Revue operetta

Revue operetta is a term for revue-like equipment operettas . This genre of operettas achieved great popularity between 1920 and 1940. Even in the post-war period and occasionally up to the present day, some revue operettas were created, e.g. B. Chess the Boss , Three Men in the Snow (premiered in 2019).

Title page from Women in the Metropol

A specific feature of the revue operetta is that in comparison to the "normal" operetta, the plot plays a subordinate role, while the main focus is on equipment, dance and catchy hits. Mostly there are also brisk, exotic rhythms of different musical styles, such as rumba, tango, foxtrot etc. On the other hand, large aria-like melodies, such as Lehár's, are rarely found in revue operettas. Music titles from the stage works often became independent successful hits. In musicology, the revue operetta is often seen as the immediate predecessor of the musical .

Well-known works (selection)

• Frau Luna , Im Weißen Rössl , Clivia , Ball im Savoy , mask in blue , women in Metropol , wedding night in Paradise , spring parade

List of composers (chronological)

• Paul Lincke (1866-1946)
• Walter Kollo (1878–1940)
• Robert Stolz (1880–1975)
• Ralph Benatzky (1884–1957)
• Eduard Künneke (1885–1953)
• Paul Abraham (1892-1960)
• Nico Dostal (1895–1981)
• Theo Mackeben (1897–1953)
• Jara Beneš (1897-1949)
• Fred Raymond (1900-1954)
• Ludwig Schmidseder (1904–1971)
• Gerhard Winkler (1906–1977)
• Friedrich Schröder (1910–1972)
• Paul Burkhard (1911–1977)
• Guido Masanetz (1914-2015)
• Igo Hofstetter (1926-2002)
• Thomas Pigor (* 1956)

literature

• Heike Quissek: The German-language operetta libretto: characters, fabrics, dramaturgy. JB Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2012, ISBN 978-3-476-02481-7
• Nils Grosch, Carolin Stahrenberg (ed.): "In the white Rößl". Cultural-historical perspectives. Waxmann, Münster 2016, ISBN 978-3-8309-3355-7
• Otto Schneidereit: The operetta from Abraham to Ziehrer. 3. Edition. Henschel Verlag for Art and Literature, Berlin 1966

Individual evidence

1. ^ Revue operetta. In: Digital dictionary of the German language . Retrieved October 4, 2019