Benefit Concert for R. Goller

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Rooms

Manager / Director:
R. Göller [org/piano/cond]

Conductor(s):
R. Göller [org/piano/cond]

Price: $.50 for one woman and one man

Event Type:
Choral, Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 October 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

31 Jan 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details

The concert was performed in two parts.



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified;  Gemischter Chor;  Musical Harmonie Association;  Laetitia Gesangsverein;  Armenia Männerchor;  Herr Meiling [tenor];  Paul [vocalist] Herwig;  Herr Hall;  Louise Scheig;  Elise Schläfer;  Herr Lindenberger;  J. Held
2)
Dame blanche, La, overture
aka Weisse Dame, Die
Composer(s): Boieldieu
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified
3)
"Wie herrlich sind die Abendstunden"
aka Abendruhe
Participants:  Gemischter Chor;  Laetitia Gesangsverein
4)
Belisario, duet
Composer(s): Donizetti
Participants:  Herr Meiling [tenor];  Paul [vocalist] Herwig
5)
Norma, selections
aka potpourri
Composer(s): Bellini
Participants:  Musical Harmonie Association
6)
"Farewell"
aka Look me in the face, dear
Composer(s): Graham
Text Author: Graham
Participants:  Herr Hall
7)
Norma, duet
Composer(s): Bellini
Participants:  Louise Scheig;  Elise Schläfer
8)
Hymn, unidentified
Composer(s): Berner
Participants:  Armenia Männerchor
9)
INTERMISSION
10)
Ernani, introduction
Composer(s): Verdi
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified
11)
"Kirchlein, Das"
aka Little Church
Composer(s): Becker
Participants:  Armenia Männerchor
12)
Barbiere di Siviglia, Il, cavatina
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Louise Scheig
13)
Unterbrochene Opferfest, Das, introduction
aka Sacrifizio interrotto, Il; Sacrifice interromptu, Le; Oracle, or The Interrupted Sacrifice
Composer(s): Winter
Text Author: Huber
Participants:  Gemischter Chor;  Laetitia Gesangsverein;  Elise Schläfer;  Herr Lindenberger
14)
Zauberflöte, Die, aria
Composer(s): Mozart
Participants:  J. Held
15)
Vampyr, Der, overture
aka Vampyr, introduction
Composer(s): Marschner
Text Author: Wohlbrück
Participants:  Gemischter Chor;  Laetitia Gesangsverein;  Armenia Männerchor

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 29 January 1864, 8.

“On Sunday evening, the well-known director, Mr. R. Goller, is presenting a grand vocal and instrumental concert, with participation by the clubs, ‘Arminia,’ ‘Laetitia,’ and the ‘Mus. Harm.’ Association.”

2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 29 January 1864, 6.

Lists program. All NYSZ advertisements for this event misspell Goller's name as "Gollen." (Reviews and announcements list "Goller.")

3)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 30 January 1864, 8.

4)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 31 January 1864.

Lists program. 

5)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 01 February 1864, 8.

“Last night at the Metropolitan Rooms, the ‘Arminia Men’s Chorus’ [Arminia Männerchor], ‘Laetitia,’ and the ‘Mus. Harm. Association’ participated in the concert benefitting Mr. R. Goller. All together, the vocal and instrumental pieces in this rich and diverse program were well performed; those by the singing clubs deserve special mention: they received much applause. Mr. R. Goller conducted with sensitivity and energy. A merry ball closed the evening.”