List of operas by title

The following is a list of operas with entries in Wikipedia. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto The entries are sorted alphabetically by opera title, with the name of the composer and the year of the first performance also given.

For a list by sorted by name of composer, see The opera corpus. This is a list of over 2100 works by around 600 individual opera composers

Alphabetical listing

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1

1000 Airplanes on the Roof, Philip Glass, 1988
1492 epopea lirica d'America, Antonio Braga, 1992
1984, Lorin Maazel, 2005

P

Q

I quattro rusteghi, Wolf-Ferrari, 1906
The Queen of Spades, Tchaikovsky, 1890
A Quiet Place, Bernstein, 1983

R

Radamisto, Handel, 1720
The Rake's Progress, Stravinsky, 1951
The Rape of Lucretia, Britten, 1946
A rátartós királykisasszony (The Haughty Princess), Jacobi, 1904
Il rè pastore, Mozart, 1775
El retablo de Maese Pedro, de Falla, 1923
Das Rheingold, Wagner, 1869
Rienzi, Wagner, 1842
Rigoletto, Verdi, 1851
Rinaldo, Handel, 1711
Der Ring des Nibelungen, Wagner, 1876
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Weill, 1930
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, Monteverdi, 1640
Roberto Devereux, Donizetti, 1837
Rodelinda, Handel, 1725
Rogneda, Serov, 1865
Le roi de Lahore, Massenet, 1877
Roméo et Juliette, Gounod, 1867
La rondine, Puccini, 1917
Der Rosenkavalier, R. Strauss, 1911
Rusalka, Dargomyzhsky, 1856
Rusalka, Dvořák, 1901
Ruslan and Lyudmila, Glinka, 1842

S

Sadko, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1898
Saint-François d'Assise, Messiaen, 1983
The Saint of Bleeker Street, Menotti, 1954
Salammbô, Reyer, 1890
Salome, R. Strauss, 1905
Samson, Handel, 1743
Samson et Dalila, Saint-Saëns, 1877
Sant'Alessio, Landi, 1632
The Saracen, Cui, 1899
Šárka, Janáček, 1925
Satyagraha, Glass, 1980
Der Schauspieldirektor, Mozart, 1786
Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes, Mozart, 1767
Semele, Eccles, written 1707
Semele, Handel, 1744
Semiramide, Rossini, 1823
Serse, Handel, 1738
Le siège de Corinthe, Rossini, 1826
Shining Brow, Hagen, 1992
Siegfried , Wagner, 1876
Simon Boccanegra, Verdi, 1857
Simplicius, J. Strauss, 1887
The Snow Bogatyr, Cui, 1906
The Snow Maiden, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1882
Il sogno di Scipione, Mozart, 1772
La sonnambula, Bellini, 1831
Sorochintzy Fair, Mussorgsky, 1913
Lo sposo deluso, Mozart, 1783
The Stone Guest, Dargomyzhsky, 1872
Street Scene, Weill, 1947
Suor Angelica, Puccini, 1918
Susannah, Floyd, 1955
Švanda the Bagpiper, Weinberger, 1927
Szibill (Sybill), Jacobi, 1914

T

Il tabarro, Puccini, 1918
The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1900
Tancredi, Rossini, 1813
Tannhäuser, Wagner, 1845
Tartuffe, Mechem, 1980
De Temporum Fine Comoedia, Orff, 1973
The Tempest, Thomas Adès, 2004
The Tender Land, Copland, 1954
Thaïs, Massenet, 1894
The Threepenny Opera, Weill, 1928
Three Tales, Reich, 2002
Tosca, Puccini 1900
La traviata Verdi, 1853
Tristan und Isolde, Wagner, 1865
Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein, 1952
Il trovatore, Verdi, 1853
Les Troyens, Berlioz 1863
The Tsar's Bride, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1899
Turandot, Puccini, 1926
Il turco in Italia, Rossini, 1814
The Turn of the Screw, Britten, 1954

