Anschütz German Opera: Faust
Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Conductor(s):
Carl Bergmann
Price: $1; $1.50 box; $.50 family circle; $.25 amphitheatre
Event Type:
Opera
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
10 September 2014
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
13 Jan 1864, EveningProgram Details
Benefit for Mad. Frederici and Herr Himmer.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Composer(s): Gounod
Participants: Anschütz German Opera Company; Arion Männergesangverein; Military band, unidentified; Anton Graf (role: Mephistopheles); Marie Frederici; Franz Himmer
Citations
1)
“Next week, when ‘Die weiße Dame’ and ‘Tannhäuser’ are performed, Mr. Herrmann, the newly hired bass who just recently came from Germany, will probably perform.”
2)
La Dame Blanche was originally announced for this day but was performed instead on 01/15/64.
7)
“Tonight’s presentation of ‘Faust,’ the last one this season, will not be part of the subscription series; it is a benefit for Mme. Friederici and Mr. Himmer, who will sing two important roles in the opera. May both be granted a proper full house.”
11)
“Mme. Frederici and Herr Himmer (the gentleman who disappointed the Brooklyn public) will take their benefit here to-night. . . . For the lady’s sake, we hope the house will be filled.”
13)
“Yesterday’s performance of Gounod’s ‘Faust,’ a benefit for Mr. and Mrs. Himmer [sic - Mr. Himmer and Mrs. Friederici], played before an overfilled house. Mr. Graf was new as Mephistopheles, and, despite his second-act speech, ‘I will do my best to delight the gentlemen,’ was not especially enjoyable, yet the performance in its entirety was a good one.”