- Feb 12 Caesar Franck's Symphony in D premieres
Esclarmonde
May 18 Jules Massenet's opera "Esclarmonde" premieres in Paris
Mahler's 1st Symphony
Nov 20 Gustav Mahler premieres his 1st Symphony at the Vigadó Concert Hall, Budapest, Hungary; it is not well received and he revises it several times before publishing 9 years later
The Gondoliers
Dec 7 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "The Gondoliers" premieres at the Savoy Theatre, London