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
- Dec 26 Alberto Franchetti's opera "Cristoforo Colombo" opens at La Scala Teatro in Milan, Italy
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