Since saving the abandoned Holy Trinity Church in the Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans, we have helped to support over a thousand local performing artists, composers, diretors, technicians, and costume designers. The Opera House is a thriving venue, and a landmark in the New Orleans arts world...
Thanks to you.
We rely heavily upon gifts from supporters, since almost all of our performances are donation-based and open to all, while artist fees remain our largest expense year after year. We don't rest on your contributions though - most of our revenue is earned income through wedding and event rentals ran by the same staff producing terrific shows of all genres, from jazz to ballet to theatre.
We also produce a full season of contemporary ballet each year. The award-winning Marigny Opera Ballet will perform in its 11th season, beginning in Fall 2024, with a new Artistic Director to be announced soon. The company employs 7 local dancers, some choreographers, local musicians, tech director, wardrobe director, ballet master and company manager. Although we sell tickets to these performances, the sold out box office only contributes around 40% of the costs involved. The rest is covered by grants, donations and rental income.
Every dollar we get makes a difference. The donations pay for our very small staff, hundreds of artists, and upkeep on the Opera House building. But our ambitions are great - and we'd love to get you involved in our artistic programming, as underwriters, audience or collaborators.
Our goals this year aim to produce more new works, in and out of our Ballet company, and to improve the technical abilities of our hall.
The lifeblood of New Orleans is our artists. Please do what you can to keep the Opera House going for the next twelve years!
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