List of operetta composers

Sheet music from the operetta, Babes in Toyland, composed by Victor Herbert

Main article: Operetta

Operetta (literally "little opera") is a genre of light opera – light in terms of the subject matter and light in terms of the music itself. Operetta also shares many characteristics with musical theatre. The following is a list of composers who have written works in this genre:

Paul Abraham 2 November 1892 (Apatin) – 6 May 1960 (Hamburg)
Edmond Audran April 11, 1842 (Lyon) – August 17, 1901 (Tierceville)
Joseph Beer May 7, 1908 (Gródek – November 23, 1987 (Nice)
Ralph Benatzky June 5, 1884 (Moravské Budějovice) – October 16, 1957 (Zürich)
Paul Burkhard December 21, 1911 (Zürich) – September 6, 1977 (Zell)
Charles Cuvillier April, 24, 1877 (Paris) – February 14, 1955 (Paris)
Reginald De Koven April 3, 1859 (Middletown, Connecticut) – January 16, 1920 (New York City)
Rudolf Dellinger July 8, 1857 (Graslitz) – September 24, 1910 (Dresden)
Anton Diabelli September 6, 1781 (Mattsee) – April 7, 1858 (Vienna)
Nico Dostal November 27, 1895 (Korneuburg) – October 27, 1981 (Salzburg)
Mihály Erdélyi May 28, 1895 (Szeged) – January 27, 1979 (Budapest)
Edmund Eysler March 12, 1874 (Vienna) – October 4, 1949 (Vienna)
Leo Fall February 2, 1873 (Olmütz) – September 16, 1925 (Vienna)
Rudolf Friml December 7, 1879 (Prague) – November 12, 1972 (Los Angeles, California)
Richard Genée February 7, 1823 (Danzig) – June 15, 1895 (Baden bei Wien)
Edward German February 7, 1862 (Whitchurch, Shropshire) – November 11, 1936 (London)
Kostas Giannidis 1903 (Smyrna) – 1984 (Athens)
Jean Gilbert February 11, 1879 (Hamburg) – December 20, 1942 (Buenos Aires)
Walter Goetze April 17, 1883 (Berlin) – March 24, 1961 (Berlin)
Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr. April 9, 1855 (Vienna) – 26 April 1907 (Vienna)
Victor Herbert February 1, 1859 (Dublin) – May 26, 1924 (New York City)
Hervé June 30, 1825 (Houdain) – November 4, 1892 (Paris)
Richard Heuberger June 18, 1850 (Graz) – October 28, 1914 (Vienna)
Friedrich Heinrich Himmel November 20, 1765 (Treuenbrietzen) – June 8, 1814 (Berlin)

Programme cover for an 1881 production of The Pirates of Penzance, composed by Arthur Sullivan

