Twelve Temptations

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grand Opera House

Proprietor / Lessee:
James, Jr. Fisk

Manager / Director:
John F. [manager] Cole

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 November 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
15 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
16 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
17 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
18 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
19 Mar 1870, 2:00 PM
19 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Twelve temptations
Text Author: McDonough, Foster
Participants:  George C. Boniface;  Mme. [actress] Ponisi (role: Janette);  Nully Pieris;  E. L. [actor] Tilton (role: Rudolph)
2)
Lurline, "Sweet spirit, hear my prayer"
aka Prayer; Ave Maria
Composer(s): Wallace
Participants:  Nully Pieris

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 March 1870, 7.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 14 March 1870, 7.

Brief; no mention of music.

3)
Review: New York Post, 15 March 1870, 2.

“The music, both orchestral and vocal, is good, a chorus of male voices singing in a much better style than is usually heard on the theatrical stage.” “Miss Nully Pieris sings, with her rich, powerful voice, Wallace’s aria, ‘Sweet Spirit Hear My Prayer,’ winning every evening a tumultuous encore.”