Caecilia Gesangverein Vocal and Instrumental Concert and Ball

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Rooms

Proprietor / Lessee:
Ernst O. Bernet

Manager / Director:
Herr Zeis

Conductor(s):
Carl [cond.-composer] Sahm

Event Type:
Choral, Orchestral

Performance Forces:
Instrumental

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 July 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Dec 1863, Evening

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Composer(s): Auber
4)
Composer(s): Auber
Participants:  Eliza Pfaffmann
6)
aka Duett, "Martha"
Composer(s): Flotow
Text Author: Friedrich
Participants:  Alex. Rehberg
7)
Composer(s): Kalliwoda
8)
Composer(s): Meyerbeer
10)
aka Weisse Dame, Die
Composer(s): Boieldieu
11)
aka White lady; Weisse Dame, Die
Composer(s): Boieldieu
12)
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Rosa Stonehill
13)
aka Die Weisse Dame
Composer(s): Boieldieu
14)
Composer(s): Adam
Participants:  A. Cäsar
16)
aka Fou de Tolède
Composer(s): Maillart
Participants:  Maria Faller;  A. Cäsar
18)
aka "Bridal Song"; Polacca
Composer(s): Bellini

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 14 November 1863.

2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 04 December 1863, 6.
3)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 06 December 1863.
With program.
4)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 07 December 1863, 8.

 “The mixed chorus, ‘Cäcelia,’ performed a grand vocal and instrumental concert in the Metropolitan Rooms.  The house was overfilled.  Several opera pieces, variations, and choruses were sung by individual members as well as the entire club, and they reaped a great deal of applause.  The work of the orchestra was also acknowledged by those present.  A ball was held following the concert.  It is hoped that ‘Cäcelia’ will again offer its friends, as well as the public in general, such a good evening’s entertainment very soon.”