1917. Dec. 19. Henri Rabaud's opera "Marouf" presented by the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York City, with F. Alda, K. Howard, de Luca, Rothier, de Segurola, T. Chalmers, Rossi. P. Monteux conducting.
1917. Dec. 26. Arthur Hadley's opera "Azora" produced by the Chicago Opera Association, with Anna Fitziu, Cyrena van Gordon, and F. Lamont. Conducted by the composer.
1917. Dec. 28. Henry K. Hadley awarded the Hinshaw prize for an opera, "Bianca," for small orchestra, without chorus.
1917. A Symphony Orchestra organized in New Orleans, La.
1917. Dec. 27. Production of Percy Mackaye and Arthur Farwell's masque "The Evergreen Tree," by the MacDowell Club, assisted by the Manuscript Society and Prospect Heights (Brooklyn) Choral Society, in New York City.
1918. Jan. 3. Liszt's oratorio "St. Elizabeth" presented in operatic form at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Florence Easton, M. Matzenauer, Clarence Whitehill, Schlegel, Leonard and Ruysdael. Bodansky conducting.
1918. Jan. 5. World première of Arthur Nevin's one-act opera, "Daughter of the Forest," by the Chicago Opera Association, with Vix, Peralta, Lamont, and Godfrey. Conducted by the composer.
1918. Jan. 6. Hubay's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra given by the Symphony Society, New York City, at Aeolian Hall, with E. Zimbalist as soloist. Also, Kalikinnov's Second Symphony (in G minor).
1918. Jan. 10. E. Bloch's "Trois Poèmes Juifs"—"Danse," "Rite," and "Cortège Funèbre"—given by the Symphony Society, New York City.
1918. Jan. 12. Mascagni's opera "Lodoletta" presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with G. Farrar, Lila Robeson, Caruso, de Segurola, Amato, Didur, and Cecil Arden. Moranzoni conducting.