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1887
 
    
Giuseppe Verdi's opera Otello has its premeiere at La Scala in Milan       
1887
 
    
The Australian soprano Nellie Melba makes her operatic debut as Gilda in Rigoletto in Brussels       
c. 1892
 
     
The French chef Auguste Escoffier creates and names a dessert in honour of the Australian soprano Nellie Melba        
1893
 
    
Giacomo Puccini has his first success when his opera Manon Lescaut opens in Turin       
1893
 
    
In Falstaff Giuseppe Verdi writes his last opera, and his only comedy since the early days of his career.       
1893
 
    
Hansel and Gretl, an opera by German composer Engelbert Humperdinck, has its premiere in Weimar       
1894
 
   
The tenor Enrico Caruso makes his debut in his home town of Naples      
1896
 
    
Giacomo Puccini's opera La Bohème has an unsuccessful premiere in Turin       
1897
 
    
Jewish composer Gustav Mahler is baptized a Christian so as to be eligible to conduct the Vienna Opera       
1898
 
   
The Australian soprano Nellie Melba forms the Melba Grand Opera Company as a touring venture in the USA