List of operettas by Johann Strauss II explained

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

+ Operettas by Johann Strauss II
TitleGenreActsLibrettoPremiere
DateVenue
Die lustigen Weiber von Wienburleske Operette3 actsJosef Braunincomplete, composed c. 1868 
Romulus   incomplete, composed c. 1871 
Indigo und die vierzig Räuberkomische Operette3 actsMaximilian Steiner10 February 1871Theater an der Wien
Der Karneval in Romkomische Operette3 actsJosef Braun and Karl Lindau1 March 1873Theater an der Wien
Die Fledermauskomische Operette3 actsKarl Haffner and Richard Genée, after Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy's Le réveillon5 April 1874 Theater an der Wien
Cagliostro in Wienkomische Operette3 actsFriedrich Zell and Richard Genée27 February 1875Theater an der Wien
Prinz Methusalemkomische Operette3 acts Karl Treumann, after Alfred Delacour and Victor Wilder3 January 1877Carltheater
BlindekuhOperette3 actsRudolf Kneisel18 December 1878Theater an der Wien
Das Spitzentuch der KöniginOperette3 actsHeinrich Bohrmann-Riegen and Richard Genée, after Miguel de Cervantes1 October 1880Theater an der Wien
Der lustige KriegOperette3 actsFriedrich Zell and Richard Genée25 November 1881Theater an der Wien
Eine Nacht in Venedigkomische Operette3 actsFriedrich Zell and Richard Genée, after Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré's Château Trompette3 October 1883Berlin, Neues Friedrich Wilhelmstadisches Theater
Der ZigeunerbaronOperette3 actsIgnaz Schnitzer, after Mór Jókai's Sáffi24 October 1885Theater an der Wien
Der Schelm von Bergen  Ignaz Schnitzer, after Heinrich Heineincomplete, composed c. 1886 
SimpliciusOperetteprologue and 2 actsVictor Léon, after Grimmelhausen's Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus17 December 1887Theater an der Wien
Fürstin Ninetta 3 actsHugo Wittmann and Julius Bauer10 January 1893Theater an der Wien
Jabuka 3 actsMax Kalbeck and Gustav Davis12 October 1894Theater an der Wien
WaldmeisterOperette3 actsGustav Davis4 December 1895Theater an der Wien
Die Göttin der VernunftOperette3 actsAlfred Maria Willner and Bernhard Buchbinder13 March 1897Theater an der Wien

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

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