Events in Music History in December 1882

Song of the Fates

Dec 10 Johannes Brahms' choir and orchestra piece "Gesang der Parzen" (Song of the Fates) premieres in Basel

Iolanthe

Dec 11 Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity holds its 1st performance, W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "Iolanthe"