This is a list of the operettas and operas of the

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Carl Millöcker Carl (or Karl) Joseph Millöcker ( – ), was an Austrian composer of operettas and a conductor. __NOTOC__ He was born in Vienna, where he studied the flute at the Vienna Conservatory. While holding various conducting posts in the city, he ...

(1842–1899). Millöcker wrote 20 light operas, of which 16 are described as

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s, one as a

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, one as a 'Volksoper' ('people's opera'). (The other two were left undesignated.) His music is closely associated with the

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, where 14 of his works received their first performances.

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References

* Lamb, Andrew (1992), "Millöcker, Carl" in ''

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