- Apr 8 Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda" premieres in Milan
Event of Interest
Apr 22 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky completes his ballet "Swan Lake"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Event of Interest
Aug 13 The Bayreuth Festspielhaus opens with the first complete performance of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle
Richard Wagner
- Aug 16 Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth
- Aug 17 Richard Wagner's opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth
- Nov 4 Johannes Brahms' 1st Symphony in C premieres in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden
- Nov 17 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's patriotic Slavonic March made its premiere in Moscow to a warm reception by the Russian people.