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REGULAR METROPOLITAN SUBSCRIPTION PERFORMANCES
Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time · Henry Edward Krehbiel
Opera First Performance Times
"Armide" …………………………. November 14 ……. 3
"Tannhäuser" ……………………… November 16 ……. 5
"Aïda" …………………………… November 17 ……. 6
"Die Walküre" …………………….. November 18 ……. 4
"Madama Butterfly" ………………… November 19 ……. 5
"La Bohème" ………………………. November 21 ……. 5
"La Gioconda" …………………….. November 23 ……. 6
"Rigoletto" ………………………. November 24 ……. 3
"Cavalleria Rusticana" (double bill) … November 25 ……. 5
"Pagliacci" (double bill) ………….. November 25 ……. 7
"Lohengrin" ………………………. November 28 ……. 5
"Il Trovatore" ……………………. December 1 …….. 5
"Faust" ………………………….. December 10 ……. 4
"Orfeo ed Eurydice" ……………….. December 10 ……. 5
"La Fanciulla del West" ……………. December 26 ……. 7
"Königskinder" ……………………. December 28 ……. 7
"Tristan und Isolde" ………………. January 4 ……… 4
"Roméo et Juliette" ……………….. January 13 …….. 2
"Siegfried" ………………………. January 14 …….. 1
"Die Meistersinger" ……………….. January 20 …….. 4
"Germania" ……………………….. February 1 …….. 2
"La Traviata" …………………….. February 2 …….. 2
"Tosca" ………………………….. February 8 …….. 5
"Die Verkaufte Braut" ……………… February 15 ……. 4
"Otello" …………………………. February 27 ……. 5
"Ariane et Barbe-Bleue" ……………. March 29 ………. 4
"Hänsel und Gretel" (double bill) …… April 6 ……….. 2
There were ten Saturday evening subscriptions at regular prices at which the following operas were given, viz.: "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "Pagliacci," "Madama Butterfly," "Il Trovatore," "Parsifal," "Lohengrin," "Thaïs" (Chicago Opera Company), "Aïda," "Königskinder," "Tannhäuser," and "Tosca." There were holiday, benefit, and special performances as follows: