Tchaikovsky's "Iolanta"
Jan 3 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's final opera "Iolanta", is first performed outside of Russia in Hamburg, Germany
"Manon Lescaut"
Feb 1 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Manon Lescaut" premieres in Turin
Falstaff
Feb 9 Giuseppe Verdi's comic opera "Falstaff" premieres at La Scala in Milan, Italy
Gardel Arrives in Argentina
Mar 11 Future Tango icon Carlos Gardel and his mother, Berthe Gardès emigrate to Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Jun 1 Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin)
- Oct 28 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts first performance of his Symphony Number Six in B minor, "Pathetique", in St. Petersburg, Russia, 9 days before his death
- Dec 15 Preview performance of Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 - "New World Symphony" draws a crowd to Carnegie Hall, New York [1]
- Dec 16 Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 - "New World Symphony" premieres at Carnegie Hall, New York
"Hansel and Gretel"
Dec 23 Opera "Hansel and Gretel" by Engelbert Humperdinck and his sister Adelheid Wette premieres in Weimar, conducted by Richard Strauss
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