Igo Hofstetter June 1, 1926 (Linz) – March 2, 2002 (Linz)
Jenő Huszka April 24, 1875 (Szeged) – February 2, 1960 (Budapest)
Eduard Ingris February 11, 1905 (Zlonice) – January 11, 1991 (South Lake Tahoe, California)
Victor Jacobi October 22, 1883 (Budapest) – December 10, 1921 (New York City)
Georg Jarno June 3, 1868 (Budapest) – May 25, 1920 (Breslau)
Leon Jessel January 22, 1871 (Stettin) – January 4, 1942 (Berlin)
J. Rosamond Johnson August 11, 1873 (Jacksonville, Florida) – November 11, 1954 (New York City)
Emmerich Kálmán October 24, 1882 (Siófok) – October 30, 1953 (Paris)
Walter Kollo January 28, 1878 (Neidenburg) – September 30, 1940 (Berlin)
Fritz Kreisler February 2, 1875 (Vienna) – January 29, 1962 (New York City)
Eduard Künneke January 27, 1885 (Emmerich am Rhein) – October 27, 1953 (Berlin)
Calixa Lavallée December 28, 1842 (Verchères, Quebec) – January 21, 1891 (Boston)
Alexandre Charles Lecocq June 3, 1832 (Paris) – October 24, 1918 (Paris)
Franz Lehár April 30, 1870 (Komárom) – October 24, 1948 (Bad Ischl)
Ruggero Leoncavallo April 23, 1857 (Naples) – August 9, 1919 (Montecatini)
John Henry Maunder February 21, 1858 (London) – January 21, 1920 (Brighton)
André Messager December 30, 1853 (Montluçon) – February 24, 1929 (Paris)
Karl Millöcker April 29, 1842 (Vienna) – December 31, 1899 (Baden bei Wien)
Sigmund Mogulesko December 16, 1858 (Kalarash) – February 4, 1914 (New York City)
Oskar Nedbal March 26, 1874 (Tábor) – December 24, 1930 (Zagreb)
Edmund Nick September 22, 1891 (Reichenberg) – April 11, 1973 (Geretsried)
Ivor Novello January 15, 1893 (Cardiff – March 6, 1951 (London)
Jacques Offenbach June 20, 1819 (Cologne) – October 5, 1880 (Paris)
Robert Planquette July 31, 1848 (Paris – January 28, 1903 (Paris)
Heinrich Proch July 22, 1809 (Vienna) – December 18, 1878, (Vienna)
Lev Pulver December 18, 1883 (Yekaterinoslav) – 1970 (Moscow)
Fred Raymond April 20, 1900 (Vienna) – January 10, 1954 (Überlingen)
Emil Reesen May 30, 1887 (Copenhagen) – March 27, 1964 (Gentofte)
Sigmund Romberg July 29, 1887 (Nagykanizsa) – November 9, 1951 (New York City)
Theophrastos Sakellaridis 1883 (Athens) – 1950 (Athens)
Spyridon Samaras 17 November/29 November 1861 (Corfu) – 25 March/7 April 1917 (Athens)
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich 25 September 1906 (Saint Petersburg) – 9 August 1975 (Moscow)
Ludwig Schmidseder August 24, 1904 (Passau) – June 21, 1971 (Munich)
Edward Solomon July 25, 1855 (London) – January 22, 189 (London)
John Philip Sousa November 6, 1854 (Washington, D.C.) – March 6, 1932 (Reading, Pennsylvania)
Petar Stojanović September 7, 1877 (Budapest) – September 11, 1957 (Belgrade)
Robert Stolz August 25, 1880 (Graz) – June 27, 1975 (Berlin)
Oscar Straus March 6, 1870 (Vienna) – January 11, 1954 (Bad Ischl)
Johann Strauss II October 25, 1825 (Vienna – June 3, 1899 (Vienna)
Johann Strauss III February 16, 1866 – January 9, 1939 (Berlin)
Heinrich Strecker February 24, 1893 (Vienna) – June 28, 1981 (Baden bei Wien)
Arthur Sullivan May 13, 1842 (London) – November 22, 1900 (London)
Franz von Suppé April 18, 1819 (Split) – May 21, 1895 (Vienna)
Albert Szirmai July 2, 1880 (Budapest) – January 15, 1967 (New York City)
Oscar Ferdinand Telgmann c. 1855 (Mengeringhausen) – March 30, 1946 (Toronto)
Claude Terrasse January 27, 1867 (L'Arbresle) – June 30, 1923 (Paris)
Arthur Goring Thomas November 10, 1850 (Sussex) – March 20, 1892 (London)
Vincenzo Valente February 21, 1855 (Corigliano Calabro) – September 6, 1921 (Naples)
Zsigmond Vincze July 1, 1874 (Zombor) – June. 30, 1935 (Budapest)
Ivan Zajc August 3, 1832 (near Rijeka) – December 16, 1914 (Zagreb)
Carl Zeller June 19, 1842 (Sankt Peter in der Au) – August 17, 1898 (Baden bei Wien)
Karl Michael Ziehrer May 2, 1843 (Vienna) – November 14, 1922 (Vienna)

List of operetta composers

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