In Emmerich Kálmán’s Gypsy Princess (1915), Sylva Varescu, a well-known cabaret singer, is in love with Prince Edwin von und zu...

Johann Strauss II’s Wiener Blut made use of melodies from his older and lesser-known works. The title is taken from one of Strauss’ most...

Franz Lehár’sThe Land of Smiles (1929), one of his later operettas, was written largely around the talents of Richard Tauber. Composers...

Johann Strauss II’s The Gypsy Baron (1885) is the first Viennese operetta set in Hungary. It was born out of Strauss’ visits to Budapest...

Lehár’s The Merry Widow takes place in the early 20th century, both in Paris and in the expatriate community of Pontevedro, a fictional...

In Giuditta, Lehár bridges the gap between the genres of opera and operetta. It was his last operetta and a personal favorite. While...

Franz Lehár’s Freiderike, set in 1770, tells the true story of the “Sesenheim Idyll,” a brief, but intense love affair between young poet...

Otto Nicolai’s Merry Wives of Windsor is based on the Shakespeare play of the same name. Nicolai was not the only composer to create an...

Johann Strauss Jr.’s A Night in Venice (1883) tells the story of one eventful evening in 18th-century Venice. Among the Viennese, Venice...

The score for Johann Strauss Jr.’s most celebrated and popular operetta, Die Fledermaus (1874), was composed over just 42 days in the...

In Emmerich Kálmán’s Countess Maritza (1924), Maritza, owner of a large country estate on the Hungary/Bulgaria border, is overwhelmed...