"Die Fledermaus" is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II and is the treasure of the operettas in Vienna.(轻歌剧《蝙蝠》是十九世纪作曲家约翰·斯·特劳斯的一部佳作，是维也纳轻歌剧中的瑰宝。)
Offenbach is a famous operetta master, and was the creator of operetta, a humorous, conventional, and unique entertaining means.(奥芬巴赫是著名的轻歌剧大师，他开创了轻歌剧这样一个幽默通俗、独具特色的新的歌剧形式。)
The operetta is about a girl named Bettina who is sent to take care of the turkeys of an unlucky farmer by the farmer's brother.(这出小歌剧讲述的是一个名叫贝蒂娜的女孩儿的故事，在剧中她被一个农夫派去照看他倒霉兄弟的火鸡。)
His greatest merit was to have worked with it totally, from opera to opo and operetta.(他最大的优点就是全身心投入工作——从歌剧到流行音乐和轻歌剧。)
Right at the end of 1880 an operetta called la Mascotte played first in French and then in English in 1881 introducing the English speaking world to the word mascot.(就在1880年底的当儿，一出名为“吉祥物”的独幕小歌剧以法语首演，并随后于1881年用英语演出，从而将“mascot”一词引入英语国家。)
Operetta is an important kind of opera, which just flourished in the period of the late 19th century and the early 20th century.(轻歌剧就是繁荣于19世纪末至20世纪初的一种重要歌剧样式。)
The operetta become more and more popular.(小歌剧越来越流行。)
Still, we can observe that the musical is primarily an American form, even if it showed clear evidence of influence from European operetta.(尽管欧洲轻歌剧对音乐剧的影响一目了然，但在我们看来音乐剧主要还是美式的。)
In 1871 he wrote his first operetta Indigo und die vierzig Rauber (Indigo and the Forty Thieves).(1871年，他写下他的第一部轻歌剧《英迪果和40个强盗》。)
The musical grew as two streams converged: operetta with its old-world romance, and vaudeville with its zippy comedy and thoroughly popular roots.(音乐剧的成长伴随着两种潮流的融合，带有古典传奇色彩的轻歌剧以及带有活泼喜剧和流行节奏特色的轻音乐戏剧。)