V

Vanessa, Barber, 1958
Veinticinco de agosto, 1983, Solare,
La vestale, Spontini, 1807
Le Villi, Puccini, 1884
Volo di Notte, Dallapiccola, 1940
Les vêpres siciliennes, Verdi, 1855
Venus and Adonis, Blow, c. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Philip Glass (born January 31 This is a list of notable events in Music that took place in the year 1988. Antonio Braga ( January 22, 1929) is an Italian classical composer This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992 1984 is an Opera composed by Lorin Maazel, with a Libretto by J WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a Events January 1 - In most of Europe copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier including L'abandon d'Ariane Op 98 ( The Abandonment of Ariane or in German Die Verlassene Ariadne) is an Opera in one act by Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (darjys mijo (September 4 1892 &ndash June 22 1974 was a French Composer and teacher Events April 27 - Igor Stravinsky 's ballet Apollon musagète is premiered in Washington September 11 Abu Hassan is an Opera in one act by Carl Maria von Weber to a German Libretto by Franz Hiemer, based on a story Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber ( 18 December 1786 in Eutin, Holstein, Germany - 5 June 1826 in London Events None listed Classical Music Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Trio No Acante et Céphise ou La sympathie is an Opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau, first performed on 19 November, 1751 at the Opéra in Jean-Philippe Rameau (ʒɑ̃filip ʀaˈmo in French (September 25 1683 – September 12 1764 was one of the most important French Composers and music theorists Events The " War of the Buffoons " (La Querelle des Bouffons divides Paris The Accacha Chronicles is an Operatic Trilogy by Nicholas Lens ( 2005) for Soprano, Tenor, Counter-tenor, A trilogy is a set of three works of art usually Literature, Film, or Video games, that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or three The multi-disciplinary artist Nicholas Lens is a contemporary Belgian Author / Composer and (recently as well director. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994. See also 1999 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1999 Record Events January 1 - In most of Europe copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier including Achille et Polyxène ( Achilles and Polyxena) is a Tragédie lyrique containing a prologue and five acts based on Virgil 's Aeneid Jean-Baptiste de Lully ( Giovanni Battista di Lulli) (ʒɑ̃batist də lyˈli in French (November 28 1632 &ndash March 22 1687 was a French Composer of Italian Pascal Collasse (or Colasse) (baptised 22 January 1649; died 17 July, 1709) was a French composer of the Baroque For the Lully opera please see Acis et Galatée. Acis and Galatea ( HWV 49 was originally a Masque composed by George Frideric The year 1718 in music involved some significant events Events Antonio Vivaldi tours Italy Acis et Galatée ( Acis and Galatea) is an Opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully. Jean-Baptiste de Lully ( Giovanni Battista di Lulli) (ʒɑ̃batist də lyˈli in French (November 28 1632 &ndash March 22 1687 was a French Composer of Italian Actéon ( Actaeon) is a Pastorale in the form of a miniature Tragédie en musique in six scenes by Marc-Antoine Charpentier Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - February 24 1704 was a French composer of the Baroque era Adelaide or l'Adelaide is an Opera by Antonio Sartorio to an Italian Libretto by Pietro Dolfin. Antonio Sartorio (1630 &ndash 1680 was a Composer, mainly of Opera and Vocal music active mainly in his native Venice and in Hamburg Adelaide di Borgogna ossia Ottone re d'Italia ( Adelaide of Burgundy or Otto King of Italy) is a two-act Opera composed by Gioacchino Events Felix Mendelssohn begins studying composition with Carl Friedrich Zelter. Adelia o La figlia dell’arciere ("Adelia or The Archer's Daughter" is a Melodramma serio, or Opera, in three acts by Gaetano Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Events Robert Schumann writes two symphonies Symphony nr1 in Bb opus 38 (also called "Spring"-symphony and Symphony nr Adelson e Salvini ( Adelson and Salvini) is a three act Opera semiseria composed by Vincenzo Bellini and first performed at the Teatro del Conservatorio Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer Events First performance of Ludwig van Beethoven 's Ninth Symphony in England François-Adrien Boïeldieu 's opera La dame Admeto re di Tessaglia ( Admetus King of Thessaly) is a three-act Opera with music composed by George Frideric Handel to an Italian The year 1727 in music involved some significant events Events Farinelli performs at Bologna where he meets his mentor Antonio Bernacchi Adriana Lecouvreur is an Opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian Libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the play Francesco Cilea (also Cilèa ( July 23, 1866 &ndash November 20, 1950) was an Italian Composer. Events April 30 - Claude Debussy 's Opera Pelléas et Mélisande is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in This article is about the Jonathan Dove opera For the Carlo Collodi novel see The Adventures of Pinocchio. Jonathan Dove (born July 18, 1959) is a British Composer of Opera and choral works and theatre film orchestral and chamber music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007 L'africaine ( The African Woman) is a Grand opera, the last work of the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer. Giacomo Meyerbeer ( September 5, 1791 &ndash May 2, 1864) was a noted German -born Opera Composer, and Events January 1 - Hector Berlioz completes his Memoirs April 28 - Giacomo Meyerbeer 's Opera After All! is a one-act Comic opera with a libretto by Frank Desprez and music by Alfred Cellier. Alfred Cellier (1 December 1844&ndash28 December 1891 was an English composer orchestrator and conductor Events May 28 – Gilbert & Sullivan 's HMS Pinafore debuts in London Published popular music Ages Ago is a musical entertaiment with a libretto by W S Gilbert and music by Frederic Clay that premiered on 22 November 1869 Frederic Emes Clay (3 August 1838&ndash24 November 1889 was an English composer known principally for his music written for the stage Events April 3 - Edvard Grieg 's Piano Concerto is premiered at Copenhagen 's Casino Agrippina (HMV 6 is an Opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel, set to a Libretto by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani The year 1709 in music involved some significant events Events Johann Georg Pisendel leaves his post in the court orchestra of Ansbach Die ägyptische Helena ( The Egyptian Helen) is an Opera in two acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Events April 27 - Igor Stravinsky 's ballet Apollon musagète is premiered in Washington September 11 This article is about the marketing term AIDA For other uses of the term see Aida (disambiguation. Events December 24 - Giuseppe Verdi 's Opera Aida premieres Anton Bruckner gives a series of organ Ainadamar means "Fountain of Tears" in Arabic and is the first opera by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov. Osvaldo Noé Golijov (born in La Plata, Argentina, December 5, 1960) is a Grammy award winning Composer of classical See also 2003 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels Akhnaten is an Opera in three acts based on the life and religious convictions of the Pharaoh Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV written by the American WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Philip Glass (born January 31 See also Events January 21 - " Relax " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart it Alahor in Granata is an Opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti to an anonymous Italian Libretto (indicated only with the initials Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Events Published Popular Music "The Old Oaken Bucket " w Albert Herring is a comic Chamber opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten, his Opus 39 Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Events August 7 - Carlo Bergonzi makes his professional debut as Schaunard in La Bohème at the Arena Argentina in Catania Events Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach succeeds his godfather Telemann as director of church music in Hamburg. Alcina (HWV 34 is an Opera seria by George Frideric Handel. The Libretto 's author is unknown but the plot is taken (like those of the Handel Events February 18 - Flora becomes the first opera performed in the United States - at Charleston South Carolina Alessandro ( Alexander the Great) is an Opera composed by George Frideric Handel in 1726 Alessandro nelle Indie ( En Alexander in India) is an Opera seria in two acts by Giovanni Pacini, with libretto by Giovanni Pacini ( February 2, 1796. – December 6, 1867) was an Italian Composer, best known for his Operas Events Beethoven 9th Symphony debuts June 21 - Franz Liszt makes his London debut Alexandre bis ( 'Alexander Twice' in English translation 'Dvakrát Alexandr' in Czech translation is a Surrealist Bohuslav Martinů ( (December 8 1890 – August 28 1959 was a prolific Bohemian Czech Composer, who wrote six symphonies, 15 Operas Events January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television Alzira is an Opera in a prologue and two acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play Events March 13 - Felix Mendelssohn 's Violin Concerto premiered in Leipzig April 21 - Albert Lortzing Amadis or Amadis de Gaule (Amadis of Gaul is a Tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste de Lully ( Giovanni Battista di Lulli) (ʒɑ̃batist də lyˈli in French (November 28 1632 &ndash March 22 1687 was a French Composer of Italian Amadis is an Opera in three acts with prologue by Jules Massenet to a French Libretto by Jules Claretie based on the Jules (Émile Frédéric Massenet ( May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912) was a French composer best known for his Operas Events January 24 - Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No Amahl and the Night Visitors is an Opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti with an original English Libretto by the Composer. Events July 11 - Disc jockey and music promoter Alan Freed broadcasts his first Rhythm and blues radio programme from station WJW in Andrea Chénier is an Opera in four acts by the Verismo composer Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian Libretto by Luigi Illica Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano ( August 28, 1867 &ndash November 12, 1948) was an Italian composer mainly of Opera. Events February 1 - Giacomo Puccini 's La bohème debuts in Turin March - Leo Stern plays in the premiere Angelo ( Анджело in Cyrillic; Andželo in transliteration is an Opera in four acts by César Cui, composed during César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French Events February 24 - Incidental music composed by Edvard Grieg for Henrik Ibsen 's Peer Gynt premieres Aniara is an Opera by Karl-Birger Blomdahl that premiered in 1959 with a Libretto by Erik Lindegren based on the poem Karl-Birger Blomdahl ( October 19, 1916 &ndash June 14, 1968) was a Swedish Composer and conductor born in Events 1959 (date unknown Jimi Hendrix buys first Electric guitar: a White Single pickup Supro Ozark 1560 S. Anna Bolena is a tragedia lirica, or Opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Events Felix Mendelssohn arrives in Italy Classical music Frédéric Chopin - Revolutionary Carl Orff ( &ndash) was a 20th-century German Composer, most famous for Carmina Burana (1937 Events December 29 - Les Paul and Mary Ford marry Mitch Miller begins his career as one of the 20th century's Events Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach succeeds his godfather Telemann as director of church music in Hamburg. Ariadne auf Naxos ( Ariadne on Naxos) is an Opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Events February 28 - In a concert in Copenhagen, Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No For the opera by Étienne Méhul, see Ariodant. Ariodante ( HWV 33 is an Opera seria in three acts by Handel Events Foundation of the Imperial Ballet School at Saint Petersburg Classical music George Frideric Handel Arizona Lady is an Operetta in two acts by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán. Emmerich Kálmán (born Imre Koppstein, Siófok, October 24 1882 – Paris, October 30 1953 also known as Imre Kálmán, was a Hungarian-born Events Frank Sinatra wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in From Here to Eternity, 1953 resuscitating his singing Armide is an Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, his fourth for the Parisian stage and the composer's own favourite among his works Events Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrives in Vienna. Samuel Arnold becomes musical director of the Haymarket Theatre in London Armide is an Opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully. The Libretto was written by Philippe Quinault, based on Torquato Tasso 's Jean-Baptiste de Lully ( Giovanni Battista di Lulli) (ʒɑ̃batist də lyˈli in French (November 28 1632 &ndash March 22 1687 was a French Composer of Italian Aroldo is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on and adapted from their Events Georges Bizet wins the Prix de Rome. Published popular songs "Does He Love Me?" For the novel see Artamène. Artamene is the last Opera of Tomaso Albinoni, in three-act with libretto by Bartolomeo Vitturi. Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (June 8 1671 Venice, Republic of Venice &ndash January 17 1751 Venice, Republic of Venice) was a Venetian Events Johann Friedrich Agricola arrives in Berlin to study musical composition under Johann Joachim Quantz. Les arts florissants (H 487 is a short Chamber opera (also described by the Composer as idyle en musique) in five scenes by Marc-Antoine Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - February 24 1704 was a French composer of the Baroque era Ascanio in Alba, K 111, is a Pastoral Opera in two parts ( Festa teatrale in due atti) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Events Foundation of the Royal Theatre Ballet School in Copenhagen, Denmark. Attila is an Opera by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on the play Attila König Events Adolphe Sax patened the " Saxophone " Electric lighting is installed at the Paris Opéra Babes in Toyland is an Operetta composed by Victor Herbert with a libretto by Glen MacDonough (1870 - 1924 which wove together various characters Victor August Herbert ( February 1 1859 &ndash May 26 1924) was a Cellist, conductor and Composer best known Events February 11 - Anton Bruckner 's 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna Enrico Caruso joins Die Bajadere is an Operetta in 3 acts by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kalman. Emmerich Kálmán (born Imre Koppstein, Siófok, October 24 1882 – Paris, October 30 1953 also known as Imre Kálmán, was a Hungarian-born Events Clarence Williams makes his first recordings The Harvard Glee Club takes its first trip to Europe garnering international press Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball, is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with text by Antonio Somma. Events March 4 - Charter of the French Opera House New Orleans, which opens on December 1 of the same year with a gala performance of Bang! is an Opera for young people by John Rutter to an English Libretto by David Richard Grant John Milford Rutter CBE (born) is an English Composer, choral conductor, editor, Arranger and Record producer Events January 2 - New York City US District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers Der Barbier von Bagdad ( The Barber of Baghdad) is a Comic opera in two acts by Peter Cornelius to a German Libretto by Carl August Peter Cornelius ( 24 December 1824 &ndash 26 October 1874) was a German Composer, Writer Events January 25 - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter "Vicky" the The Barber of Seville or The Useless Precaution ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ossia L'inutile precauzione) is an Opera buffa in two acts by Events Louise Reichardt becomes the first woman conductor when she takes charge of a performance of work by Handel in Lubeck. The Bartered Bride ( Prodaná nevěsta, The Sold Fiancée) is the second Opera, a comedy in three acts by Bedřich Smetana. "Smetana" redirects here For the soured cream see Smetana (dairy product. Events Sir William Sterndale Bennett becomes Principal of the British Royal Academy of Music. Beatrix Cenci is an Opera in two acts by Alberto Ginastera to a Spanish Libretto by the composer and William Shand, based Alberto Evaristo Ginastera ( Buenos Aires, April 11 1916 &ndash June 25 1983 Geneva) was an Argentine Composer of classical music Events February 5 - Eric Burdon & War disbanding They never performed togeather again until April 21 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall Béatrice et Bénédict ( Beatrice and Benedict) is a comic Opera in two acts by Hector Berlioz. Events February 1 - " The Battle Hymn of the Republic " by Julia Ward Howe is published in Atlantic Monthly The Beggar's Opera is a Ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay. John Gay ( 30 June, 1685 - 4 December, 1732) was an English Poet and Dramatist. The year 1728 in music involved some significant events Events Giuseppe Tartini opens a school for violinists in Padua. Belisario ( Belisarius) is a Tragedia lirica, or Opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Events April - Soprano Maria Malibran is seriously injured in a riding accident but refuses to see a doctor she dies later in the year at the age of 28 La belle au bois dormant ( Sleeping Beauty) is an Opera in three acts by Michele Carafa to a French Libretto by François-Antonine-Eugène Michele Enrico Carafa di Colobrano ( 17 November, 1787 &ndash 26 July, 1872) was an Italian Opera Composer. Events First performance of Ludwig van Beethoven 's Ninth Symphony in England François-Adrien Boïeldieu 's opera La dame La belle Hélène (" The Beautiful Helen " or " The Fair Helen " Opéra bouffe in three acts is an Operetta by Jacques Offenbach (born Jacob Offenbach 20 June 1819 in Cologne &ndash 5 October 1880 in Paris) was a German Events Anton Bruckner composes his Symphony No 0 ( "Die Nullte") Il Bellerofonte is an Italian -language Baroque Opera by Czech composer Josef Mysliveček. Josef Mysliveček ( March 9, 1737 &ndash February 4, 1781) was a Czech Composer in the Galant tradition Events Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach succeeds his godfather Telemann as director of church music in Hamburg. Benvenuto Cellini is an Opera in two acts with music by Hector Berlioz and Libretto by Léon de Wailly and Auguste Barbier Events March 7 &ndash Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale" debuts at the Stockholm Opera Giovanni Ricordi Bertha is an Opera in one act with music by Ned Rorem to an English Libretto by Kenneth Koch, an original work parodying Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923) is an American Composer and diarist. Events January-February January 9 - Mick Jagger 's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug bust putting an abrupt end Betrothal in a Monastery ( Obrucheniye v monastïre in Transliteration) was Sergei Prokofiev 's sixth opera with an opus number Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) ( - 5 March 1953 was a Russian composer who Events February 8 - Béla Bartók 's Piano Concerto No 3 is premiered posthumously by György Sándor with Billy Budd is an Opera by Benjamin Britten, first performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 1 December Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Events July 11 - Disc jockey and music promoter Alan Freed broadcasts his first Rhythm and blues radio programme from station WJW in Bitter Sweet is an Operetta in three acts written by Noel Coward and first produced in 1929 at Her Majesty's Theatre in London Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright Events May 3 - Francis Poulenc 's Concert champêtre for Harpsichord and orchestra is premiered in Paris Blue Monday (Opera a la Afro-American was the original name of a one-act "jazz Opera " by George Gershwin, renamed 135th Street during a later Events May 3 - Francis Poulenc 's Concert champêtre for Harpsichord and orchestra is premiered in Paris Duke Bluebeard's Castle (A kékszakállú herceg vára literally The Castle of the Blue-Bearded Prince) is a one-act opera by Hungarian composer Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25 1881&ndashSeptember 26 1945 was a Hungarian Composer and Pianist, considered to be one of the greatest Events March 3 - Béla Bartók 's String Quartet No 2 is premiered in Budapest May 24 - WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Events February 1 - Giacomo Puccini 's La bohème debuts in Turin March - Leo Stern plays in the premiere La bohème is an Italian Opera in four acts with music and Libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo, based on La Vie de Bohème Ruggero (Ruggiero Leoncavallo (23 April 1857- 9 August 1919 was an Italian Opera Composer. Events March 27 - Premiere of Sergei Rachmaninoff 's First Symphony Bomarzo is an Opera in two acts by Alberto Ginastera, his Opus 34 to a Spanish Libretto by Manuel Mujica Laínez, based Alberto Evaristo Ginastera ( Buenos Aires, April 11 1916 &ndash June 25 1983 Geneva) was an Argentine Composer of classical music The year 1967 was an important year for Psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles ( Sgt Les Boréades ( The Descendants of Boreas) or Abaris is an opera in five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Jean-Philippe Rameau (ʒɑ̃filip ʀaˈmo in French (September 25 1683 – September 12 1764 was one of the most important French Composers and music theorists Events The "Concert des Amateurs" is founded by François-Joseph Gossec. Boris Godunov ( Борис Годунов, original Orthography Борисъ Годуновъ, Borís Godunóv) is an Opera by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский Modest Petrovič Musorgskij) ( March 21 March 9 1839 &ndash March Events Richard Wagner moves into the villa at Bayreuth. Franz Xaver Haberl founds a school for church musicians at Regensburg The Brandenburgers in Bohemia ( Braniboři v Čechách) is a three-act Opera, the first by Bedřich Smetana. "Smetana" redirects here For the soured cream see Smetana (dairy product. Events Sir William Sterndale Bennett becomes Principal of the British Royal Academy of Music. La vida breve ( Life is Short, also The Brief Life) is an Opera in two acts by Manuel de Falla to an original Spanish Libretto Manuel de Falla y Matheu ( November 23, 1876 &ndash November 14, 1946) was a Spanish Composer of classical music Events April 1 - Manuel de Falla 's Opera La vida breve is given its world premiere in Nice Brundibár is a children's Opera by Jewish Czech composer Hans Krása with a libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister, originally performed Hans Krása ( November 30 1899 – October 17 1944) was a Bohemian Composer who perished in the Holocaust. Events January 1, 1943 - Frank Sinatra appears at The Paramount causing a mob scene of hysterical bobby-soxers to Ça Ira (French for "That'll do" translated here as There is Hope) is an Opera in three acts by Roger Waters to a French George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943 in Great Bookham, Surrey) is an English rock musician Events January 1 - In most of Europe copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier including Candide (1956 is an Operetta with music composed by Leonard Bernstein, based on the Novella of the same name by Voltaire WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes Events The Malt Shop Era Begins With Love Is Strange By Mickey & Sylvia January 1 - Blue Suede Shoes La canterina ( The Songstress or The Diva) Hob 28/2 is a short two act Opera buffa by Joseph Haydn, the first one he Events Joseph Haydn becomes Kapellmeister to the Esterházys The orchestra is increased to 22 players The Captain's Daughter ( Капитанская дочка in Cyrillic; Kapitanskaja dočka in transliteration is an opera in four acts (eight César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French Events May 24 - Edward Elgar conducts the premiere of his Symphony No Carmen is a French Opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The Libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875 was a French Composer and Pianist of the Romantic era Events March 3 - Georges Bizet 's Carmen debuts in Paris. May 6 - Richard Wagner Casanova's Homecoming is an Opera in three acts by Dominick Argento to an English Libretto by the composer based in part on Giacomo Casanova Dominick Argento (b October 27, 1927, York Pennsylvania) is an American Composer, best known as a leading composer of lyric Opera Events January 8 - Alban Berg 's Lyric Suite is premiered in Vienna. Cavalleria rusticana ( Rustic Chivalry) is an Opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Pietro Mascagni ( December 7, 1863 &ndash August 2, Events September 9 - Edward Elgar 's concert Overture Froissart is premiered at The Cave is a multimedia Opera in three acts by Steve Reich to an English Libretto by his wife Beryl Korot. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994. La Cenerentola ossia La bontà in trionfo ( Cinderella or Goodness Triumphant) is an Operatic Dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioacchino Events Felix Mendelssohn begins studying composition with Carl Friedrich Zelter. La Cenicienta is an Opera in three acts composed by Chilean artist Jorge Peña Hen (1928&ndash1973 to a Libretto by the Chilean Jorge Washington Peña Hen ( January 16 1928 – October 16 1973) was a Chilean Composer and an academic at the University Events Sir William Sterndale Bennett becomes Principal of the British Royal Academy of Music. Charles VI is a Grand opera composed by Fromental Halevy to a libretto by Casimir and Germain Delavigne. Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy ( May 27, 1799 - March 17, 1862) (usually known as Fromental Halévy was a French composer Events February 6 - The Virginia Minstrels perform the first Minstrel show ( Bowery Amphitheatre, New York City) La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus K 621 is an Opera seria composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with text after Metastasio The year 1791 in music involved some significant events Events Joseph Haydn is brought to London by Johann Peter Salomon. Comedy on the Bridge ( Veselohra na mostě in Czech) is an Opera in one act by Bohuslav Martinů to a Czech Libretto by Bohuslav Martinů ( (December 8 1890 – August 28 1959 was a prolific Bohemian Czech Composer, who wrote six symphonies, 15 Operas Events January 21 - Paul Sacher conducts the world premiere of Béla Bartók 's Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta Jacques Offenbach (born Jacob Offenbach 20 June 1819 in Cologne &ndash 5 October 1880 in Paris) was a German Events February 10 - Offenbach 's Tales of Hoffmann debuts in Paris November 9 - Johannes Der Corregidor is a comic Opera composed by Hugo Wolf in 1895 (later revised in 1897) Hugo Wolf (March 13 1860 – February 22 1903 was an Austrian Composer of Slovene origin particularly noted for his art songs or Lieder. Events February 1 - Giacomo Puccini 's La bohème debuts in Turin March - Leo Stern plays in the premiere Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti ( Thus Do They All or The School For Lovers) K Events Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven meet for the first time The Crucible is an English language Opera written by Robert Ward based on the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller Robert Ward (born September 13, 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American Composer. Events January 15 - Motown Records signs The Supremes January 20 - Francis Poulenc 's Gloria Die Csárdásfürstin or A Csárdáskirálynő (literally The Csárdás Princess; translated into English as The Riviera Girl and The Gipsy Emmerich Kálmán (born Imre Koppstein, Siófok, October 24 1882 – Paris, October 30 1953 also known as Imre Kálmán, was a Hungarian-born Events Tom Brown 's band from New Orleans goes to Chicago Illinois and start advertising themselves as a " Jass Band " The Cunning Little Vixen ( Czech: Příhody Lišky Bystroušky, lit Leoš Janáček ( (July 3 1854 &ndash August 12 1928 was a Czech Composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher Events February 18 - First recordings by Bix Beiderbecke February 24 - An Experiment In Modern Music concert at La Curandera is an Opera composed by Robert Xavier Rodriguez to a primarily English libretto by Mary Medrick. For the American writer producer director and musician see Robert Rodriguez. This is a list of notable events in Music that took place in the year 2006. Curlew River &mdash A Parable for Church Performance (Op 71 is the first of three Church Parables by Benjamin Britten. Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Events January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television Cyrano de Bergerac is a four-act Opera with music by Franco Alfano, and libretto by Henri Cain, based on Edmond Rostand 's drama Franco Alfano ( March 8, 1875 &ndash October 27, 1954) was an Italian composer and pianist. Events January 4 - Billboard magazine publishes its first music Hit parade March 28 - Inaugurational Dafne is the earliest known work that by modern standards could be considered an Opera. Jacopo Peri ( August 20 1561 &ndash August 12 1633) was an Italian Composer and singer of the transitional period between "Smetana" redirects here For the soured cream see Smetana (dairy product. Events Modest Mussorgsky begins work on Boris Godunov, which is completed six years later The Dangerous Liaisons is an Opera in two acts and eight scenes with music by Conrad Susa to an English Libretto by Philip Littell Conrad Stephen Susa, born on 26 April 1935 in Springdale Pennsylvania, is an American Composer. Events Jo Stafford launches her solo career Frank Sinatra begins his film career with the musical Higher and Higher Dantons Tod ( German for Danton's Death) is an Opera by Composer Gottfried von Einem. Gottfried von Einem ( January 24, 1918 &ndash July 12, 1996) was an Austrian Composer. Events August 7 - Carlo Bergonzi makes his professional debut as Schaunard in La Bohème at the Arena Argentina in Catania Dardanus is an Opera in five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau. The French Libretto was by Charles-Antoine Leclerc de La Bruère Jean-Philippe Rameau (ʒɑ̃filip ʀaˈmo in French (September 25 1683 – September 12 1764 was one of the most important French Composers and music theorists Events September - Leopold Mozart is expelled from the Benedictine University of Salzburg for poor attendance La fille du régiment ( The Daughter of the Regiment) is an Opéra comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Events February 11 - Gaetano Donizetti 's opera La Fille du Regiment premieres in Paris Robert Schumann Dead Man Walking is the first Opera by Jake Heggie, with a Libretto (based on the book of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean Jake Heggie (born on March 31, 1961 in West Palm Beach Florida) is an American composer and pianist See also 2000 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2000 Record labels Death in Venice is an Opera in two acts by Benjamin Britten, his last Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Events