We have a thread like this and a list for operas, and have been excluding operettas. I though we could nominate operettas and then vote for in each order they should be listed.
Again, I remind new members that all that this and similar exercises want, is to merely establish the operettas that our members *most often* recommend. It doesn't mean these are the *best* or *most important* ones. We're humble people here. We like stuff, and recommend it to others. That's all. Every time we start one of these efforts, someone challenges it on bases that we can't say what is "best" etc. I repeat, we are not saying it. We're just making recommendations based on our members' tastes.
So, I'll start. I don't have a lot of exposure to operettas and don't know many. Of the few I know, I like these:
Johan Strauss II - Die Fledermaus
Johan Strauss II - Der Zigeunerbaron
Offenbach - Orphée aux Enfers
Offenbach - La Vie Parisienne
Offenbach - La Belle Hélène
Lehár - Die Lustige Witwe
Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance
Gilbert & Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore
Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado
Bernstein - Candide
Chabrier - L'Etoile (not strictly speaking an operetta, but for all practical purposes, it is one)
Auber - Haydée ou Le Secret (same case - I'm not sure if we should keep these here, or in our opera lists - I'd appreciate opinions on these last two regarding placement)
Again, I remind new members that all that this and similar exercises want, is to merely establish the operettas that our members *most often* recommend. It doesn't mean these are the *best* or *most important* ones. We're humble people here. We like stuff, and recommend it to others. That's all. Every time we start one of these efforts, someone challenges it on bases that we can't say what is "best" etc. I repeat, we are not saying it. We're just making recommendations based on our members' tastes.
So, I'll start. I don't have a lot of exposure to operettas and don't know many. Of the few I know, I like these:
Johan Strauss II - Die Fledermaus
Johan Strauss II - Der Zigeunerbaron
Offenbach - Orphée aux Enfers
Offenbach - La Vie Parisienne
Offenbach - La Belle Hélène
Lehár - Die Lustige Witwe
Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance
Gilbert & Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore
Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado
Bernstein - Candide
Chabrier - L'Etoile (not strictly speaking an operetta, but for all practical purposes, it is one)
Auber - Haydée ou Le Secret (same case - I'm not sure if we should keep these here, or in our opera lists - I'd appreciate opinions on these last two regarding placement)