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The French Opera House itself was the most fashionable establishment in New
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Bourbon and Toulouse streets is going ahead briskly. The foundations have been laid, and the front walls have almost reached a height of one story. The great area of the theater attracts the attention of everybody; and as all our opera-going
83:. After a dispute with new owners of the Orléans, Boudousquié determined to build a grand new house for French opera. The building went up in less than a year at a cost of $ 118,500 and for the next sixty years, it was the center of social activity in New Orleans. Not only
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a social event of importance in accordance with its rituals and traditions. The French Opera season became the center of social life for New
Orleans' elite, with the oldest and most prominent families owning seats in the theater's boxes or "Loges Grilles".
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