Operetta: A Theatrical History (Oxford paperbacks)

by RichardTraubner (Author)

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  Paperback
  1990

  $3.25

  This illustrated history of operetta documents a form of musical theatre which entertained audiences around the world for over a century. Coming at a time of renewed enthusiasm for operetta, Richard Traubner's volume details the creation of the genre's masterworks, from Orphee aux Enfers to Die Fledermaus , HMS Pinafore , The Merry Widow , The Desert Song , and White Horse Inn . It covers the careers of the major composers of operetta and librettists - such as Offenbach, Lecocq, Gilbert and Sullivan, Coward, and Lerner and Loewe - and discusses the minor ones as well in a chronicle of operetta's greatest theatres and most popular stars.