Jacobi with a libretto by Miklós Bródy and Ferenc Martos. It was premiered on 14 November 1911 at...
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    German singspiel, Viennese operetta, Spanish zarzuela, Russian comic opera, English ballad and Savoy opera, North American operetta and musical comedy. In...
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  • The Phantom of the Operetta may refer to: The Phantom of the Operetta (1955 film), an Argentine film The Phantom of the Operetta (1960 film), a Mexican...
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    Sì is an operetta in three acts composed by Pietro Mascagni to a libretto by Carlo Lombardo with verses by Arturo Franci. The libretto is based on Lombardo's...
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    to Musical Theatre – Operetta. The Guide to Musical Theatre. Retrieved January 1, 2013. Hughes, Gervase. Composers of Operetta, New York, 1962 Bierley...
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    The Gypsy Baron (German: Der Zigeunerbaron) is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II which premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 24 October...
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  • For definition and discussion of the genre, see Operetta. Operettas by composer: Victoria und ihr Husar (1930) Die Blume von Hawaii (1931) Ball im Savoy...
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  • Operetta films (German: Operettenfilm) are a genre of musical films associated with, but not exclusive to, German language cinema. The genre began in the...
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    observed that theatre historians have variously referred to the work as an operetta or a musical comedy, commenting: The score itself contributes to the discrepancy...
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  • not always between a husband and wife Husband and Wife (operetta), a 1910 Azerbaijani operetta by Uzeyir Hajibeyov Husband and Wife (1916 film), a silent...
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    the operetta at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris in 1895, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec painted Marcelle Lender performing a bolero from the operetta in his...
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    Franz von Suppé's operetta about Schubert. The operetta spawned a sequel entitled Hannerl. Debuting during World War I, the operetta's popularity was fueled...
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    El Capitan is an operetta in three acts by John Philip Sousa and has a libretto by Charles Klein (with lyrics by Charles Klein and Tom Frost). The piece...
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    (Chinese: 月季), a flowering plant of the genus Rosa China Rose (operetta), 1925 operetta by A. Baldwin Sloane, Harry L. Cort, and George E. Stoddard This...
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    The Kyiv National Theatre of Operetta (Ukrainian: Київський національний академічний театр оперети) is a theatre in Kyiv in Ukraine. It was founded in...
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    1875 poster from the première of the operetta, by Edward Ancourt [fr]...
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    The Firefly was the first operetta written by composer Rudolf Friml, with a libretto by Otto Harbach. The story concerns a young Italian girl, who is a...
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  • Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman, a spinoff of this band Yes (operetta), a 1928 operetta by Maurice Yvain Yes (Yes album), by rock band Yes, 1969 The Yes...
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  • Princess Raccoon (オペレッタ狸御殿, Operetta tanuki goten) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The "raccoon" of the English title is actually a...
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    S. Pinafore [Revival, Musical, Operetta] May 29, 1911 – July 8, 1911, Performer Patience [Revival, Musical, Operetta] May 6, 1912 – June 1, 1912, Reginald...
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    Barbe-bleue (French pronunciation: [baʁb blø], Bluebeard) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, in three acts (four scenes) by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto...
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    The Red Moon is a musical or operetta in three acts with music by J. Rosamund Johnson and both book and lyrics by Bob Cole. Additional music was contributed...
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    Sari and The Gypsy Virtuoso in English speaking countries) is a three-act operetta, which was composed by Emmerich Kálmán. The libretto was written by Julius...
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    Jacques Offenbach (category French operetta composers)
    operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre...
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    Babes in Toyland is an operetta composed by Victor Herbert with a libretto by Glen MacDonough, which wove together various characters from Mother Goose...
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