Timeline of Music in The United States To 1819 - 1796

1796

• The French opera tradition in New Orleans begins with a production of Silvain, an opera by André Ernest Modeste Grétry. New Orleans will remain the center for opera in the United States until the 1860s.
• William Dunlap and Benjamin Carr's The Archers is one of the first major American operas to enter the standard repertoire.