Events in Music History in February 1904

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