New Orleans Opera

Opera has long been part of the musical culture of New Orleans, Louisiana. Operas have regularly been performed in the city since the 1790s, and for the majority of the city's history since the early 19th century, New Orleans has had a resident company regularly performing opera in addition to theaters hosting traveling performers and companies.

In 1943 the New Orleans Opera Association was formed, and succeed in reforming a resident company in the city.

Hurricane Katrina in 2005 flooded the Theater of Performing Arts and canceled the season, but the New Orleans Opera has since returned.