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Marigny Opera House, also known as the Church of the Arts, is an opera house and performing arts center in
The original church was destroyed in a fire in 1851. In 1853 a new church is built under the direction of Fr. Matthias Schifferer. In the late 1860s New Orleans suffered from an outbreak of yellow fever, which killed two of the church's priests. In 1873 a chapel was built and dedicated to St. Roch, whom the congregation credited with ending the outbreak. In 1876 the parish established St. Roch Cemetery at the site.
Holy Trinity opened a Catholic School in 1871, run by sisters of the
In 2013,
Faubourg Marigny
The Faubourg Marigny ( ; sometimes called The Marigny) is a Neighborhoods in New Orleans, neighborhood of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Its boundaries, as defined by the City Planning Commission, are Rampart Street, North R ...
, New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...
, Louisiana. The Marigny was originally a Catholic parish church known as Holy Trinity Catholic Church. It was closed by the Archdiocese of New Orleans in 1997.
After adaptation and renovation, it was reopened as an opera house in 2011. A resident professional contemporary ballet company, Marigny Opera Ballet, was founded there in 2014. OperaCréole, founded in 2008, also produces works there.
History
Holy Trinity Church
In 1847 Catholic priest J.M. Masquelet purchased a property on the corner of Dauphine Street and St. Ferdinand Street inFaubourg Marigny
The Faubourg Marigny ( ; sometimes called The Marigny) is a Neighborhoods in New Orleans, neighborhood of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Its boundaries, as defined by the City Planning Commission, are Rampart Street, North R ...
for $3,000 to build a parish church. He commissioned the architect Theodore Giraud to design the church building. The following year the structure was dedicated as Holy Trinity Church, a Catholic church serving the German immigrant community of the neighborhood.
The original church was destroyed in a fire in 1851. In 1853 a new church is built under the direction of Fr. Matthias Schifferer. In the late 1860s New Orleans suffered from an outbreak of yellow fever, which killed two of the church's priests. In 1873 a chapel was built and dedicated to St. Roch, whom the congregation credited with ending the outbreak. In 1876 the parish established St. Roch Cemetery at the site.
Holy Trinity opened a Catholic School in 1871, run by sisters of the Benedictine
The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ...
order. The school became a free parochial school in 1910. The church was damaged by Hurricane Betsy
Hurricane Betsy was an intense, deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that brought widespread damage to areas of Florida, the Bahamas, and the central United States Gulf Coast in September 1965. The storm's erratic nature, coupled with ...
in 1965.
In 1997 Holy Trinity was closed and deconsecrated by the Archdiocese of New Orleans. In 1999 the Archdioceses removed the stained glass windows and organ from the building. The structure was badly damaged by flooding from Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a powerful, devastating and historic tropical cyclone that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $125 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. ...
in 2005.
Marigny Opera House
In 2011 the church building was bought by Dave Hulbert and Scott King, who converted it into a performing arts venue, and renamed it as the Marigny Opera House. In 2011 it hosted the New Orleans Fringe Festival. The Marigny Opera House was officially opened on January 2, 2012. It is supported by the Marigny Opera House Foundation, a non-profit organization. The Marigny is used as a performance venue for dance, theatre, opera, jazz, and classical music performances.
In 2013, Depeche Mode
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used the Marigny as a set for the music video for their song "Heaven
Heaven, or the Heavens, is a common Religious cosmology, religious cosmological or supernatural place where beings such as deity, deities, angels, souls, saints, or Veneration of the dead, venerated ancestors are said to originate, be throne, ...
".
In 2014, the Marigny Opera Ballet, a resident professional contemporary ballet company, formed at the Marigny.
The Marigny also operates as a wedding venue. Celebrity weddings, including the weddings of Solange Knowles
Solange Piaget Knowles (; born June 24, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She expressed an interest in music from an early age and had temporary stints as a backup dancer for Destiny's Child, which featured her older sister ...
and Alan Ferguson and of Lake Bell and Scott Campbell, have been celebrated at the Marigny.
References
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