- 3 November 1864 - George Alexander Macfarren's Helvellyn had its world premiere at the Covent Garden Theater in London.
- 12 November 1898 – Enrique Granados' opera María del Carmen had its world premiere at the Teatro de Parish in Madrid.
- 13 November 1868 – Gioachino Rossini, the composer of The Barber of Seville, La Cenerentola, William Tell and 36 other operas, died in Paris at the age of 76.
- 17 November 1898 – Umberto Giordano's opera Fedora had its world premiere in Rome conducted by Giordano himself with Gemma Bellincioni in the title role.
- 17 November 1936 – The celebrated contralto, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, died in Los Angeles at the age of 75.
- 27 November 1758 – Senesino (pictured), the Italian castrato singer who created 17 leading roles in Handel's operas, died in Siena, the city of his birth, at the age of 72.
- 27 November 1880 – Rome's main opera house, the Teatro Costanzi (now known as the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma), was officially inaugurated with a performance of Rossini's Semiramide.
- 29 November 1797 – Gaetano Donizetti, the composer of Lucia di Lammermoor, La fille du régiment, and L'elisir d'amore was born in Bergamo.
- 30 November 1866 – The tenor and opera impresario, Andreas Dippel, was born in Kassel, Germany.