List of operettas and operas by Carl Millöcker

This is a list of the operettas and operas of the Austrian composer Carl Millöcker (1842–1899).

Millöcker wrote 20 light operas, of which 16 are described as operettas, one as a Singspiel, one as a 'Volksoper' ('people's opera'). (The other two were left undesignated.) His music is closely associated with the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, where 14 of his works received their first performances.

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Title Genre Sub­divisions Libretto Première date Place, theatre
Der tote Gast operette 1 act Ludwig Harisch, after the novel by Heinrich Zschokke 11 February 1865 Graz, Thalia-Theater
Die beiden Binder operette 1 act G Stoltze 21 December 1865 Graz, Thalia-Theater
Diana operette 1 act Josef Braun 2 January 1867 Vienna, Harmonie-Theater
Der Sackpfeifer operette 1 act Ludwig Anzengruber 19 September 2015 Strasshof, KUMST
Der Dieb operette 1 act Alois Berla 1868/1869 Budapest
Die Fraueninsel operette 3 acts after Le royaume des femmes by Théodore and Hippolyte Cogniard 1868/1869 Budapest, Deutsches Theater
Der Regimentstambour operette 2 acts Heinrich Börnstein 23 October 1869 Vienna, Theater in der Josefstadt
Abenteuer in Wien Singspiel 3 acts Alois Berla 20 January 1873 Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Das verwunschene Schloss operette 5 acts Alois Berla 30 March 1878 Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Gräfin Dubarry (revised as Die Dubarry, Berlin 1931) operette 3 acts Richard Genée and Friedrich Zell 31 October 1879 Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Apajune, der Wassermann operette 3 acts Richard Genée and Friedrich Zell 18 December 1880 Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Die Jungfrau von Belleville operette 3 acts Richard Genée and Friedrich Zell, after La pucelle de Belleville by Paul de Kock 29 October 1881 Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Der Bettelstudent operette 3 acts Richard Genée and Friedrich Zell, after Fernande by Victorien Sardou, and Le Guitarréro by Halévy / Eugène Scribe 6 December 1882 Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Gasparone operette 3 acts Richard Genée and Friedrich Zell 26 January 1884 Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Der Feldprediger   3 acts Hugo Wittmann and Alois Wohlmuth, after Das seltsame Brautgemach by Gustav Schilling 31 October 1884 Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Der Vice-Admiral operette prologue and
3 acts
Richard Genée and Friedrich Zell 9 October 1886 Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Die sieben Schwaben Volksoper 3 acts Hugo Wittmann and Julius Bauer 29 October 1887 Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Der arme Jonathan operette 3 acts Richard Genée and Friedrich Zell 4 January 1890 Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Das Sonntagskind operette 3 acts Richard Genée and Friedrich Zell 16 January 1892 Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Der Probekuss operette 3 acts Richard Genée and Friedrich Zell 22 December 1894 Vienna, Theater an der Wien
Das Nordlicht   3 acts Hugo Wittmann 2 December 1896 Vienna, Theater an der Wien

References edit

  • Lamb, Andrew (1992), "Millöcker, Carl" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7