Theater and Opera
- A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951 play that is famously set in the city of New Orleans and the city itself plays a major role in the play.
- A Streetcar Named Desire, 1995 opera
- Manon Lescaut, opera by Giacomo Puccini based on the Antoine François Prévost (Abbé Prévost) novel. The last scene (Act IV) is set in New Orleans, then a French colony, where Manon dies in Des Grieux's arms.
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Famous quotes containing the words theater and, theater and/or opera:
“We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed of self-destruction and the certainty of death. The thing is to see how long the theater, the play, and the human being can last in spite of themselves.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)
“...I have never known a “movement” in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt that the very people associated with various “uplifting” activities in the theater are people who are astoundingly lacking in idealism.”
—Minnie Maddern Fiske (1865–1932)
“I wish the opera was every night. It is, of all entertainments, the sweetest and most delightful. Some of the songs seemed to melt my very soul.”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)