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: Armenia Männerchor; Orchestra, unidentified; Gemischter Chor; Musical Harmonie Association; Laetitia Gesangsverein; 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)

aka Look me in the face, dear

Composer(s): Graham

Text Author: Graham

Participants: Herr Hall

7)

Composer(s): Bellini

Participants: Louise Scheig; Elise Schläfer

8)

Hymn, unidentified

Composer(s): Berner

Participants: Armenia Männerchor

9)

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)

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.")

2)

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.”

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.”