ala" orchestra of
Milan (Italy) at Carnegie Hall, New York City, with Leoncavallo
as conductor.
1906. Oct. 15. Production of F. S. Converse's incidental music to
Percy Mackaye's play "Jeanne d'Arc," given by Sothern and Julia
Marlowe in Philadelphia.
1906. Oct. 15. Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly" presented by the
Henry Savage Opera Company (in English) at Washington, D. C.
1906. Oct. Vassily Safonof appointed conductor of the Philharmonic
Society, New York City.
1906. Nov. 3. Saint-Saens's fantasia "Africa" for pianoforte and
orchestra given by the Symphony Society in New York City with
the composer as soloist.
1906. Nov. 12. Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly" given by the
Savage Opera Company in Washington, D. C.
1906. Nov. 15. Glazunof's "Scene Dansante" given by the Russian
Symphony Orchestra in New York City.
1906. Nov. 20. American debut of F. Constantino, tenor, also Fely
Dereyne, Riccardo Martin, and A. Segurola, with the San Carlo
Opera Company in New Orleans, La.
1906. Nov. 26. American operatic debut of Geraldine Farrar,
soprano, as _Juliette_ in Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette" at the
Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.
1906. Nov. 27. Elgar's cantata "The Banner of St. George" given at
a Musurgia Concert, at Carnegie Hall, New York City, with the
assistance of one hundred members of the Brooklyn Oratorio
Society.
1906. Nov. 30. J. Sibelius's Violin Concerto in D minor given by
the Philharmonic Society, New York City, with Maud Powell as
soloist.
1906. Dec. 3. American debut of Alessandro Bonci, Italian tenor,
in "I Puritani," at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City.
1906. Dec. 4. Pierne's oratorio "The Children's Crusade" given by
the Oratorio Society, New York City.
1906. Dec. 5. American debut of Maurice Renaud, great French
baritone, as _Rigoletto_, at the Manhattan Opera House, New York
City.
1906. Dec. 5. Giordano's opera "Fedora" given at the Metropolitan
Opera House, New York City, with Lina Cavalieri (debut), Caruso,
Scotti. A. Vigna conducting.
1906. Dec. 7. Debut of Donalda as _Marguerite_ in "Faust" at the
Manhattan Opera House, New York City.
1906. Dec. 15. Cesar Franck's morceau symphonique, "Redemption,"
given by the New York Symphony Society.
1906. Dec. 19. Debut of de Cisneros and Bassi in "Aida" at the
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