"Artaxerxes"
Feb 2 Thomas Arne's opera "Artaxerxes" premieres at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, England
Music History
Jul 10 Louis-François Roubiliac's monument to George Frideric Handel is unveiled at Westminster Abbey in London, England [1]
- Oct 5 Opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" by Christoph Willibald Gluck is first produced in Vienna in front of Empress Maria Theresa.
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