Events in Music History in 1857

Simon Boccanegra

Mar 12 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra" premieres in Venice

  • Mar 16 Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti's opera "Pergolese" premieres at La Scala in Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy (now Italy)

The Poor of New York

Dec 8 Dion Boucicault's stage drama "The Poor of New York" opens at Wallack's Lyceum Theatre, NYC

"The Battle of the Huns"

Dec 29 Franz Liszt's symphonic poem "Hunnenschlacht (The Battle of the Huns)" premieres in Weimar