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<p>List of the most famous Operetta operas, listed alphabetically with photos when available. This list contains popular examples of operas of the genre Operetta, and contains information such as what language the opera was composed in. If you want to know more about these historic Operetta operas you can click on their names for even more information. Any notable operas in the Operetta genre should be listed below, so if you're an opera lover use this list to find a few that you've never heard of. List includes The Merry Widow, Cagliostro in Wien and more. </p>This list helps answer the questions, &quot;What is Operetta?&quot; and &quot;What are the best Operetta operas?&quot;

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Candide

Candide is an operetta with music composed by Leonard Bernstein, based on the novella of the same name by Voltaire. The operetta was first performed in 1956 with a libretto by Lillian Hellman; but since 1974 it has been generally performed with a book by Hugh Wheeler which is more faithful to Voltaire's novel. The primary lyricist was the poet Richard Wilbur. Other contributors to the text were John Latouche, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman, Stephen Sondheim, John Mauceri, John Wells, and Bernstein himself. Maurice Peress and Hershy Kay contributed orchestrations. Although unsuccessful at its premiere, Candide has now overcome the unenthusiastic reaction of early audiences and critics and achieved enormous popularity. It is very popular among major music schools as a student show because of the quality of its music and the opportunities it offers to student singers.

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