Brahms' Violin Concerto
Jan 1 Johannes Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig
Music Premiere
Mar 29 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.'s opera "Jevgeni Onegin", based on the novel by Alexander Pushkin, premieres Maly Theatre in Moscow, Russia
- May 16 Antonín Dvořák's "Slavonic Dances" premieres
HMS Pinafore
Jun 16 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC
- Dec 26 Johannes Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture" premieres in Vienna, Austria
- Dec 30 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance" premieres in Paignton, England and at Fifth Avenue Theatre NYC the next day
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