This is a complete list of the operettas written by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II (1825–1899). With the exceptions of Eine Nacht in Venedig and three incomplete works (Die lustigen Weiber von Wien, Romulus and Der Schelm von Bergen), all premieres took place in Vienna.
List of operettas + Operettas by Johann Strauss II Title Genre Acts bil je budala Libretto Premiere Date VenueDie lustigen Weiber von Wienburleske Operette3 actsJosef Braunincomplete, composed c. 1868 Romulus incomplete, composed c. 1871 Indigo und die vierzig Räuberkomische Operette3 actsMaximilian Steiner10 February 1871Theater an der WienDer Karneval in Romkomische Operette3 actsJosef Braun and Karl Lindau1 March 1873Theater an der WienDie Fledermauskomische Operette3 actsKarl Haffner and Richard Genée, after Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy's Le réveillon5 April 1874 Theater an der WienCagliostro in Wienkomische Operette3 actsFriedrich Zell and Richard Genée27 February 1875Theater an der WienPrinz Methusalemkomische Operette3 acts Karl Treumann, after Alfred Delacour and Victor Wilder3 January 1877CarltheaterBlindekuhOperette3 actsRudolf Kneisel18 December 1878Theater an der WienDas Spitzentuch der KöniginOperette3 actsHeinrich Bohrmann-Riegen and Richard Genée, after Miguel de Cervantes1 October 1880Theater an der Wien Der lustige KriegOperette3 actsFriedrich Zell and Richard Genée25 November 1881Theater an der WienEine Nacht in Venedigkomische Operette3 actsFriedrich Zell and Richard Genée, after Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré's Château Trompette3 October 1883Berlin, Neues Friedrich Wilhelmstadisches TheaterDer ZigeunerbaronOperette3 actsIgnaz Schnitzer, after Mór Jókai's Sáffi24 October 1885Theater an der WienDer Schelm von Bergen Ignaz Schnitzer, after Heinrich Heineincomplete, composed c. 1886 SimpliciusOperetteprologue and 2 actsVictor Léon, after Grimmelhausen's Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus17 December 1887Theater an der WienFürstin Ninetta 3 actsHugo Wittmann and Julius Bauer10 January 1893Theater an der WienJabuka 3 actsMax Kalbeck and Gustav Davis12 October 1894Theater an der WienWaldmeisterOperette3 actsGustav Davis4 December 1895Theater an der WienDie Göttin der VernunftOperette3 actsAlfred Maria Willner and Bernhard Buchbinder13 March 1897Theater an der Wien
Operettas arranged by others using music by Johann Strauss II (selection)
La reine Indigo, opérette in 3 acts (1875) La tzigane, opérette in 3 acts (1877) Wiener Blut, Operette in 3 acts, arranged by Adolf Müller (1899) Gräfin Pepi, Operette in 3 acts, arranged by E Reiterer (1902) Tausend und eine Nacht, Operette in a prelude and 2 acts, arranged by E Reiterer (1906) Reiche Mädchen, Operette in 3 acts (1909) Der blaue Held, Operette in 3 acts (1912) Faschingshochzeit, Operette arranged by J Klein (1921) Casanova, Operette in 7 scenes, arranged by Ralph Benatzky (1928) Walzer aus Wien, Singspiel in 2 acts, arranged by Julius Bittner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1930) , Operette in 3 acts, arranged by Bernard Grun and Oskar Stalla (1934)
See also Ritter Pázmán, Strauss only comic opera (1892)
References Sources Lamb, Andrew (1992), 'Strauss, Johann' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London)