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). With the exceptions of Eine Nacht in Venedig and three incomplete works (Die lustigen Weiber von Wien, Romulus and Der Schelm von Bergen), all premieres took place in Vienna.

List of operettas[edit]

Operettas by Johann Strauss II
Title Genre Acts Libretto Premiere
Date Venue
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 Theater an der Wien
Der Karneval in Rom komische Operette 3 acts Josef Braun and Karl Lindau 1 March 1873 Theater an der Wien
Die Fledermaus komische Operette 3 acts Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, after Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy's Le réveillon 5 April 1874 Theater an der Wien
Cagliostro in Wien komische Operette 3 acts Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée 27 February 1875 Theater an der Wien
Prinz Methusalem komische Operette 3 acts Karl Treumann, after Alfred Delacour and Victor Wilder 3 January 1877 Carltheater
Blindekuh Operette 3 acts Rudolf Kneisel 18 December 1878 Theater an der Wien
Das Spitzentuch der Königin Operette 3 acts Heinrich Bohrmann-Riegen and Richard Genée, after Miguel de Cervantes 1 October 1880 Theater an der Wien
Der lustige Krieg Operette 3 acts Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée 25 November 1881 Theater an der Wien
Eine Nacht in Venedig komische Operette 3 acts Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée, after Eugène 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 Theater an der Wien
Der Schelm von Bergen     Ignaz Schnitzer, after Heinrich Heine incomplete, composed c. 1886  
Simplicius Operette prologue and 2 acts Victor Léon, after Grimmelhausen's Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus 17 December 1887 Theater an der Wien
Fürstin Ninetta   3 acts Hugo Wittmann and Julius Bauer 10 January 1893 Theater an der Wien
Jabuka   3 acts Max Kalbeck and Gustav Davis 12 October 1894 Theater an der Wien
Waldmeister Operette 3 acts Gustav Davis 4 December 1895 Theater an der Wien
Die Göttin der Vernunft Operette 3 acts Alfred Maria Willner and Bernhard Buchbinder 13 March 1897 Theater an der Wien

Operettas arranged by others using music by Johann Strauss II (selection)[edit]

References[edit]

Sources
  • Lamb, Andrew (1992), 'Strauss, Johann' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7