1762
World premiere of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s *Orfeo ed Euridice* at the Burgtheater in Vienna, marking a major moment in the reform of opera seria.
October 5 — On This Day in Opera
This page lists notable events in opera history that happened on October 5, including world premieres, composer births, deaths, and important milestones.
1880
Death of Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer of nearly 100 operettas and the unfinished opera *The Tales of Hoffmann*.