Annals of Music in America: A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events

by Henry Charles Lahee

1898. Nov. 7. American début of Ernestine Schumann-Heink, as Ortrud in "Lohengrin," in Chicago.

1898. Nov. 8. American début of Albert Saleza, tenor, as Romeo, in Chicago.

1898. Nov. 29. American début of Ernest van Dyck, as Tannhäuser, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1898. Dec. 3. First performance of Walter Damrosch's "Manilla Te Deum" given by the Oratorio Society of New York City.

1898. Dec. 14. American début of Anton van Rooy, as Wotan in "Die Walküre" at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1898. Dec. 25. American début of Maud MacCarthy, violinist, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1898. Borodin's Symphony in B minor first played in America by the Cincinnati Orchestra.

1898. Victor Herbert appointed conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

1899. Jan. 4. American début of Suzanne Adams, American soprano, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1899. Jan. 7. R. Strauss's tone poem "Don Quixote," given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.