1875 in music

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  • 2.1 First half of
  • 2.2 Second half of
  • 2.3 Exact date of birth unknown

Events

Venues

  • January 5: Built by Charles Garnier Opéra Garnier will open with a gala performance.

Premieres

  • February 27: At the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, the operetta Cagliostro in Vienna of Johann Strauss ( son ) will be premiered. The libretto was written by Camillo Walzel and Richard Genée. The piece from the time of the Golden Operetta is initially a huge success, but gradually loses the audience's favor.
  • March 3: The first performance of the comic opera Carmen by Georges Bizet Libretto by Henri Meilhac with and Ludovic Halévy after the novella by Prosper Mérimée at the Opéra -Comique in Paris is received by the audience cool. The worldwide success of the work does not begin until months later. Bizet witnessed the success of his work no longer, he died on June 3, his sixth wedding anniversary, at the age of 36 years near Paris of a heart attack.
  • March 10: The opera The Queen of Sheba by Karl Goldmark on the libretto by Hermann Salomon Mosenthal celebrates at its premiere at the Court Opera in Vienna a great success and is one of the most successful operas of the late 19th century.
  • March 25: Trial by Jury, operetta with music in one act by Arthur Sullivan to a libretto by WS Gilbert, has its world premiere at the Royalty Theatre in London. The piece is second after Thespis Gilbert and Sullivan's opera produced production. The very popular with critics and the public work will be performed during the first season 131 times.
  • July 19: The first performance of the opera La falce ( Sickle ) by Alfredo Catalani will take place in Milan.
  • November 3: The premiere of the operetta by Jacques Offenbach Creole takes place at the Théâtre des Bouffes in Paris.
  • The 4th piano concerto by Camille Saint- Saëns its successful premiere.

Others

  • April to December: Antonín Dvořák composed the opera Wanda.

Born

First half year

Second half- year

Exact date of birth unknown

  • Gaston Dethier, American organist and composer († 1958)
  • Victor Nováček, Czech violinist and music teacher († 1914)
  • Alphonse Schmitt, Alsatian organist and composer († 1912)

Died

1865 in music Charles Garnier (architect) Cagliostro in Wien Salomon Hermann Mosenthal 1956 1965 Fritz Kreisler 1962 1931 Vilma von Webenau 1953 Richard Wetz 1935 February 28 1937 Franco Alfano 1954 Alexander Goldenweiser (composer) 1961 April 4 Pierre Monteux 1964 April 20 1950 June 13 1959 June 26 Camille Zeckwer 1924 July 17 Donald Tovey 1940 July 31 1947 August 8 1918 August 9 August 22 Romain Pelletier August 30 Hermann Ludwig Kutzschbach 1938 September 10 September 22 1911 September 27 1966 Fred Fisher 1942 October 5 Cyril Rootham December 15 1816 1790 Ferdinand Laub 1832 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume 1798 April 24 Juana Paula Manso 1819 October 4
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