Caruso's First Recordings
Feb 1 Italian tenor Enrico Caruso makes his first recordings in America, singing "Questa o quella" and "La donna รจ mobile" from Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto" in Carnegie Hall, NYC, for Victor Talking Machine Company
Madama Butterfly
Feb 17 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly" premieres at La Scala in Milan, Italy
- Feb 25 J M Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish National Theater Society
Symphony No.2
Feb 28 Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres