WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENT
WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENT W
elcome to the 2019-20 season of the New Orleans Opera Association. We are excited to present for your entertainment a fascinating season marked by a variety of musical genres. Opening our season will be Bizet’s incomparable Carmen. To close the season, we will present Mozart’s charming masterpiece, The Magic Flute. In between, you will experience the dramatic story of the Maid of Orleans herself, Joan of Arc, as told in the exuberantly romantic style of Tchaikovsky. For our chamber series, we will move our players and singers to the new and very stylish New Orleans Jazz Market Theater, where we will present the jazz-inspired opera, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird. To round out our season, we are pleased to collaborate with our neighbors at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center for a performance of The Falling and The Rising, a contemporary opera inspired by the sacrifice and heroism of the men and women of our military. Thank you for sharing our excitement for brilliant musical theater.
JAMES C. GULOTTA JR. President
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