Waffenschmied: Elise Hoym Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
New-Yorker Stadt-Theater [45-47 Bowery- post-Sept 1864]

Conductor(s):
Hermig

Price: $3, $2, $2, $2, $1, .50, .25

Event Type:
Opera

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 November 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Feb 1867, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Heinrich [baritone] Lange (role: Stadringer);  Ignatz Pollak (role: Baron Liebenau);  Minna von Berkel (role: Marie);  Josef Fortner (role: Brenner);  Jean Klein [NY-Stadt tenor and actor] (role: Georg);  Auguste Steglich-Fuchs (role: Irmentraut)
2)
Waffenschmied, Der
Composer(s): Lortzing

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 04 February 1867.

Full cast list included.

2)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 05 February 1867, 8.

(…) Klein as a tenor as well as Lange were astounding. Mrs. von Berkel sang and acted nicely while Steglich-Fuchs’ excellent acting made up for the lack of singing skill. The singing of the chorus had to be slowed down by Hermig. The performance was well received by the audience.

3)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 09 February 1867, 424.
4)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 10 February 1867, 4.

(…) The performers were not well-prepared in regards to the vocal challenges. Most of the actors were not able to convince as singers except for Mrs. Berkel whose voice has become fresher and fuller since her illness; and except for Pollack who sang better than he acted. Steglich-Fuchs brought liveliness and humor into the otherwise bad performance. The music was too slow and thus had a tiring effect. Unfortunately the sound slumber was interrupted by dissonant and ugly pitches.