19. Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss
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Johann Strauss

Title Premiere

Indigo und die vierzig Räuber (Indigo and the Forty Thieves)

Theater an der Wien, Vienna ; February 10, 1871 komische Operette in 3 acts; libretto by M. Steiner

Carneval in Rom (Carnival in Rome )

Theater an der Wien, Vienna ; March 1, 1873 komische Operette in 3 acts; libretto by J. Braun and C. Lindau after Victorien Sardou's Piccolino

Die Fledermaus (The Bat)

Theater an der Wien, Vienna ; April 5, 1874 komische Operette in 3 acts; libretto by C. Haffner and R. Genée after Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy's Le réveillon

Cagliostro in Wien (Cagliostro in Vienna )

Theater an der Wien, Vienna ; February 27, 1875 komische Operette in 3 acts; libretto by F. Zell and R. Genée

Prinz Methusalem (Prince Methusalem)

Carltheater, Vienna ; January 3, 1877 komische Oper in 3 acts; libretto by Delacour and Wilder

Blindekuh (Blind Man's Bluff)

Theater an der Wien, Vienna ; December 18, 1878 Operette in 3 acts; libretto by R. Kneisel

Das Spitzentuch der Königen (The Queen's Lace Handkerchief)

Theater an der Wien, Vienna ; October 1, 1880 Operette in 3 acts; libretto by H. Bohrmann-Riegen and Genée after Miguel de Cervantes

Der lustige Krieg (The Merry War)

Theater an der Wien, Vienna ; November 25, 1881 Operette in 3 acts; libretto by Zell and Genée

Eine Nacht in Venedig (One Night in Venice )

Friedrich Wilhelmstädtisches , Berlin ; October 3, 1883komische Oper in 3 acts; libretto by Zell and Genéeafter Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré's Château Trompette

Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron)

Theater an der Wien, Vienna ; October 24, 1885 Operette in 3 acts; libretto by I. Schnitzer, after M. Jókai

Simplicius

Theater an der Wien, Vienna ; December 17, 1887 Operette in a prelude and 2 acts; V. Léon after J. J. C. von Grimmelhausen's Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus

Ritter Pázmán (Knight Pázmán)

Hofoper, Vienna ; January 1, 1892 Komische Oper in 3 acts; libretto by L. Dóczi after J. Arany

Fürstin Ninetta (Princess Ninetta)

Theater an der Wien, Vienna ; January 10, 1893 3 acts; libretto by H. Wittmann and J. Bauer

Jabuka

Theater an der Wien, Vienna ; October 12, 1894 3 acts; libretto by M. Kalbeck and G. Davis

Waldmeister (Sweet Woodruff)

Theater an der Wien, Vienna ; December 4, 1895 Operette in 3 acts; libretto by Davis

Die Göttin der Vernunft (The Goddess of Reason)

Theater an der Wien, Vienna ; March 13, 1897 Operette in 3 acts; A. M. Willner and B. Buchbinder

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1. Madama Butterfly
2. La bohème
3. La traviata
4. Carmen
5. The Barber of Seville
6. The Marriage of Figaro
7. Don Giovanni
8. Tosca
9. Rigoletto
10. The Magic Flute
11. La Cenerentola
12. Turandot
13. Lucia di Lammermoor
14. Pagliacci
15. Cosî fan tutte
16. Aida
17. Il trovatore
18. Faust
19. Die Fledermaus
20. The Elixir of Love