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1866 in music

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1 Events

2 Top Hits

3 Births

4 Deaths

Events

Bedrich Smetana's opera Prodana Nevesta (The Bartered Bride) debuts in Prague at the Provisional Theater (May 30)
Jacques Offenbach's operetta La Vie Parisienne debuts in Paris's Palais Royale (October 21)
Ambroise Thomas[?]'s opera Mignon debuts in Paris at the Opéra-Comique (November 17)

Top Hits

Births

April 1 - Ferruccio Busoni, pianist, composer

Deaths

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