Operetta: A Theatrical History

Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
• OVERTURE
• BEGINNERS, PLEASE!
• THE EMPEROR OF OPERETTA
• POST-1870 PARIS
• VIENNA GOLD
• THE SCHOOL OF STRAUSS II
• THE SAVOY TRADITION
• THE EDWARDESIAN ERA
• FIN DE SIÈCLE
• THE MERRY WIDOW AND HER RIVALS
• SILVER VIENNA
• CONTINENTAL VARIETIES
• THE WEST END
• AMERICAN OPERETTA
• BROADWAY
• PASTICCIO AND ZARZUELA, ITALY AND RUSSIA