Performing Arts Movements in the World

Meiji Period 1868-1912

“Meiji”, “Taisho”, “Showa” are unique to Japan, apart from the Gregorian calendar. The year 1868 (Meiji 01) is the beginning of modernization in Japan, and the new government was born in Tokyo, and it was the year when full-fledged exchanges with foreign countries began. The Emperor Ichi unity is referred to as Taisho Era, Showa Era, and Heisei Era.
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1868
1869 Wiener Staatsoper established
1870 Saint-Léon “Coppélia” first performed
1871 Verdi “Aida” first performed
1872
1873
1874 Johann Strauss II “Die Fledermaus” first performed
1875 Opéra National de Paris (Palais Garnier) established
Bizet “Carmen” first performed
1876 Bayreuther Festspielhaus established
Wagner “Der Ring des Nibelungen” all four parts first performed
1877 Reisinger “Swan Lake” first performed
1878
1879 Ibsen “A Doll's House” first performed
1880
1881
1882
1883 Metropolitan Opera House, New York established
1884
1885
1887 André Antoine founds Théâtre-Libre in Paris
1888
1889
1890 Petipa “The Sleeping Beauty” first performed Ibsen “Hedda Gabler” first performed
1891
1892 Leoncavallo “Pagliacci” first performed Ivanov “The Nutcracker” first performed
1893
1894 Oscar Wilde “Salomé” first performed
1895 Petipa, Ivanov “Swan Lake” (revival version) first performed
1896 Puccini “La bohème” first performed Chekhov “The Seagull” first performed
1897
1898 Moscow Arts Theatre founded, “The Seagull” performed
1899
1900 Isadora Duncan starts to perform in Europe Public performance by Sadayakko and KAWAKAMI Otojiro at the 1900 Paris Exposition
1901
1902 Gorky “The Lower Depths” first performed
1903 Moscow Arts Theatre “The Cherry Orchard” first performed, Chekhov deceased
Irish National Theatre Society founded
1904 Puccini “Madama Butterfly” first performed
1905 Hanako performs at the Savoy Theatre, London
1906 Travelling theatre company the Bandman Opera Company's first visit to Japan Ibsen deceased
1907 Fokine “The Dying Swan” (starring Pavlova) first performed
1908
1909 "Russian Season" held at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris (1st Ballets Russes public performance)
1910 Marius Petipa deceased
1911 Richard Strauss “Der Rosenkavalier” first performed