1900: Mascagni tours in Russia (Moscow and Petersburg).
1901: January 17 - Première in six Italian theaters of Le Maschere. January 27 - Death of Giuseppe Verdi. February - Mascagni commemorates Verdi's passing. The same year, he conducts Verdi's Requiem in Vienna.
1902: August - Mascagni composes the music for Hall Caine's play, The Eternal City. October 2 - The première of the play with Mascagni's music takes place in London.
1902-1903: Tour in the United States (in particular New York, Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco), where Mascagni conducts many of his and other composers' works. The tour is mostly a fiasco, except for the visit to San Francisco.