Operetta Musicals – The Complete List
Last Updated: May 8, 2025
The following list includes operetta musicals, featuring operetta-adjacent works and opera–musical theatre hybrids. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
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Operetta / Musical Theatre Mixes
Operetta Musicals
Music/Lyrics: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Richard Wilbur, John La Touche, Stephen Sondheim, Dorothy Parker Book: John Caird, Hugh Wheeler, Lillian Hellman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Music Genre: Operetta
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1925)
Music Genre: Operetta
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics/Book: Maxwell Anderson
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)
Music Genre: Operetta
Music: Ron Grainer Lyrics/Book: Ronald Millar
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Music Genre: Operetta
Music: Edvard Grieg Lyrics: Robert Wright, George Forrest Book: Milton Lazarus
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Music Genre: Operetta
Music: Sigmund Romberg Lyrics/Book: Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1926)
Music Genre: Operetta
The Happiest Girl in the World
Music: Jacques Offenbach Lyrics: Yip Harburg Book: Fred Saidy, Henry Mayers
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Music Genre: Operetta
Music: Sigmund Romberg Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, Laurence Schwab
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Music Genre: Operetta
Operetta / Musical Theatre Mixes
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music: Milton Schafer Lyrics: Ronny Graham Book: A.J. Russell
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music/Lyrics: Robert Wright, George Forrest Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Moss Hart
Musical Type: Golden Age (1941)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music: Heitor Villa-Lobos Lyrics: Robert Wright, George Forrest Book: Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Homer Curran
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Music Genres: Classical / Folk Operetta / Musical Theatre
Music: Al Carmines Lyrics/Book: María Irene Fornés
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Music Genres: Folk / Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music/Lyrics: Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz Book: Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music: Sigmund Romberg Lyrics: Leo Robin Book: Jerome Chodorov, Joseph Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music: Vincent Youmans Lyrics: Edward Heyman Book: Brian Hooker
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1932)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta