Events in Music History in 1892

Werther Premieres

Feb 16 Opera "Werther" by Jules Massenet premieres in Vienna

Lady Windermere's Fan

Feb 20 Comedy "Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman" by Oscar Wilde premieres at St James Theatre, London

Apr 28 1st performance of Antonín Dvořák's overture "Carnival Overture"
May 21 Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "I Pagliacci" premieres in Milan
Aug 27 NYC's Metropolitan Opera House (opened in 1883) catches fire; takes two years to restore

John Philip Sousa's New Marine Band

Sep 26 1st public appearance of John Philip Sousa's New Marine Band, at Stillman Music Hall in Plainfield, New Jersey

Prelude in C-sharp-Minor

Oct 8 Sergei Rachmaninoff first performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow

Composer, Virtuoso Pianist and Conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff

Bruckner's 8th Symphony

Dec 18 Anton Bruckner's 8th Symphony premieres at the Vienna Musikverein, with Hans Richter leading the Vienna Philharmonic

The Nutcracker

Dec 18 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker" premieres in Saint Petersburg, Russia, now the world's most performed ballet; his final opera "Isolanta" also premieres