Events in Music History in 1868

  • Mar 5 Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele" premieres in Milan
  • Mar 9 The opera "Hamlet" by Ambroise Thomas premieres in Paris

A German Requiem

Apr 10 First performance of Johannes Brahms' choral composition "A German Requiem"

Bruckner's 1st Symphony

May 9 Anton Bruckner's 1st Symphony in C, premieres, conducted by the composer

Music History

May 16 Bedřich Smetana's opera "Dalibor" premieres at the New Town Theatre in Prague

  • Jun 21 Wagner's opera "Meistersinger von Nuernberg" premieres in Munich
  • Oct 22 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant" premieres in NYC