<page_title> List of opera genres </page_title> <section_title> List </section_title> <table> <cell> Opérette (plural, opérettes) <col_header> Genre </col_header> </cell> <cell> French <col_header> Language </col_header> </cell> <cell> French operetta. Original genre of light (both of music and subject matter) opera that grew out of the French opéra comique in the mid 19th century. <col_header> Description </col_header> </cell> <cell> Hervé, Offenbach, Varney, Messager, Hahn <col_header> Notable composers </col_header> </cell> </table>
Hervé along with Offenbach composed the opera, or "opérette".