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Instead of moving from one musical number (literally so indicated in the scores) to another, the performers in operetta intersperse the musical segments (e. g. aria, recitative, chorus) with periods of dialogue without any singing or musical accompaniment. When music accompanies spoken dialogue for special effect, the result is technically melodrama.
Operetta is often considered less "serious" than opera, although this has more to do with the generally comic plots than with the caliber of the music.
Operetta is the precursor of the modern musical comedy. There is a fundamental but subtle distinction between the two forms. An operetta is more of a light opera with acting, whereas a musical is a play with singing. This can best be seen in the performers chosen in the two forms. An operetta's cast will normally be classically trained opera singers; indeed, there is essentially no difference between the scores for an opera and an operetta, except for the operetta's lightness. A musical uses actors who sing, but usually not in an operatic style. Having said that, W.S. Gilbert always preferred to use actors who could sing for his productions, rather than singers who could act, so it isn't an unbreakable distinction. Yet Ezio Pinza, a great Don Giovanni, scored on Broadway in South Pacific, and there are features of operetta vocal style both in Kern's Show Boat (1927) as well as in Walt Disney's animated Snow White (1937).
Operetta grew out of the French opéra comique, in which dialogue was spoken, though the opéra was not always comique: Carmen is an example of a tragic plot. Opéra comique was the form of opera in use for several centuries by most composers after the decline of tragedie lyrique .
Jacques Offenbach is usually credited with having written the first operettas, such as his La Belle HélèneLa Belle Helene is an operetta in three acts with music by Jacques Offenbach, and libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy. It was first produced in Paris in 1864. Plot :Place, Sparta and the shores of the sea. Paris, son of Priam, arrives with a miss.The most significant composer of operetta in the GermanGerman (called Deutsch in German in which germanisch refers to prechristian times), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and one of the world's major languages. It is the language with the most native speakers in the European Union. language was the Austrian Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899). His first and most famous work in the genreThe term genre refers to the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. Genre" is originally a French word meaning "kind", "sort" or "type"; in grammatical terminolo is Die FledermausDie Fledermaus (The Tick) is also a fictional hero from the animated series The Tick Die Fledermaus The Bat is a comic operetta by Johann Strauss II (music) and Carl Haffner and Richard Genee ( libretto). It premiered on April 5, 1874 at the Theater an de (1874), the most performed operetta in the world. Its libretto was based on a comedy written by Offenbach's librettists. In fact, Strauss may have been convinced to write the operetta by Offenbach. He went on to write 16 others, mostly with great success, although his later librettists were not very talented. His operettas, waltzes, polkas, and marches often have a strongly Viennese style and his great popularity has caused many to think of him as the national composer of AustriaAustria is a landlocked country in Central Europe, a federation of nine states. Austria is bordered by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the.
Franz von SuppéThe composer and conductor Franz von Supp ( April 18, 1819 May 21, 1895) was born in Split, ( Dalmatia), and died in Vienna. He is most famous for his operetta overtures, performed mostly at "light classics" concerts. Life and education Suppe was descende, a contemporary of Strauss, closely modeled his operettas after Offenbach.The Viennese tradition was carried on by Franz LehárFranz Lehar ( 30 April 1870 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer, mainly known for his operettas. Lehar was born in Komarno (now in Slovakia) as the eldest son of a bandmaster in the Austro-Hungarian army. He studied violin and composition bu, Oscar Straus and Sigmund Romberg in the 20th century.
Possibly the height of English-language operetta was reached by W. S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, who had a long-running musical collaboration in England during the Victorian era. With Gilbert writing the dialogue and lyrics (similar to the libretto of opera) and Sullivan composing the music, the pair produced operettas which were quite popular at the time, and to some degree since. Works such as The Pirates of Penzance continue to enjoy regular performaces and even some movie adaptations. The pair of composers are popularly referred to as Gilbert and Sullivan.
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