This is a complete list of the 98 operettas of

Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach (, also , , ; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the Romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera '' ...

(1819–1880).

Subgenres

The stage works of Offenbach (with the two exceptions of the

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s ''

Die Rheinnixen ''Die Rheinnixen'' (French: ''Les fées du Rhin''; English ''The Rhine Nixies'') is a romantic opera in four acts by Jacques Offenbach. The original libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter was translated into German by . The Elves' Song from ...

'' and ''

The Tales of Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died ...

'') are broadly referred to as 'operettas' in English references, even though only 16 of them were designated as

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s by the composer. Offenbach called a further 8 opérette bouffe, and there is a single 'opérette fantastique'. There are 24 opéras comiques, and 24 opéras bouffes, together with 2 ' opéras bouffes féeries'. Other minor subgenres include

opéra bouffon This is a glossary list of opera genres, giving alternative names. "Opera" is an Italian word (short for "opera in musica"); it was not at first ''commonly'' used in Italy (or in other countries) to refer to the genre of particular works. Most c ...

(5), bouffonnerie musicale (3), saynète (2) pièce d'occasion (2) and

revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own duri ...

(2). Offenbach invented names for some individual works: 'anthropophagie musicale', 'chinoiserie musicale', 'comédie à ariettes', 'conversation alsacienne', 'légende bretonne', and 'légende napolitaine'. There are also one each of the following; 'fantasie musicale', '

opéra féerie This is a glossary list of opera genres, giving alternative names. "Opera" is an Italian word (short for "opera in musica"); it was not at first ''commonly'' used in Italy (or in other countries) to refer to the genre of particular works. Most c ...

', 'tableau villageois', and 'valse'.

List of operettas

Pastiche

Theatres in the English-speaking centres used music by Offenbach to create

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during the 1860s and 70s. Many of these pieces were made to libretti completely unknown to Offenbach. Vienna also saw examples of re-use of his music, and the practice continued into the 20th century.Gänzl K. Jacques Offenbach. In: ''The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre.'' Blackwell, Oxford, 1994. Examples include: * ''Cigarette'', words by G. D'Arcy, 9 September 1876,

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, London * ''Forty Winks'', an English version of ''Une nuit blanche'' * ''Blush Rose'', words by D'Arcy * ''The Barber of Bath'', words by Farnie * ''Der Goldschmied von Toledo'', mainly using music from ''Der Schwarze Corsar''Premiered in Mannheim on 7 February 1919, and then in Vienna (1920), Edinburgh and Lemberg (1922). Listed in : Loewenberg A. ''Annals of Opera''. London, John Calder, 1978. * ''

The Happiest Girl in the World ''The Happiest Girl in the World'' is a musical with a book by Fred Saidy and Henry Mayers, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, and music taken from the works of Jacques Offenbach. Based on the comedy ''Lysistrata'' by Aristophanes and tales of Greek mythol ...

'', words by

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, a 1961 Broadway musical * ''Christopher Columbus'', words by Don White, recorded in London in 1977 by

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''Le carnaval des revues'' and ''Les hannetons'' include pre-existing scores but were created under Offenbach and include some new music by him.Yon, Jean-Claude. ''Jacques Offenbach''. Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 2000.

References

;Notes ;Sources *Gammond, Peter (1980). ''Offenbach''. London: Faber & Faber. * Lamb, Andrew (1992). "Offenbach, Jacques" in ''The

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'', ed.

Stanley Sadie Stanley John Sadie (; 30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was an influential and prolific British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the '' Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (1980), which was publ ...

, vol. 3, pp. 653–658. London: Macmillan. * Yon, Jean-Claude (2000). ''Jacques Offenbach''.

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Galimard. .

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Oper One list of works, retrieved 28 July 2011
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