1908. Jan. 3. Charpentier's opera "Louise" presented at the Manhattan Opera House, New York City, with Mary Garden in leading part, Campanini conducting.
1908. Jan. 14. H. Bischoff's Symphony in E major given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
1908. Jan. 15. New York début of Luisa Tetrazzini, great soprano, in "La Traviata" at the Manhattan Opera House. (She had previously been heard in San Francisco.)
1908. Jan. 15. Beethoven's "Twelve Dances" given under Sam Franko at Mendelssohn Hall, New York City.
1908. Jan. 16. Sibelius's Third Symphony (C major) given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York City.
1908. Jan. 18. Mozart's "Three German Dances" given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
1908. Jan. 21. Henri Rabaud's Second Symphony (E minor); E. Chausson's "Poëme de l'Amour et de la Mer" for voice and orchestra, (1) "La Fleur des Faux," "Interlude," (2) "La Mort de l'Amour"; and Balakiref's symphonic poem "En Bohème" given at an orchestral concert in Boston by Mrs. Richard J. Hall.
1908. Jan. 25. Schelling's "Fantastic Suite" for pianoforte and orchestra given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
1908. Jan. 29. Dohnanyi's Violoncello Concerto in D given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Indianapolis, Ind., with H. Warnke as soloist.
1908. Feb. 2. Chaikovsky's opera "Eugen Onegin" given in concert form by the Symphony Society in New York City.