January-February January 9 - Mick Jagger 's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug bust putting an abrupt end The Death of Klinghoffer is an Opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams to an English Libretto by the poet Alice John Coolidge Adams (born February 15 1947 is an American Composer with strong roots in minimalism. See also 1991 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels The Desert Song is an Operetta with Music by Sigmund Romberg and Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Sigmund Romberg, born Zsigmond Romberg ( July 29, 1887, Nagykanizsa − November 9, 1951 Events May 12 - Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 1 premiere Leningrad Destiny (also known as Fate, Czech: Osud) is an Opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech Libretto by Leoš Janáček ( (July 3 1854 &ndash August 12 1928 was a Czech Composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher Events March 12 - the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler given the world premiere of Paul Hindemith The Devil and Kate, Op 112 B201 ( Čert a Káča in Czech) is an Opera in three acts by Antonín Dvořák to a Czech Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( (often pronounced in English as; DVOR-zhahk; September 8 1841 – May 1 1904 was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed Events April 26 - Jean Sibelius 's Symphony No 1 is premiered in Helsinki The Devil Take Her is an Opera in one act by Arthur Benjamin to an original English Libretto by Alan Collard and John Gordon For the mathematician see Arthur T Benjamin Arthur Leslie Benjamin (18 September 1893 Sydney &ndash 10 April 1960 London Events Roy Rogers ' musical career begins Mary Garden retires from the Chicago Opera Alberto Rabagliati 's singing Dialogues of the Carmelites (in French, Dialogues des Carmélites) is an Opera in three acts by Francis Poulenc. See also, Rhône-Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (fʀɑ̃sis ʒɑ̃ maʀsɛl pulɛ̃k January 7, 1899 – January 30, Events January 5 - Renato Carosone and his band start their American tour in Cuba. Dido and Æneas is an Opera by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, from a libretto by Nahum Tate. Henry Purcell (ˈpɜrsəl 10 September 1659 (? – 21 November 1695 was an English Baroque Composer. Djamileh is an Opéra comique in one act by Georges Bizet to a Libretto by Louis Gallet, based on an oriental tale Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875 was a French Composer and Pianist of the Romantic era Events Friedrich Nietzsche takes up musical composition again after a long break Doctor Atomic is an Opera by the contemporary Post-minimalist American composer John Adams, with libretto by Peter Sellars. John Coolidge Adams (born February 15 1947 is an American Composer with strong roots in minimalism. Events January 1 - In most of Europe copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier including This article refers to the opera Don Carlos ( Don Carlo when performed in Italian translation by Giuseppe Verdi Events Arthur Sullivan scores his first Operetta, Cox and Box. Don Giovanni ( K527; complete title Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni, literally "The Rake Punish'd or Don Giovanni Events Luigi Boccherini becomes court composer in Berlin. Ludwig van Beethoven goes to Vienna, where he meets Mozart Don Pasquale is an Opera buffa, or comic Opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Events February 6 - The Virginia Minstrels perform the first Minstrel show ( Bowery Amphitheatre, New York City) Don Rodrigo is an Opera in three acts by Alberto Ginastera, the composer's first opera to an original Spanish Libretto by Alejandro Alberto Evaristo Ginastera ( Buenos Aires, April 11 1916 &ndash June 25 1983 Geneva) was an Argentine Composer of classical music Events January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television Don Sanche ou Le château de l'amour (Don Sanche or The Castle of Love S Events First performance of Ludwig van Beethoven 's Ninth Symphony in England François-Adrien Boïeldieu 's opera La dame Le donne curiose (English The Inquisitive Women) is an Opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to a text by Luigi Sugana after Carlo Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (born Ermanno Wolf) ( Venice, January 12, 1876 &ndash Venice January 21, 1948) was an Events February 11 - Anton Bruckner 's 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna Enrico Caruso joins I due Foscari ( The Two Foscaris) is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Events November 25 - The Bohemian Girl music by Michael William Balfe and libretto by Alfred Bunn has its American Edgar is an Operatic dramma lirico in three acts (originally four acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian Libretto by Ferdinando Fontana WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Events April 26 - Jean Sibelius 's Symphony No 1 is premiered in Helsinki The Eighth Wonder is an Opera by Alan John and with a Libretto by Dennis Watkins. Alan John (born 7 May 1958 in Sydney) is an Australian Composer. See also 1995 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1995 Record Einstein on the Beach is an Opera scored and written by Philip Glass and designed and directed by theatrical producer Robert Wilson. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Philip Glass (born January 31 Events January-February January 5 - Bob Dylan releases Desire January 6 - Peter Frampton See Mourning Becomes Electra for a reference to the 1967 opera based on the 1931 Eugene O'Neill play Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Events November 28 - Sergei Rachmaninoff 's Piano Concerto No L'elisir d'amore ( The Elixir of Love) is a Melodramma giocoso in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Events Classical Music Albert Lortzing - Singspiel Szenen aus Mozarts Leben Felix Mendelssohn - L'enfant et les sortilèges Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties ( The Child and the Spells A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts) is an Opera in one act with music Events February 25 - Art Gillham - The Whispering Pianist records the first electrical recordings to be released for Columbia using the The English Cat (in German, Die englische Katze) is an Opera in two acts by Hans Werner Henze to an English Libretto Hans Werner Henze (born July 1 1926 Gütersloh, Germany is a German composer well known for his left-wing political convictions Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released Die Entführung aus dem Serail ( K 384; The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio) is an Opera Singspiel Events August 4 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart marries Constanze Weber. Ernani is an Operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based Events November 25 - The Bohemian Girl music by Michael William Balfe and libretto by Alfred Bunn has its American Ero s onoga svijeta (usually translated as Ero the Joker, literally Ero from Heaven) is a comical Opera in three acts by Jakov Gotovac Jakoff Gotovac was born on October 11, 1895 in Split, Croatia, and died on October 16, 1982 in Zagreb, Croatia Events April 8 - Béla Bartók 's String Quartet No 5 is premiered in Washington DC. ( Alexis-) Emmanuel Chabrier ( January 18, 1841 – September 13, 1894) was a French Romantic Composer Events Thomas Edison invents the Phonograph. Richard Wagner conducts in London Eugene Onegin ( Евгений Онегин, Yevgény Onégin is an Opera ("lyrical scenes" Opus 24 in 3 acts 7 scenes Events December 31 - Gilbert & Sullivan 's The Pirates of Penzance debuts in New York City Engelbert Euridice (also Erudice or Eurydice) written October 6 1600, is an Opera written in Florence Jacopo Peri ( August 20 1561 &ndash August 12 1633) was an Italian Composer and singer of the transitional period between The Excursions of Mr Brouček to the Moon and to the 15th Century ( Czech: Výlet pana Broučka do Měsíce/Výlet pana Broučka do XV Leoš Janáček ( (July 3 1854 &ndash August 12 1928 was a Czech Composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher Events January 19 - The Salzburg Festival is revived Mamie Smith 's first Blues recordings become a hit alerting Facing Goya is a 2000 Opera in four acts by Michael Nyman on a Libretto by Victoria Hardie. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes See also 2000 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2000 Record labels Falstaff is an Operatic commedia lirica in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare 's plays Events February 9 - Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi 's final opera Falstaff in La Scala in Milan La fanciulla del West ( The Girl of the Golden West) is an Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Guelfo WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 See also 1909 in music, other events of 1910, 1911 in music and the List of 'years in music'. Zsuzsi kisasszony (literally "Miss Suzy" also known as Die Faschingsfee and Miss Springtime) is an Operetta in 3 acts by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán (born Imre Koppstein, Siófok, October 24 1882 – Paris, October 30 1953 also known as Imre Kálmán, was a Hungarian-born Events May 12 - Béla Bartók 's Ballet The Wooden Prince is premiered in Budapest Faust is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Biography Gounod was born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and a draftsman father Events March 4 - Charter of the French Opera House New Orleans, which opens on December 1 of the same year with a gala performance of La favorite ( The Favorite) is an Opera in four acts by Gaetano Donizetti to a French Libretto by Alphonse Royer and Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Events February 11 - Gaetano Donizetti 's opera La Fille du Regiment premieres in Paris Robert Schumann Feast in Time of Plague ( Пир во время чумы in Cyrillic, Pir vo vremja čumy in transliteration is an Opera (literally César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French See also 1900 in music, other events of 1901, 1902 in music and the List of 'years in music'. Fedora is an Opera in three acts by Umberto Giordano to an Italian Libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the play Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano ( August 28, 1867 &ndash November 12, 1948) was an Italian composer mainly of Opera. Events Scott Joplin publishes "Swipsy Cakewalk" (for piano Die Feen ( The Fairies) is an Opera in three acts by Richard Wagner. Events Hector Berlioz marries Harriet Smithson May 13 - Italian Symphony by Felix Mendelssohn is premiered Fidelio (Op 72 is an Opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. Events Beethoven 's opera Leonore (the first version of Fidelio) is premiered in Vienna. The Fiery Angel ( Russian: Огненный ангел — Ognenny angel in Transliteration) is an Opera in five acts Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) ( - 5 March 1953 was a Russian composer who Events January 1 - RCA victor announces a marketing plan called "Operation TNT La fille du régiment ( The Daughter of the Regiment) is an Opéra comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Events February 11 - Gaetano Donizetti 's opera La Fille du Regiment premieres in Paris Robert Schumann Die Fledermaus ( The Bat; in French La chauve-souris) is an Operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German Libretto Johann Strauss II (also known as Johann Strauss the Younger, Johann Strauss Jr Events Richard Wagner moves into the villa at Bayreuth. Franz Xaver Haberl founds a school for church musicians at Regensburg Le flibustier is a comédie lyrique (lyric comedy in three acts composed by César Cui during 1888-1889 César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French Events March 14 - Johan Svendsen conducts the world premiere of Carl Nielsen 's Symphony No Florencia en el Amazonas (English title Florencia in the Amazon) is an Opera in two acts composed by Daniel Catán. Daniel Catán (born 1949) is a Mexican Composer known particularly for his Operas He was born in Mexico City. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996. Der fliegende Holländer ( The Flying Dutchman) is an Opera, with Music and Libretto by Richard Wagner. Events February 6 - The Virginia Minstrels perform the first Minstrel show ( Bowery Amphitheatre, New York City) La forza del destino ( The Force of Destiny) is an Italian Opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Events February 1 - " The Battle Hymn of the Republic " by Julia Ward Howe is published in Atlantic Monthly Four Saints in Three Acts is an Opera by American composer Virgil Thomson with a Libretto by Gertrude Stein. For the American author with a similar name see Virgil Thompson (author Virgil Thomson ( November 25, 1896 - September Events March 12 - the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler given the world premiere of Paul Hindemith Francesca da Rimini (Франческа да Римини Op 25 is an Opera in two acts by Sergei Rachmaninoff to a Russian Libretto by WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов Events May 27 - Gustav Mahler 's Symphony No 6 is premiered in Essen. Francesca da Rimini is an opera in four acts composed by Riccardo Zandonai, with libretto by Tito Ricordi, (1865-1933 after a play by Gabriele D'Annunzio Riccardo Zandonai ( 28 May 1883 - 5 June 1944) was an Italian Opera Composer. Events October 15 - In Rovigo, Beniamino Gigli makes his Operatic debut in Amilcare Ponchielli 's La Gioconda Der Freischütz is an Opera in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber to a Libretto by Friedrich Kind. Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber ( 18 December 1786 in Eutin, Holstein, Germany - 5 June 1826 in London Events Opera Johann Kaspar Aiblinger - Rodrigo und Chimene Michele Carafa - From the House of the Dead ( Z Mrtvého Domu in Czech) is an Opera by Leoš Janáček, in three acts Leoš Janáček ( (July 3 1854 &ndash August 12 1928 was a Czech Composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher Events The BBC Symphony Orchestra is formed Festival Puccini is launched at Torre del Lago. Galileo Galilei is an Opera based on excerpts from the life of Galileo Galilei which premiered in 2002 at Chicago 's Goodman Theatre WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Philip Glass (born January 31 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002 The Gambler ( Russian: Игрок — Igrok in Transliteration) is an Opera in four acts by Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) ( - 5 March 1953 was a Russian composer who Events May 3 - Francis Poulenc 's Concert champêtre for Harpsichord and orchestra is premiered in Paris "The Thieving Magpie" redirects here For the Marillion album of the same name see The Thieving Magpie (album La gazza ladra Events Felix Mendelssohn begins studying composition with Carl Friedrich Zelter. Genoveva (Op 81 is an Opera in four acts by Robert Schumann in the genre of German Romanticism with a libretto by the composer Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann (June 8 1810 &ndash July 29 1856 was a German Composer, Aesthete and influential Music critic See also 1849 in music, other events of 1850, 1851 in music and the List of 'years in music'. The Ghosts of Versailles is an Opera in two acts, with music by John Corigliano to an English Libretto by William John Corigliano (b February 16, 1938, New York City New York) is an American Composer of Classical music and a teacher See also 1991 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels Gianni Schicchi is an Opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, based on a story that is WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Events March 3 - Béla Bartók 's String Quartet No 2 is premiered in Budapest May 24 - Gilgamesh ( ser Гилгамеш / Gilgameš) Opera in three acts by Rudolf Brucci. Rudolf Brucci ( March 30, 1917 – October 30, 2002) was a Composer of Croatian and Italian origin born in Zagreb. See also Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 Events January La Gioconda is an Opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli to an Italian Libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Angelo by Amilcare Ponchielli ( August 31, 1834 &ndash January 16, 1886) was an Italian Composer, largely of Operas Events February 24 - Incidental music composed by Edvard Grieg for Henrik Ibsen 's Peer Gynt premieres Un giorno di regno ossia il finto Stanislao ( A One-Day Reign or The False Stanislaus) is an Operatic melodramma giocoso in two acts by Events February 11 - Gaetano Donizetti 's opera La Fille du Regiment premieres in Paris Robert Schumann Giovanna d'Arco ( Joan of Arc) is an Operatic dramma lirico with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto Events March 13 - Felix Mendelssohn 's Violin Concerto premiered in Leipzig April 21 - Albert Lortzing Giulio Cesare in Egitto ( Julius Caesar in Egypt) (HWV 17 is an Italian Opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The year 1724 in music involved some significant events Events Johann Sebastian Bach begins his Mass in B minor. Gloriana is an Opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten to an English Libretto by William Plomer, based on Elizabeth and Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Events Arthur Bliss replaces Arnold Bax as Master of the Queen's Music. The Golden Cockerel ( Золотой Петушок, Zolotoy Petushok) is an Opera in three acts (with short prologue and even shorter epilogue Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay Events February 21 - Frederick Delius 's Opera A Village Romeo and Juliet is premiered in Berlin ("Twilight of the Gods" – see Notes) is the last of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung Events February 24 - Incidental music composed by Edvard Grieg for Henrik Ibsen 's Peer Gynt premieres Goyescas is a piano suite written in 1911 by Spanish composer Enrique Granados. Pantaléon Enrique Costanzo Granados y Campiña (27 July 1867 &ndash 24 March 1916 was a Spanish pianist and Composer of classical music. Events February 1 - Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No Le Grand Macabre (1975-77 revised version 1996 is György Ligeti 's only Opera. Events January: May - The Bee Gees dominate the singles and album charts as Saturday Night Fever becomes a cultural phenomenon The Greater Good or the Passion of Boule de Suif is an Opera in two acts by contemporary American composer Stephen Hartke, with an English Stephen Paul Hartke (born 6 July 1952) is an American Composer. This is a list of notable events in Music that took place in the year 2006. The Greek Passion or Christ Recrucified (Ο Χριστός Ξανασταυρώνεται 'Christ is Recrucified' is a 1948 novel by Nikos Kazantzakis Bohuslav Martinů ( (December 8 1890 – August 28 1959 was a prolific Bohemian Czech Composer, who wrote six symphonies, 15 Operas Events January 15 - Motown Records signs The Supremes January 20 - Francis Poulenc 's Gloria The Handmaid's Tale is an Opera composed by the Danish Composer Poul Ruders, to a libretto by Paul Bentley based on the Poul Ruders (born March 27, 1949 in Ringsted) is a Danish composer See also 2000 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2000 Record labels Hänsel und Gretel is an Opera by Engelbert Humperdinck (Humperdinck himself described it as a Fairy opera. Engelbert Humperdinck ( September 1, 1854 &ndash September 27, 1921) was a German Composer, best known for his Opera Events February 9 - Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi 's final opera Falstaff in La Scala in Milan Háry János is an Opera in four acts by Zoltán Kodály to a Hungarian Libretto by Béla Paulini and Zsolt Harsányi, Zoltán Kodály ( Hungarian: Kodály Zoltán, ˈkodaːj ˈzoltaːn December 16 1882 &ndash March 6 1967 was a Hungarian Composer, Ethnomusicologist Events May 12 - Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 1 premiere Leningrad Die Herzogin von Chicago ( The Duchess of Chicago) is an Operetta in two acts a prologue and an epilogue Emmerich Kálmán (born Imre Koppstein, Siófok, October 24 1882 – Paris, October 30 1953 also known as Imre Kálmán, was a Hungarian-born Events April 27 - Igor Stravinsky 's ballet Apollon musagète is premiered in Washington September 11 L'heure espagnole is a one-act Opera, described as a comédie musicale, with music by Maurice Ravel to a French Libretto by Franc-Nohain Events May 24 - Edward Elgar conducts the premiere of his Symphony No Die Hochzeit (The Wedding is an unfinished Opera by Richard Wagner which predates all his completed works in the genre Hugh the Drover (or Love in the Stocks) is an Opera in two acts by Ralph Vaughan Williams to an original English Libretto by Ralph (reɪf Vaughan Williams OM (12 October 1872 &ndash 26 August 1958 was an English Composer of symphonies, Chamber music Events January 28 - Little Richard begins attending classes at Oakwood College in Huntsville Alabama January Les Huguenots is a French Opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer, one of the most popular and spectacular examples of the style of Grand opera. Giacomo Meyerbeer ( September 5, 1791 &ndash May 2, 1864) was a noted German -born Opera Composer, and Events April - Soprano Maria Malibran is seriously injured in a riding accident but refuses to see a doctor she dies later in the year at the age of 28 Idomeneo re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante ( Italian: Idomeneo King of Crete or Ilia and Idamante; usually referred to simply as Idomeneo Events Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart moves to Vienna to pursue his career but is passed over in favour of Antonio Salieri as music teacher Il Guarany ( The Guarany) is an Italian Opera -ballo by Carlos Gomes, based on the Brazilian novel O Guarani, written by José Antônio Carlos Gomes ( July 11, 1836 &mdash September 16, 1896) is one of the most distinguished nineteenth century classical composers being Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common L'incoronazione di Poppea ( SV 308 The Coronation of Poppea) is an Opera seria in three acts by Claudio Monteverdi to an Italian Iolanta (sometimes Iolanthe) ( Иоланта) is a lyric Opera, Opus 69 in one act by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Events April 28 - Kullervo premiered December 18 ( December 6 O Iphigénie en Tauride ( Iphigeneia in Tauris) is an Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck in four acts Events April - The London Magazine reports on the organ-playing of three-year-old prodigy William Crotch. Iris is an Opera in three acts by Pietro Mascagni to an original Italian Libretto by Luigi Illica. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Pietro Mascagni ( December 7, 1863 &ndash August 2, Events April 26 - Jean Sibelius 's Symphony No 1 is premiered in Helsinki L'île de Tulipatan ( The Island of Tulipatan) is an Opéra bouffe, or Operetta, in one act by Jacques Offenbach to an original French Jacques Offenbach (born Jacob Offenbach 20 June 1819 in Cologne &ndash 5 October 1880 in Paris) was a German Events Modest Mussorgsky begins work on Boris Godunov, which is completed six years later L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers is an Operatic Dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini Events Louise Reichardt moves to Hamburg, where she opens the first public music school for women and conducts a women's choir Ivan the Fool ( Иванушка-дурачёк in Cyrillic; Ivanuška-duračok in transliteration is an opera-fairytale for children in three César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French The Jacobin ( Jakobín in Czech) is an Opera in three acts by Antonín Dvořák to an original Czech Libretto by Marie Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( (often pronounced in English as; DVOR-zhahk; September 8 1841 – May 1 1904 was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed Events November 20 - Gustav Mahler 's Symphony No 1 is premiered in Budapest Emile Berliner Jenůfa ( Její pastorkyňa, "Her Stepdaughter" in Czech) is an Opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech Libretto Leoš Janáček ( (July 3 1854 &ndash August 12 1928 was a Czech Composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher Events January 13 - Béla Bartók 's Symphonic poem Kossuth is premiered in Budapest, becoming his first I gioielli della Madonna (English The Jewels of the Madonna) is an Opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to an Italian Libretto Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (born Ermanno Wolf) ( Venice, January 12, 1876 &ndash Venice January 21, 1948) was an Events May 24 - Edward Elgar conducts the premiere of his Symphony No Judith ( Юдифь, Yudíf &ndash stress on second syllable is an opera in five acts composed by Alexander Serov during 1861 - Alexander Nikolayevich Serov (Александр Николаевич Серов in Cyrillic; Aleksandr Nikolaevič Serov in transliteration &ndash was a Russian Events Modest Mussorgsky begins work on an opera Salammbô, which is never finished La Juive ( The Jewess ' is a Grand opera in five acts by Fromental Halévy to an original French Libretto by Eugène Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy ( May 27, 1799 - March 17, 1862) (usually known as Fromental Halévy was a French composer Events Publication of Luigi Cherubini 's Cours de contrepoint et de fugue Classical music Frédéric This article is about the opera by Philippe Boesmans for other works see Miss Julie (disambiguation. Philippe Boesmans (born 17 May, 1936) is a Belgian Composer. He was born in Tongeren, studied at the Conservatory in Liège Events January 1 - In most of Europe copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier including Kaiserin Josephine is an Operetta in 8 scenes by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kalman. Emmerich Kálmán (born Imre Koppstein, Siófok, October 24 1882 – Paris, October 30 1953 also known as Imre Kálmán, was a Hungarian-born Events January 4 - Billboard magazine publishes its first music Hit parade March 28 - Inaugurational Cromwell Everson was primarily known as a composer during his lifetime Clytemnestra (or Clytaemnestra (Eng /klaɪtəm'nɛstɹə/ Greek: Klytaimnéstra, "famed for her suitors" was the wife of Agamemnon, king Cromwell Everson was primarily known as a composer during his lifetime The year 1967 was an important year for Psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles ( Sgt Káťa Kabanová is an Opera in three acts with music by Leoš Janáček to a libretto by Vincenc Cervinka, based on The Storm, a Leoš Janáček ( (July 3 1854 &ndash August 12 1928 was a Czech Composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher Events Clarence Williams makes his first recordings The Harvard Glee Club takes its first trip to Europe garnering international press For the 1960 Soviet film based on this opera see Khovanshchina (film. Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский Modest Petrovič Musorgskij) ( March 21 March 9 1839 &ndash March Events March 21 - Anton Bruckner's Symphony No 7 is performed for the first time publicly in Vienna conducted by Hans Richter King Roger ( Król Roger in Polish) is an Opera by the Polish Composer Karol Szymanowski set to a Libretto by Jarosław Karol Maciej Szymanowski (3 October 1882 in Tymoszówka (present-day Ukraine) – 28 March 1937 was a Polish Composer and Pianist Events May 12 - Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 1 premiere Leningrad The Knot Garden is an Opera in three acts by Michael Tippett to an original English Libretto by the composer Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM (2 January 1905 &ndash 8 January 1998 was one of the foremost English Composers of the 20th century Events Charles Wuorinen, aged 32 becomes the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (Леди Макбет Мценского уезда in Russian Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo Uyezda in Transliteration) Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich ( Russian: ru Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович ( &ndash 9 August 1975 was a Russian Composer Events March 12 - the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler given the world premiere of Paul Hindemith Lakmé is an Opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French Libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille, based on the (Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (21 February 1836 &ndash 16 January 1891 was a French Composer of Ballets operas, and other works for the stage Events Friedrich Kiel is involved in a traffic accident from which he never completely recovered L’amour de loin (Love from Afar is the first opera by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho from a five act French libretto by Amin Maalouf Kaija Saariaho (ˈkɑijɑ 'sɑːriˌɑho (born October 14, 1952) is a Finnish Composer. See also 2000 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2000 Record labels Land of Smiles is a description of Thailand that was coined many years ago by visitors and later immortalized in the opening paragraphs of numerous tourist guidebooks Franz Lehár (30 April 1870 &ndash 24 October 1948 known in Hungarian as Lehár Ferenc, was an Austrian Composer of Hungarian descent Events May 3 - Francis Poulenc 's Concert champêtre for Harpsichord and orchestra is premiered in Paris The Marriage Market ( Leányvásár) is an Operetta by Hungarian Composer Victor Jacobi. Victor Jacobi, Jakobi Viktor ( October 22, 1883 &ndash December 10, 1921) was a Hungarian Operetta Composer Events May 24 - Edward Elgar conducts the premiere of his Symphony No The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya ( Сказание о невидимом граде Китеже и деве Февронии Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay Events February 28 - In a concert in Copenhagen, Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No The Bravest Hussar (Legvitézebb Huszár is an Operetta by Hungarian composer Victor Jacobi. Victor Jacobi, Jakobi Viktor ( October 22, 1883 &ndash December 10, 1921) was a Hungarian Operetta Composer Events January 26 - Arnold Schoenberg 's symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande is premiered in Vienna. La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina ( En "The Liberation of Ruggiero from the island of Alcina" is a Comic opera Francesca Caccini (September 18 1587 &ndash c 1640 was an Italian composer singer Lutenist poet and music teacher of the early Baroque era The Little Prince, subtitled A Magical Opera, is an Opera in two acts by Rachel Portman to an English Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman (born December 11, 1960) Scores Infamous (2006 The Lake House See also 2003 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels Little Red Riding Hood ( Красная шапочка in Cyrillic; Krasnaja šapočka in transliteration is an opera-fairytale for children César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French Events Clarence Williams makes his first recordings The Harvard Glee Club takes its first trip to Europe garnering international press Lohengrin is a romantic Opera (or music drama in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner. See also 1849 in music, other events of 1850, 1851 in music and the List of 'years in music'. I Lombardi alla prima crociata ( The Lombards on the First Crusade) is an Operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Events February 6 - The Virginia Minstrels perform the first Minstrel show ( Bowery Amphitheatre, New York City) Lord Byron is an Opera in three acts by Virgil Thomson to an original English