List of operettas by Johann Strauss II
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This is a complete list of the operettas written by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II (1825–1899).
List
| Title | Genre | Subdivisions | Libretto | Première date | Place, theatre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien |
| Der Karneval in Rom | komische Operette | 3 acts | Josef Braun and Carl Lindau | 1 March 1873 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien |
| Die Fledermaus | komische Operette | 3 acts | Carl Haffner and Richard Genée, after Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy's Le réveillon | 5 April 1874 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien |
| Cagliostro in Wien | komische Operette | 3 acts | Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée | 27 February 1875 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien |
| Prinz Methusalem | komische Operette | 3 acts | Karl Treumann, after Alfred Delacour and Victor Wilder | 3 January 1877 | Vienna, Carltheater |
| Blindekuh | Operette | 3 acts | Rudolf Kneisel | 18 December 1878 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien |
| Das Spitzentuch der Königin | Operette | 3 acts | Heinrich Bohrmann-Riegen and Richard Genée, after Cervantes | 1 October 1880 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien |
| Der lustige Krieg | Operette | 3 acts | Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée | 25 November 1881 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien |
| Eine Nacht in Venedig | komische Operette | 3 acts | Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée, after Eugene 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 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien |
| Der Schelm von Bergen | J Schnitzer, after Heinrich Heine | incomplete, composed c. 1886 | |||
| Simplicius | Operette | prologue and 2 acts | Victor Léon, after von Grimmelhausen's Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus | 17 December 1887 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien |
| Fürstin Ninetta | 3 acts | Hugo Wittmann and Julius Bauer | 10 January 1893 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Jabuka | 3 acts | Max Kalbeck and Gustav Davis | 12 October 1894 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien | |
| Waldmeister | Operette | 3 acts | Gustav Davis | 4 December 1895 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien |
| Die Göttin der Vernunft | Operette | 3 acts | Alfred Maria Willner and Bernard Buchbinder | 13 March 1897 | Vienna, Theater an der Wien |
Operettas arranged by others using music by Johann Strauss II (selection)
- Le 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 J Bittner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1930)
References
- Sources
- Lamb, Andrew (1992), 'Strauss, Johann' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
