resented at the
Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.

1886. Dec. 1. Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde" presented at the
Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, with Lilli Lehmann as
_Isolde_, M. Brandt as _Brangaene_, Niemann as _Tristan_,
Robinson as _Kurwenal_, von Milde as _Melot_, Emil Fischer as
_King Mark_. Anton Seidl, conductor.

1886. Dec. 4. Chaikovsky's "Manfred Symphony" played by the
Philharmonic Society, in New York City, Theodore Thomas
conducting.

1886. Dec. 11. Production of Chadwick's Second Symphony (B flat)
by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1886. Dec. 11. Brahms's Fourth Symphony (E minor, Op. 98) given by
the Symphony Society, New York City.

1886. Dec. 23. Dvo[vr]ak's "Slavonic Rhapsodie" (Op. 45) given by
the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1886. Dec. 30. Masse's opera "Galatea" presented at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music, by Arthur Mees.

1886. The American Opera Company established in New York City, by
Mrs. Jeannette Thurber, with Theodore Thomas as conductor.
Lasted two seasons.

1886. Norfolk Festivals of the Litchfield County (Conn.) Choral
Union commenced.

1886. American Conservatory of Music established in Chicago, by J.
J. Hattstaedt.

1886. Chicago Symphony Orchestra organized with Hans Balatka as
director.

1887. Jan. 3. Goldmark's opera "Merlin" presented at the
Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, under Walter Damrosch.

1887. Jan. 15. A. Krug's symphonic prologue to "Otello" given by
the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1887. Jan. 15. The music of Delibes's ballet "Coppelia" given in
New York City, by Theodore Thomas.

1887. Feb. 19. Saint-Saens's Third Symphony (C minor) given by
Theodore Thomas, in New York City.

1887. Jan. 27. Mendelssohn's cantata "Athalie" (Racine's text)
given by the Cecilia Society in Boston.

1887. Feb. 5. Production of Arthur Foote's overture "In the
Mountains" by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1887. Feb. 10. Hans von Buelow's symphonic poem, "The Minstrel's
Curse," given by the Symphony Society, in New York City.

1883. Nov. 10. A. C. Mackenzie's ballad "La belle dame sans merci"
given by the Philharmonic Society, New York.

1887. Feb. 24. The Music of the "Flower Girl" Scene from Wagner's
opera "Parsifal" given in Philadelphia, by Theodore Thomas.

1887. Feb. 26. Berlioz's "The Trojans i