Best 1865
Richard Wagner’s *Tristan und Isolde* is a profoundly influential German opera composed in 1865. The work explores themes of love and sacrifice through a tragic story involving Tristan and Isolde. Its innovative harmonic language and exploration of longing established the core tenets of Romantic ope...
SS Sultana was a wooden side-wheel steamboat operating on the Mississippi River during the final weeks of the American Civil War. On 27 April 1865, overloaded with passengers, including many recently released Union prisoners of war, it suffered a catastrophic boiler explosion north of Memphis and bu...
SS Brother Jonathan was a side-wheel paddle steamer that operated along the Pacific coast of North America during the mid-19th century. On July 30, 1865, it struck a submerged rock near Crescent City in northern California during a voyage north and sank, with only a small number of those aboard surv...
L'Africaine is a five-act French grand opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe, first performed in Paris in 1865 after the composer's death. Despite its established title, the action concerns the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama and an imagined queen named Sélika, with much of...
Stanisław Moniuszko's 1865 Polish comic opera is a beloved national classic that creatively blends traditional folklore with romantic music.