Libretto by Jack Larson, inspired by the historical For the American author with a similar name see Virgil Thompson (author Virgil Thomson ( November 25, 1896 - September Events January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis Tennessee is renamed " Elvis Presley Blvd" January 20 - Louise is an Opera in four acts by Gustave Charpentier to an original French Libretto by the composer Gustave Charpentier ( June 25, 1860 – February 18, 1956) was a French Composer, best known for his Opera See also 1899 in music, other events of 1900, 1901 in music and the List of 'years in music'. Louis Riel is an Opera in three acts by the Canadian Composer Harry Somers. Harry Stewart Somers, CC ( 11 September 1925 &ndash 9 March, 1999) was the foremost English-Canadian composer of his period The year 1967 was an important year for Psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles ( Sgt The Love for Three Oranges ( Russian: Любовь к трём апельсинам, or Lyubov k Tryom Apelsinam in Transliteration Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) ( - 5 March 1953 was a Russian composer who Events Clarence Williams makes his first recordings The Harvard Glee Club takes its first trip to Europe garnering international press Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic Opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Events Publication of Luigi Cherubini 's Cours de contrepoint et de fugue Classical music Frédéric Lucrezia Borgia is a Melodramma, or Opera, in a prologue and two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Events Statue of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is erected in his birthplace of Geneva. Luisa Miller is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play Events Pianist and composer Stephen Heller visits London on a concert tour Lulu is an Opera by the Composer Alban Berg. The Libretto was adapted by Berg himself from Frank Wedekind 's plays Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9 1885 &ndash December 24 1935 was an Austrian Composer. Events January 21 - Paul Sacher conducts the world premiere of Béla Bartók 's Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe is an Operetta by the Austro-Hungarian Composer Franz Lehár. Franz Lehár (30 April 1870 &ndash 24 October 1948 known in Hungarian as Lehár Ferenc, was an Austrian Composer of Hungarian descent Events January 26 - Arnold Schoenberg 's symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande is premiered in Vienna. The Merry Wives of Windsor (in German Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) is an opera in three acts by Carl Otto Nicolai to a German Libretto by WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai ( June 9, 1810 Königsberg Events Pianist and composer Stephen Heller visits London on a concert tour Macbeth is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions by Andrea Maffei Events November 25 - The Bohemian Girl music by Michael William Balfe and libretto by Alfred Bunn has its American WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Events January 13 - Béla Bartók 's Symphonic poem Kossuth is premiered in Budapest, becoming his first Mademoiselle Fifi ( Мадмуазель Фифи in Cyrillic; Madmuazel' Fifi in transliteration is an Opera in one act composed César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French Events February 11 - Anton Bruckner 's 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna Enrico Caruso joins The Maid of Orleans ( French: La Pucelle d'Orléans) is a satirical poem by François-Marie Arouet, better known by his Events February 10 - Offenbach 's Tales of Hoffmann debuts in Paris November 9 - Johannes The Makropulos Affair (or The Makropulos Case, or The Makropulos Secret) ( Czech Věc Makropulos) is a three-act Opera Leoš Janáček ( (July 3 1854 &ndash August 12 1928 was a Czech Composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher Events May 12 - Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 1 premiere Leningrad Les Mamelles de Tirésias ("The Breasts of Tiresias " is a surrealist two act opéra bouffe by Francis Poulenc See also, Rhône-Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (fʀɑ̃sis ʒɑ̃ maʀsɛl pulɛ̃k January 7, 1899 – January 30, Events August 7 - Carlo Bergonzi makes his professional debut as Schaunard in La Bohème at the Arena Argentina in Catania The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a one-act chamber Opera by Michael Nyman to an English-language Libretto by Christopher Rawlence WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes See also Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 Events January The Mandarin's Son ( Сын мандарина in Cyrillic Syn mandarina in transliteration is comic opera in one act by César Cui, composed César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French Events May 28 – Gilbert & Sullivan 's HMS Pinafore debuts in London Published popular music Manon is an Opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based Jules (Émile Frédéric Massenet ( May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912) was a French composer best known for his Operas Events late December - Seventh Symphony of Anton Bruckner is premiered in Leipzig, bringing the composer his first great For other versions of the Manon story see Manon (disambiguation. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Events February 9 - Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi 's final opera Falstaff in La Scala in Milan Margaret Garner is an American Opera loosely based on actual events in the life of runaway slave Margaret Garner. Richard Danielpour (born 28 January 1956 in New York) is an American Composer. Events January 1 - In most of Europe copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier including María de Buenos Aires is a tango Opera ( tango operita) by Ástor Piazzolla. Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla ( March 11, 1921 &ndash July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango Composer and Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with Maria Golovin is an English language Opera in three acts by Gian Carlo Menotti. Events January 28 - Little Richard begins attending classes at Oakwood College in Huntsville Alabama January Maria Stuarda ( Mary Stuart) is a tragic Opera, Tragedia lirica, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, to a Libretto Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Events Publication of Luigi Cherubini 's Cours de contrepoint et de fugue Classical music Frédéric Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans The Marriage of Figaro or the Day of Madness) K See also 1785 in music, other events of 1786, 1787 in music, List of years in music. Martha oder Der Markt zu Richmond ( Martha or The Richmond Market) is an opera in four acts by Friedrich von Flotow to a Friedrich von Flotow (27 April 1812 &ndash 24 January 1883 was a German Composer. Events March 14 - Verdi 's Macbeth (opera premieres at Teatro della Pergola in Florence Italy. The Mask of Orpheus is an Opera with music by Harrison Birtwistle and a Libretto by Peter Zinovieff. Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle CH (born 15 July, 1934) is a British contemporary Composer. See also Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 Events January I masnadieri ( The Bandits) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Andrea Maffei, based on Events March 14 - Verdi 's Macbeth (opera premieres at Teatro della Pergola in Florence Italy. Carl August Nielsen (9 June 1865 &ndash 3 October 1931 was a conductor, Violinist, and Composer from Denmark. Events May 27 - Gustav Mahler 's Symphony No 6 is premiered in Essen. Mateo Falcone ( Матео Фальконе in Cyrillic Mateo Fal'kone in transliteration is a one-act Opera composed by César Cui César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French Events February 21 - Frederick Delius 's Opera A Village Romeo and Juliet is premiered in Berlin This article is about the opera For the symphony see Mathis der Maler (symphony. Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 &ndash 28 December 1963 was a German Composer, Violist, violinist teacher music theorist and conductor. Events January 16 Benny Goodman plays the first jazz concert at Carnegie Hall. Il matrimonio segreto ( The Secret Marriage) is an Opera in two acts music by Domenico Cimarosa, on a Libretto by Giovanni Bertati Domenico Cimarosa ( 17 December 1749 – 11 January 1801) was an Italian Opera Composer of the Neapolitan Events April 13 - Joseph Martin Kraus 's Symphonie funèbre is played at the funeral of Gustavus III of Sweden. Mavra is a one-act Opera buffa composed by Igor Stravinsky, and one of the earliest works of Stravinsky's 'neo-classical' period Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) ( &ndash 6 April 1971 was a Russian born Composer, considered by many to Events January 24 - Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No May Night ( Майская ночь, Mayskaja noch) is an Opera in three acts four scenes by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov from a Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay Events Richard Strauss' first major work a symphony in D minor is premiered Mazeppa, properly Mazepa (Мазепа is an Opera in 3 acts 6 scenes by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Events late December - Seventh Symphony of Anton Bruckner is premiered in Leipzig, bringing the composer his first great Médée (French or Medea (Italian German English is an Opéra-comique by Luigi Cherubini. Luigi Cherubini ( September 8 or September 14, 1760 &ndash March 15, 1842) was an Italian born composer who spent most of his Events February 12 - First performance of Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser (God Save Emperor Francis an anthem to Francis II Médée is a tragédie mise en musique in five acts and a prologue by Marc-Antoine Charpentier to a French Libretto by Thomas Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - February 24 1704 was a French composer of the Baroque era The Medium is a short (one hour long two-act dramatic Opera with words and music by Gian Carlo Menotti. Events February 8 - Béla Bartók 's Piano Concerto No 3 is premiered posthumously by György Sándor with Mefistofele is an Opera in a prologue four acts and an epilogue the only completed opera by the Italian Composer - Librettist Arrigo Boito ( February 24, 1842 &ndash June 10, 1918) aka Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito Pseudonym Tobia Gorrio was an Italian Events Modest Mussorgsky begins work on Boris Godunov, which is completed six years later Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) is an Opera in three acts written and composed by Richard Wagner Events Modest Mussorgsky begins work on Boris Godunov, which is completed six years later The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe is an Operetta by the Austro-Hungarian Composer Franz Lehár. Franz Lehár (30 April 1870 &ndash 24 October 1948 known in Hungarian as Lehár Ferenc, was an Austrian Composer of Hungarian descent Events January 26 - Arnold Schoenberg 's symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande is premiered in Vienna. The Merry Wives of Windsor (in German Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) is an opera in three acts by Carl Otto Nicolai to a German Libretto by WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai ( June 9, 1810 Königsberg Events Pianist and composer Stephen Heller visits London on a concert tour A Midsummer Night's Dream is an Opera with music by Benjamin Britten and set to a libretto adapted by the composer and Peter Pears from Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Events January 14 - Elvis Presley is promoted to Sergeant in the U Mignon is an Opera in three acts by Ambroise Thomas to a French Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on (Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas ( Metz August 5, 1811 - Paris, February 12, 1896) was a French Opera Events Sir William Sterndale Bennett becomes Principal of the British Royal Academy of Music. The Mines of Sulphur is an Opera in three acts by Richard Rodney Bennett, his first full-length opera composed in 1963 Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, CBE (born March 29, 1936 in Broadstairs, Kent) is an English Composer renowned for Events January 1 - The Beatles start a 5 day tour in Scotland to support the release of their new single "Love Me Do" The Miserly Knight, also The Covetous Knight, ( Скупой рыцарь, Skupóy rïtsár) is a Russian Opera in one act with music WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов Events May 27 - Gustav Mahler 's Symphony No 6 is premiered in Essen. This article is about the opera by Ned Rorem for other works see Miss Julie (disambiguation. Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923) is an American Composer and diarist. See also Events January 4 - Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is sold to CBS for $13 million Mlada ( Млада, the name of a main character was a project originally envisioned as a ballet to be composed by Alexander Serov and choreographed by Marius César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Александр Порфирьевич Бородин Aleksandr Porfir'evič Borodin) ( &ndash) was a Russian Composer Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский Modest Petrovič Musorgskij) ( March 21 March 9 1839 &ndash March Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay Events Friedrich Nietzsche takes up musical composition again after a long break Mlada ( Млада, the name of a main character is an opera-ballet in four acts composed between 1889 and 1890 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay Events September 9 - Edward Elgar 's concert Overture Froissart is premiered at Motezuma is an Opera in three acts by Antonio Vivaldi with an Italian Libretto by Girolamo Giusti. Events Susannah Maria Arne makes her stage début in the first opera written by her brother Thomas Mozart and Salieri ( Моцарт и Сальери, Motsart i Sal’yeri) is a one-act Opera in two scenes by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay Events Scott Joplin publishes "Swipsy Cakewalk" (for piano Nabucco (short for Nabucodonosor, English Nebuchadnezzar) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto Events May 31 - Frederick William IV of Prussia creates a new order of merit for the arts and sciences Eine Nacht in Venedig ( A Night in Venice) is an Operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II and was premiered in Berlin on 3 October Johann Strauss II (also known as Johann Strauss the Younger, Johann Strauss Jr Events Friedrich Kiel is involved in a traffic accident from which he never completely recovered The New Moon is the name of an Operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, and Sigmund Romberg, born Zsigmond Romberg ( July 29, 1887, Nagykanizsa − November 9, 1951 Events April 27 - Igor Stravinsky 's ballet Apollon musagète is premiered in Washington September 11 Nicholas and Alexandra is a 1971 biographical film which tells the story of the last of Russia's monarchs Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his wife the Deborah Drattell (1956 &ndash) is an American Composer. