Events Musikverein opens in Vienna (January 6) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet debuts in Moscow, conducted by Nikolai Rubenstein (March 16) Leo Delibes' ballet Coppélia debuts at the Paris Opéra (May 25) Richard Wagner's Die Walküre premieres at the Munich Court Theatre (June 26) Published popular music Come In Old Adam, Come In! by Alice Cary & C. F. Shattuck Just Touch the Harp Gently, My Pretty Louise by Sam Mitchell & Charles Blamphin Musical theater Chilpéric London production La Mascotte Paris production La Périchole London production Opera Prodana Nevesta (The Bartered Bride) by Bedřich Smetana Die Walküre by Richard Wagner Births August 12 - Arthur J. Lamb, lyricist and actor Deaths