Eduard Bachmann (22 September 1831 – 18 April 1880) was a German oboist, operatic tenor and theatre director.
As a trained oboist he undertook a concert tour through Germany with the music director Joseph Labitzky in 1849, was engaged in the theatre orchestra of Preßburg in 1850/51, then went to Dresden, where he was engaged in the military band of the Saxon Life Guards.
On 14 February 1855 he made his debut at the Hungarian National Theatre as "Carlo" in the opera Ernani.
On 31 July 1857 he made his debut in Prague with director Franz Thomé, where he stayed until October 1864.
In the same year he accepted a lifelong engagement at the Hoftheater in Kassel, which was dissolved after the death of the elector in 1867.