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and started her career in music as a violinist See also 2003 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels Nina o sia La pazza per amore ( Nina or the Girl Driven Mad by Love) is an Opera, described as a commedia in prosa ed in verso per musica, in Giovanni Paisiello (or Paesiello) ( May 9, 1740 &ndash June 5, 1816) was an Italian Composer of the See also 1788 in music, other events of 1789, 1790 in music, List of years in music. Nixon in China (1985-87 is an Opera with music by the American composer John Adams and a Libretto by Alice Goodman, about the John Coolidge Adams (born February 15 1947 is an American Composer with strong roots in minimalism. Events January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis Tennessee is renamed " Elvis Presley Blvd" January 20 - Norma is a tragedia lirica or Opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with Libretto by Felice Romani after Norma ossia Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer Events Frédéric Chopin arrives in Paris Popular music William Crosswell - "Lord Lead the Way the The Nose ( Нос, Nos in Transliteration) is a satirical Opera by Dmitri Shostakovich to a Russian Libretto Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich ( Russian: ru Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович ( &ndash 9 August 1975 was a Russian Composer Events The BBC Symphony Orchestra is formed Festival Puccini is launched at Torre del Lago. Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio is an Opera in two acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on an Events Felix Mendelssohn conducts the first performance of Franz Schubert 's Great C Major Symphony Classical Music L'oca del Cairo is an Opera buffa in three acts K 422 begun by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in July 1783 but abandoned in October Events August 23 - Maria Anna Mozart marries Johann Baptist Franz von Berchtold George Enescu (pronunciation in Romanian: /'ʤěorʤe e'nesku/ known in France as Georges Enesco) ( August 19 1881, Liveni &ndash Events January 4 - Billboard magazine publishes its first music Hit parade March 28 - Inaugurational Oedipus the King ( Ancient Greek: tyrannos Modern Greek: ( "Oedipus the Tyrant" also known as Oedipus Rex, is a Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) ( &ndash 6 April 1971 was a Russian born Composer, considered by many to Events January 8 - Alban Berg 's Lyric Suite is premiered in Vienna. The Old Maid and the Thief is a one act opera by Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti, written and premiered in 1939 Events Publication of Music Here and Now, book by Ernst Krenek March 23 – Béla Bartók 's Violin Concerto Oresteia ( Орестея in Cyrillic) is an opera in three parts eight tableaux with music by Sergei Taneyev, composed during 1887-1894 Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (Pronounced Ta-'ñe-jəv (also Taneev or Taneiev, Russian: Сергей Иванович Танеев Sergej Ivanovič Events August 10 - The first ever Promenade Concert is held at the Queen's Hall in London L'Orfeo ( L'Orfeo favola in musica, SV 318 or La Favola d'Orfeo, or The Legend of Orpheus) is one of the earliest Orfeo ed Euridice (French version Orphée et Eurydice; English translation Orpheus and Eurydice) is an Opera composed by Christoph Willibald Events Johann Christian Bach composing for the King's Theatre in London; here he meets Carl Friedrich Abel for the first time Orlando furioso is an Opera in three acts by Antonio Vivaldi to an Italian Libretto by Grazio Braccioli, based on the poem of the The year 1727 in music involved some significant events Events Farinelli performs at Bologna where he meets his mentor Antonio Bernacchi Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld, Opéra bouffe (or Opéra féerie in its revised version is an Operetta by Jacques Jacques Offenbach (born Jacob Offenbach 20 June 1819 in Cologne &ndash 5 October 1880 in Paris) was a German Events January 25 - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter "Vicky" the Otello is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare 's play Events Published popular music "Angels Without Wings" w Otello is an Opera in three acts by Gioacchino Rossini to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Berio di Salsi based on Shakespeare Events Louise Reichardt becomes the first woman conductor when she takes charge of a performance of work by Handel in Lubeck. Owen Wingrave is an Opera for television in two acts with music by Benjamin Britten, his Opus 85 and a libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after a short Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Events February 5 - Eric Burdon & War disbanding They never performed togeather again until April 21 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall Pagliacci ( Players, or Clowns) is an Opera consisting of a prologue and two acts written and composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Ruggero (Ruggiero Leoncavallo (23 April 1857- 9 August 1919 was an Italian Opera Composer. Events April 28 - Kullervo premiered December 18 ( December 6 O Paradise Lost is an Opera in two acts with music by Krzysztof Penderecki and an English Libretto by Christopher Fry. Krzysztof Penderecki (ˈkʂɨʂtɔf pɛndɛrˈɛ͡tski born November 23 1933 in Dębica) is a Polish Composer and conductor of classical Events January: May - The Bee Gees dominate the singles and album charts as Saturday Night Fever becomes a cultural phenomenon Parsifal is an Opera, or Music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner. Events January - Richard Wagner completes Parsifal Helsinki University Chorus ( Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat) is founded Les pêcheurs de perles ( The Pearl Fishers) is an Opera in three acts by Georges Bizet, to a Libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875 was a French Composer and Pianist of the Romantic era Events Modest Mussorgsky begins work on an opera Salammbô, which is never finished Pelléas et Mélisande ( Pelléas and Mélisande) is an Opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy. Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer. Events April 30 - Claude Debussy 's Opera Pelléas et Mélisande is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Peter Grimes is an Opera by Benjamin Britten, with a Libretto adapted by Montagu Slater from the Peter Grimes section of Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Events The Motion Picture Daily Fame Poll designates Bing Crosby "Top Male Vocalist" for the ninth straight year Porgy and Bess is an Opera, first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, Libretto by DuBose Heyward, and George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. Events April 8 - Béla Bartók 's String Quartet No 5 is premiered in Washington DC. Porin is a Grand opera by Vatroslav Lisinski. The Croatian text was by Dimitrija Demeter. Vatroslav Lisinski ( July 8, 1819 in Zagreb &ndash May 31, 1854 Zagreb) was a Croatian Composer Events February 6 - Schumann's Symphony No 3 premiered in Düsseldorf, the composer conducting Powder Her Face is a Chamber opera in two acts Op 14 (1995 by the British Composer Thomas Adès (b Thomas Adès (born in London, 1 March 1971) is a British Composer, Pianist and conductor. See also 1995 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1995 Record The Power of the Fiend ( Вражья сила, Vrazhya sila) is an Opera in five acts by Alexander Serov, composed during 1867 Alexander Nikolayevich Serov (Александр Николаевич Серов in Cyrillic; Aleksandr Nikolaevič Serov in transliteration &ndash was a Russian Events December 24 - Giuseppe Verdi 's Opera Aida premieres Anton Bruckner gives a series of organ Prince Igor ( Князь Игорь, Knyaz' Igor) is an Opera by Alexander Borodin, written in four acts with a prologue Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Александр Порфирьевич Бородин Aleksandr Porfir'evič Borodin) ( &ndash) was a Russian Composer Events September 9 - Edward Elgar 's concert Overture Froissart is premiered at Prisoner of the Caucasus ( Кавказский пленник in Cyrillic, Kavkazskij plennik in transliteration is an Opera in three César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French Events Friedrich Kiel is involved in a traffic accident from which he never completely recovered I puritani ( The Puritans) is an Opera in three acts by Vincenzo Bellini. Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer Events Publication of Luigi Cherubini 's Cours de contrepoint et de fugue Classical music Frédéric Puss in Boots ( Кот в сапогах in Cyrillic Kot v sapogakh in transliteration is a short opera-fairytale for children in three acts four tableaux César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French Events Tom Brown 's band from New Orleans goes to Chicago Illinois and start advertising themselves as a " Jass Band " I quattro rusteghi ( The Four Curmudgeons, usually given as School for Fathers) is a Comic opera in three acts music by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (born Ermanno Wolf) ( Venice, January 12, 1876 &ndash Venice January 21, 1948) was an Events May 27 - Gustav Mahler 's Symphony No 6 is premiered in Essen. Events September 9 - Edward Elgar 's concert Overture Froissart is premiered at A Quiet Place is an American Opera in three acts with music by Leonard Bernstein to a Libretto by Stephen Wadsworth. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released Radamisto (HWV 12a/12b is an Opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to an Italian Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym This article lists the most significant events and works of the year 1720 in music. The Rake's Progress is an Opera in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) ( &ndash 6 April 1971 was a Russian born Composer, considered by many to Events July 11 - Disc jockey and music promoter Alan Freed broadcasts his first Rhythm and blues radio programme from station WJW in For Shakespeare 's poem see The Rape of Lucrece The Rape of Lucretia (Op Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Events February 8 - Béla Bartók 's Piano Concerto No 3 is premiered posthumously by György Sándor with The Haughty Princess (A rátartós királykisasszony is an Operetta by the Hungarian composer Victor Jacobi. Victor Jacobi, Jakobi Viktor ( October 22, 1883 &ndash December 10, 1921) was a Hungarian Operetta Composer Events January 13 - Béla Bartók 's Symphonic poem Kossuth is premiered in Budapest, becoming his first Il re pastore ( The Shepherd King) is an Opera, K 208 written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian Libretto Events Premiere of Pierre Beaumarchais 's play The Barber of Seville, which will later provide material for more than one opera Master Peter's Puppet Show ( El retablo de Maese Pedro) is a puppet- Opera in one act with a Prologue and Epilogue, composed by Manuel de Falla y Matheu ( November 23, 1876 &ndash November 14, 1946) was a Spanish Composer of classical music Events November 11 - Premiere of John Foulds 's World Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Das Rheingold ("The Rhine Gold" is the first of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) by Richard Wagner Events April 3 - Edvard Grieg 's Piano Concerto is premiered at Copenhagen 's Casino Rienzi der Letzte der Tribunen (WWV 49 ( Rienzi the Last of the Tribunes) is an early Opera by Richard Wagner in five acts with the Libretto Events May 31 - Frederick William IV of Prussia creates a new order of merit for the arts and sciences Rigoletto is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian Libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based Events February 6 - Schumann's Symphony No 3 premiered in Düsseldorf, the composer conducting Rinaldo ( HWV 7 is an Italian Opera by George Frideric Handel, now a part of the standard operatic repertoire The year 1711 in music involved some significant events Events Invention of the Tuning fork by John Shore. Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic Music dramas by the German composer Events February 24 - Incidental music composed by Edvard Grieg for Henrik Ibsen 's Peer Gynt premieres Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny is a political-satirical Opera composed by Kurt Weill to a WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Kurt Julian Weill ( March 2, 1900 &ndash April 3, Events The BBC Symphony Orchestra is formed Festival Puccini is launched at Torre del Lago. Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria ( SV 325 The Return of Ulysses to His Country) is an Opera ( dramma per musica) in a prologue and five Roberto Devereux (or Roberto Devereux ossia Il conte di Essex Devereux or the Earl of Essex'' is a tragedia lirica, or tragic Opera, by Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Events June 11 - Prussian Copyright Act protecting for the first time performances of concert music Pauline Garcia-Viardot makes her Rodelinda regina de' Longobardi (HWV 19 is an Opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The year 1725 in music involved some significant events Events Giovanni Battista Pergolesi goes to Naples to study under Gaetano Rogneda ( Рогнеда) is an opera in five acts composed by Alexander Serov during 1863 - 1865. Alexander Nikolayevich Serov (Александр Николаевич Серов in Cyrillic; Aleksandr Nikolaevič Serov in transliteration &ndash was a Russian Events January 1 - Hector Berlioz completes his Memoirs April 28 - Giacomo Meyerbeer 's Opera Le roi de Lahore ("The king of Lahore " is an Opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French Libretto by Louis Gallet Jules (Émile Frédéric Massenet ( May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912) was a French composer best known for his Operas Events Thomas Edison invents the Phonograph. Richard Wagner conducts in London Roméo et Juliette ( Romeo and Juliet) is an Opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Biography Gounod was born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and a draftsman father Events Arthur Sullivan scores his first Operetta, Cox and Box. La rondine ( The Swallow) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian Libretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Events May 12 - Béla Bartók 's Ballet The Wooden Prince is premiered in Budapest Der Rosenkavalier ( op 59 ( The Knight of the Rose) is a comic Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Events May 24 - Edward Elgar conducts the premiere of his Symphony No Rusalka ( Русалка in Cyrillic; stress on the second syllable is an opera in four acts six tableaux by Alexander Dargomyzhsky, composed Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky ( Александр Сергеевич Даргомыжский) ( February 14 1813 &ndash January 17 1869 Events Foundation of the Teatro de la Zarzuela by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri. Rusalka is an Opera by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech Libretto was written by the poet Jaroslav Kvapil (1868-1950 Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( (often pronounced in English as; DVOR-zhahk; September 8 1841 – May 1 1904 was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed See also 1900 in music, other events of 1901, 1902 in music and the List of 'years in music'. Ruslan and Lyudmila: Ruslan and Ludmila (poem — a poem by Aleksandr Pushkin published in 1820 Ruslan and Lyudmila (opera — an Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Михаи́л Ива́нович Гли́нка ( –) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition inside his own country Events May 31 - Frederick William IV of Prussia creates a new order of merit for the arts and sciences Sadko (Садко was a legendary Hero of a Russian Bylina (epic tale with the same name a merchant and Gusli musician from Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay Events Scott Joplin publishes "Swipsy Cakewalk" (for piano Olivier Messiaen ( December 10 1908 &ndash April 27 1992 was a French Composer, organist and ornithologist. Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released The Saint of Bleecker Street is an Opera in three acts by Gian Carlo Menotti to an original English Libretto by the composer Events Frank Sinatra wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in From Here to Eternity, 1953 resuscitating his singing Salammbô is an Opera in five acts composed by Ernest Reyer to a French Libretto by Camille du Locle. Louis Étienne Ernest Reyer ( December 1 1823 &ndash January 15 1909) was a French Opera composer and music critic Events September 9 - Edward Elgar 's concert Overture Froissart is premiered at Salome is an Opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a German Libretto by the composer based on Hedwig Lachmann ’s German Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Events January 26 - Arnold Schoenberg 's symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande is premiered in Vienna. Samson ( HWV 57 is an Oratorio by George Frideric Handel. It was based on a Libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, who based it Events Johann Sebastian Bach examines the organ at the Johanniskirche Leipzig March 23 - English premiere of Handel's Messiah Samson et Dalila ( English: Samson and Delilah) is a grand opera in three acts by Camille Saint-Saëns to a French Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (/ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃s/ (9 October 1835 &ndash 16 December 1921 was a French Composer, Organist, conductor, and Events Thomas Edison invents the Phonograph. Richard Wagner conducts in London Sant'Alessio is an Opera in three acts composed by Stefano Landi in 1631 with a libretto by Giulio Rospigliosi. Stefano Landi (baptized February 26, 1587 &ndash October 28, 1639) was an Italian composer and teacher of the early Baroque The Saracen ( Сарацин in Cyrillic, Saracin in transliteration is an opera by César Cui composed during 1896-1898 César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French Events April 26 - Jean Sibelius 's Symphony No 1 is premiered in Helsinki Šárka is an Opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech Libretto by Julius Zeyer, based on Bohemian legends of Šárka in Leoš Janáček ( (July 3 1854 &ndash August 12 1928 was a Czech Composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher Events February 25 - Art Gillham - The Whispering Pianist records the first electrical recordings to be released for Columbia using the Satyagraha is an Opera in three acts for orchestra chorus and soloists composed by Philip Glass, with a libretto by the composer and Constance de WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Philip Glass (born January 31 Events January January 1 - The year starts off with a strong Disco backlash which causes the majority of musicians to abandon the use of real instruments Der Schauspieldirektor ( The Impresario) K 486 is a comic Singspiel written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German See also 1785 in music, other events of 1786, 1787 in music, List of years in music. Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes (The Obligation of the First and Foremost Commandment K Events Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach succeeds his godfather Telemann as director of church music in Hamburg. Semele is an opera by John Eccles. The libretto is by William Congreve, drawing on the Greek myth of Semele. This article is about the English composer for other people with the same name see John Eccles. The year 1707 in music involved some significant events Events George Frideric Handel meets Domenico Scarlatti in Venice Semele ( HWV 58 is an opera or oratorio in three acts by George Frideric Handel. Events Classical music Thomas Arne - The Death of Abel (oratorio Johann Sebastian Semiramide is an Opera in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini. The Libretto was written by Gaetano Rossi, based on Voltaire 's Events Franz Liszt leaves Vienna for Paris Gioacchino Rossini arrives in London and is presented to King George IV. Serse ( Xerxes) ( HWV 40 is an Opera seria by George Frideric Handel. Events Antonio Vivaldi conducts a festival to celebrate the 100th opening of the Schouwburg theater Classical music Le siège de Corinthe ( The Siege of Corinth) is an Opera in three acts by Gioacchino Rossini to a French Libretto Events Published Popular Music "The Old Oaken Bucket " w Shining Brow is an English language Opera by Daron Hagen, first performed by the Madison Opera in Madison Wisconsin, April 21 Daron Aric Hagen (born November 4, 1961, in Milwaukee Wisconsin) is an American Composer of Contemporary classical music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992 Siegfried is the third of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) by Richard Wagner Events February 24 - Incidental music composed by Edvard Grieg for Henrik Ibsen 's Peer Gynt premieres Simon Boccanegra is an Opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based Events Georges Bizet wins the Prix de Rome. Published popular songs "Does He Love Me?" Simplicius is an Operetta by Johann Strauss II. Simplicius was first conceived from the work of HJC von Grimmelhausen entitled Johann Strauss II (also known as Johann Strauss the Younger, Johann Strauss Jr Events Published popular music "Angels Without Wings" w The Snow Bogatyr ( Снежный богатырь in Cyrillic; Snežnyj bogatyr' in transliteration is an opera-fairytale for children in one César Antonovich Cui ( Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) ( - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French Events May 27 - Gustav Mahler 's Symphony No 6 is premiered in Essen. The Snow Maiden&ndashA Spring Fairy Tale ( Снегурочка&ndashВесенняя сказка, Snegúrochka&ndashVesennyaya Skazka) is an Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay Events January - Richard Wagner completes Parsifal Helsinki University Chorus ( Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat) is founded Il sogno di Scipione, K 126, is a dramatic serenade in one act ( Azione teatrale) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Events Carl Stamitz is resident composer at Versailles. Dr Charles Burney visits Johann Baptist Vanhal at La sonnambula ( The Sleepwalker) is an Opera semiseria in two acts music by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian Libretto by Felice Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer Events Frédéric Chopin arrives in Paris Popular music William Crosswell - "Lord Lead the Way the Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский Modest Petrovič Musorgskij) ( March 21 March 9 1839 &ndash March Events April 1 - Manuel de Falla 's Opera La vida breve is given its world premiere in Nice Lo sposo deluso ossia La rivalità di tre donne per un solo amante ( The Deluded Bridegroom or The Rivalry of Three Women for One Lover) is a two act Opera buffa Events August 23 - Maria Anna Mozart marries Johann Baptist Franz von Berchtold The Stone Guest ( Каменный гость in Cyrillic, Kamennyj gost' in Transliteration) is an Opera in three acts Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky ( Александр Сергеевич Даргомыжский) ( February 14 1813 &ndash January 17 1869 Events Friedrich Nietzsche takes up musical composition again after a long break Street Scene is a Broadway musical or more precisely an "American Opera " by Kurt Weill (music Langston Hughes WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Kurt Julian Weill ( March 2, 1900 &ndash April 3, Events August 7 - Carlo Bergonzi makes his professional debut as Schaunard in La Bohème at the Arena Argentina in Catania Suor Angelica ( Sister Angelica) is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an original Italian Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Events March 3 - Béla Bartók 's String Quartet No 2 is premiered in Budapest May 24 - Susannah is an Opera in two acts composed (music and text by American opera Composer Carlisle Floyd while he was on the piano Carlisle Floyd (born June 11, 1926, in Latta South Carolina) is an American Opera Composer. Events January 1 - RCA victor announces a marketing plan called "Operation TNT Schwanda the Bagpiper, also known as Švanda the Bagpiper (Švanda dudák is an Opera in two acts with music by Jaromír Weinberger Jaromír Weinberger ( January 8, 1896 – August 8, 1967) was a Czech American Composer. Events January 8 - Alban Berg 's Lyric Suite is premiered in Vienna. Szibill is an Operetta by Hungarian Composer Victor Jacobi. The first performance was February 27, 1914, at Victor Jacobi, Jakobi Viktor ( October 22, 1883 &ndash December 10, 1921) was a Hungarian Operetta Composer Events October 15 - In Rovigo, Beniamino Gigli makes his Operatic debut in Amilcare Ponchielli 's La Gioconda Il tabarro ( The Cloak) is an Opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian Libretto by Giuseppe Adami WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Events March 3 - Béla Bartók 's String Quartet No 2 is premiered in Budapest May 24 - The Tale of Tsar Saltan ( Сказка о царе Салтане, Skazka o Tsare Saltane) is an Opera in four acts with a prologue seven scenes Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay See also 1899 in music, other events of 1900, 1901 in music and the List of 'years in music'. Tancredi is an Opera in two acts by composer Gioachino Rossini and Librettist Gaetano Rossi, based on Voltaire 's play Events Louise Reichardt moves to Hamburg, where she opens the first public music school for women and conducts a women's choir Tannhäuser (full title Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf der Wartburg / Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg) is an Opera Events March 13 - Felix Mendelssohn 's Violin Concerto premiered in Leipzig April 21 - Albert Lortzing Tartuffe is an Opera in three acts by Kirke Mechem. Mechem also wrote the English Libretto. Kirke Mechem (b 1925 is a prolific American composer of Classical music, and a writer Events January January 1 - The year starts off with a strong Disco backlash which causes the majority of musicians to abandon the use of real instruments De Temporum Fine Comoedia, literally Play of the End of Time, is an Opera or Musical play by 20th Century German composer Carl Orff ( &ndash) was a 20th-century German Composer, most famous for Carmina Burana (1937 Events January-February January 9 - Mick Jagger 's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug bust putting an abrupt end Henry Purcell also wrote an opera The Tempest, in 1695 For the 1993 Michael Nyman opera see Noises Sounds & Sweet Airs Thomas Adès (born in London, 1 March 1971) is a British Composer, Pianist and conductor. See also 2004 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2004 Record labels The Tender Land is an Opera with music by Aaron Copland and libretto by Horace Everett a pseudonym for Erik Johns. Aaron Copland (November 14 1900 &ndash December 2 1990 was an American Composer of concert and film music as well as an accomplished Pianist. Events Frank Sinatra wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in From Here to Eternity, 1953 resuscitating his singing Thaïs (Θαΐς was a famous Greek Hetaera who lived during the time of Alexander the Great and accompanied him on his campaigns Jules (Émile Frédéric Massenet ( May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912) was a French composer best known for his Operas Events March 14 - Johan Svendsen conducts the world premiere of Carl Nielsen 's Symphony No The Threepenny Opera ( Die Dreigroschenoper) is a revolutionary work of Musical theatre, by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Kurt Julian Weill ( March 2, 1900 &ndash April 3, Events April 27 - Igor Stravinsky 's ballet Apollon musagète is premiered in Washington September 11 Three Tales is a contemporary video- opera in three acts composed by American composer Steve Reich in 2002 WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002 Tosca is an Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 See also 1899 in music, other events of 1900, 1901 in music and the List of 'years in music'. La traviata is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Events Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg sets up in business as a piano manufacturer in New York City, and the firm of Steinway and Sons is born Tristan und Isolde ( Tristan and Isolde, or Tristan and Isolda) is an Opera, or Music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner Events January 1 - Hector Berlioz completes his Memoirs April 28 - Giacomo Meyerbeer 's Opera Trouble in Tahiti is a one-act opera composed by Leonard Bernstein with an English Libretto by the composer WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes Events Pierre Schaeffer publishes his A la recherche d'une musique concrète (The Search for a Concrete Music, an explanation of his experimental Il trovatore ( The Troubadour) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare Events Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg sets up in business as a piano manufacturer in New York City, and the firm of Steinway and Sons is born Les Troyens (in English The Trojans) is a French Opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. Events Modest Mussorgsky begins work on an opera Salammbô, which is never finished The Tsar's Bride ( Царская невеста, Tsarskaya nevesta) is an Opera in four acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the composer's Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay Events April 26 - Jean Sibelius 's Symphony No 1 is premiered in Helsinki Turandot is an Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a Libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Events May 12 - Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 1 premiere Leningrad Il turco in Italia ( The Turk in Italy) is an Opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. Events Invention of the Metronome by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel Classical Music John Field - The Turn of the Screw is a 20th century English Chamber opera composed by Benjamin Britten with a libretto by Myfanwy Piper, based Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Events Frank Sinatra wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in From Here to Eternity, 1953 resuscitating his singing Vanessa is an Opera in three (originally four acts by Samuel Barber with an original English Libretto by Gian-Carlo Menotti. Samuel Osborne Barber II ( March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American Composer of Orchestral, Opera, Events January 28 - Little Richard begins attending classes at Oakwood College in Huntsville Alabama January Veinticinco de agosto 1983 ( August the 25th 1983) is a chamber Opera by Juan Maria Solare, to a Spanish Libretto Juan María Solare (born August 11, 1966) is an Argentine Composer and Pianist. See also Marie Sallé, whose stage name was "La Vestale" Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini ( 14 November, 1774 &ndash 24 January, 1851) was an Italian Opera Composer Events Muzio Clementi begins negotiating for British publication rights to the music of Ludwig van Beethoven Classical Music Le Villi ( The Willis or The Fairies) is an opera-ballet in two acts (originally one composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Events late December - Seventh Symphony of Anton Bruckner is premiered in Leipzig, bringing the composer his first great Volo di notte ( Night Flight) is a one-act opera composed by Luigi Dallapiccola to an Italian Libretto he wrote based on the novel Luigi Dallapiccola ( February 3, 1904 &ndash February 19, 1975) was an Italian Composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone Events January - Frank Sinatra joins the Tommy Dorsey orchestra July 20 - Billboard magazine publishes its first "Music Les vêpres siciliennes ( The Sicilian Vespers) is an Opera in five acts by the Italian romantic Composer Giuseppe Events Franz Liszt gives the first performance of his ''Piano Concerto No Venus and Adonis is an Opera in three acts and a Prologue by the English Baroque Composer John Blow John Blow (baptised 23 February 1649 &ndash 1 October 1708 was an English Composer and Organist. 1683

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