List of operetta composers
Operetta 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 – 6 May 1960
- Leo Ascher 17 August 1880 – 25 February 1942
- Edmond Audran April 11, 1842 – August 17, 1901
- Joseph Beer May 7, 1908
- Ralph Benatzky June 5, 1884 – October 16, 1957
- Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990
- Paul Burkhard December 21, 1911 – September 6, 1977
- Emmanuel Chabrier January 18, 1841 - September 13, 1894
- Mario Pasquale Costa July 24, 1858 – September 27, 1933
- Charles Cuvillier April, 24, 1877 – February 14, 1955
- Reginald De Koven April 3, 1859 – January 16, 1920
- Rudolf Dellinger July 8, 1857 – September 24, 1910
- Anton Diabelli September 6, 1781 – April 7, 1858
- Nico Dostal November 27, 1895 – October 27, 1981
- Mihály Erdélyi May 28, 1895 – January 27, 1979
- Edmund Eysler March 12, 1874 – October 4, 1949
- Leo Fall February 2, 1873 – September 16, 1925
- Rudolf Friml December 7, 1879 – November 12, 1972
- Richard Genée February 7, 1823 – June 15, 1895
- Edward German February 7, 1862 – November 11, 1936
- Kostas Giannidis 1903 – 1984
- Jean Gilbert February 11, 1879 – December 20, 1942
- Walter Goetze April 17, 1883 – March 24, 1961
- Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. April 9, 1855 – 26 April 1907
- Victor Herbert February 1, 1859 – May 26, 1924
- Hervé June 30, 1825 – November 4, 1892
- Richard Heuberger June 18, 1850 – October 28, 1914
- Friedrich Heinrich Himmel November 20, 1765 – June 8, 1814
- Igo Hofstetter June 1, 1926 – March 2, 2002
- Jenő Huszka April 24, 1875 – February 2, 1960
- Eduard Ingris February 11, 1905 – January 11, 1991
- Victor Jacobi October 22, 1883 – December 10, 1921
- Georg Jarno June 3, 1868 – May 25, 1920
- Leon Jessel January 22, 1871 – January 4, 1942
- J. Rosamond Johnson August 11, 1873 – November 11, 1954
- Emmerich Kálmán October 24, 1882 – October 30, 1953
- Walter Kollo January 28, 1878 – September 30, 1940
- Fritz Kreisler February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962
- Eduard Künneke January 27, 1885 – October 27, 1953
- Oscar de Lagoanère August 25, 1853 – May 23, 1918
- Calixa Lavallée December 28, 1842 – January 21, 1891
- Alexandre Charles Lecocq June 3, 1832 – October 24, 1918
- Franz Lehár April 30, 1870 – October 24, 1948
- Ruggero Leoncavallo April 23, 1857 – August 9, 1919
- Paul Lincke 7 November 1866 – 3 September 1946
- Pietro Mascagni December 7, 1863 – August 2, 1945
- John Henry Maunder February 21, 1858 – January 21, 1920
- André Messager December 30, 1853 – February 24, 1929
- Karl Millöcker April 29, 1842 – December 31, 1899
- Sigmund Mogulesko December 16, 1858 – February 4, 1914
- Oskar Nedbal March 26, 1874 – December 24, 1930
- Edmund Nick September 22, 1891 – April 11, 1973
- Ivor Novello January 15, 1893
- Jacques Offenbach June 20, 1819 – October 5, 1880
- Giuseppe Pietri May 6, 1886 – August 11, 1946
- Robert Planquette July 31, 1848
- Heinrich Proch July 22, 1809 – December 18, 1878,
- Lev Pulver December 18, 1883 – 1970
- Virgilio Ranzato May 7, 1882 – August 20, 1937
- Fred Raymond April 20, 1900 – January 10, 1954
- Emil Reesen May 30, 1887 – March 27, 1964
- Sigmund Romberg July 29, 1887 – November 9, 1951
- Theophrastos Sakellaridis 1883 – 1950
- Spyridon Samaras 17 November/29 November 1861 – 25 March/7 April 1917
- Gaston Serpette November 4, 1846 – November 3, 1904
- Dmitri Shostakovich 25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975
- Ludwig Schmidseder August 24, 1904 – June 21, 1971
- Edward Solomon July 25, 1855 – January 22, 189
- John Philip Sousa November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932
- Petar Stojanović September 7, 1877 – September 11, 1957
- Robert Stolz August 25, 1880 – June 27, 1975
- Oscar Straus March 6, 1870 – January 11, 1954
- Johann Strauss II October 25, 1825
- Johann Strauss III February 16, 1866 – January 9, 1939
- Heinrich Strecker February 24, 1893 – June 28, 1981
- Arthur Sullivan May 13, 1842 – November 22, 1900
- Franz von Suppé April 18, 1819 – May 21, 1895
- Albert Szirmai July 2, 1880 – January 15, 1967
- Oscar Ferdinand Telgmann c. 1855 – March 30, 1946
- Claude Terrasse January 27, 1867 – June 30, 1923
- Arthur Goring Thomas November 10, 1850 – March 20, 1892
- Ivo Tijardović September 18, 1895 – March 19, 1976
- Vincenzo Valente February 21, 1855 – September 6, 1921
- Louis Varney May 30, 1844 - August 20, 1908
- Zsigmond Vincze July 1, 1874 – June. 30, 1935
- Ivan Zajc August 3, 1832 – December 16, 1914
- Carl Zeller June 19, 1842 – August 17, 1898
- Carl Michael Ziehrer May 2, 1843 – November 14, 1922