Music Premiere
Feb 5 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy, Verdi's first new opera for over 15 years
Giuseppe Verdi
Event of Interest
May 2 Gioachino Rossini's corpse transferred to Santa Croce, Florence
Gioachino Rossini
- May 18 Emmanuel Chabrier's opera "Le roi malgré lui" (King, in spite of himself) premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris; after 3 performances the theatre burns down
- May 25 Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die
- Oct 31 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral work "Capriccio Espagnol" premieres in St Petersburg
- Nov 23 Opera "Trumpeter of Säckingen" 1st American production (NYC)