1762
Premiere
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.
Premieres & milestones
Births & deaths
1880
Died
Death of Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer of nearly 100 operettas and the unfinished opera *The Tales of Hoffmann*.
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