Swan Lake
Mar 4 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" has its world premiere, performed by the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow
- Apr 19 Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris)
Le Roi de Lahore
Apr 27 Jules Massenet's opera "Le Roi de Lahore" (The King of Lahore) premieres at the Palais Garnier, Paris, France
Symphony No. 2
Oct 20 Franz Schubert's 2nd Symphony in B premieres in London, England by Crystal Palace Orchestra, conducted by Alfred Manns
The Sorcerer
Nov 17 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "The Sorcerer" premieres at the Opera Comique, London
Music History
Dec 2 Camille Saint-Saëns' opera "Samson et Dalila" premieres in Weimar
Symphony No. 3
Dec 16 Anton Bruckner reluctantly steps in to conduct the premiere of his "Symphony No. 3", dedicated to Richard Wagner; it is a critical disaster and undergoes many revisions [1]
Brahms' 2nd Symphony
Dec 30 Johannes Brahms' 2nd Symphony in D, premieres in Vienna
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