Word: arles
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...opera behind latticed screens. Barbers and hairdressers discussed high Cs with their customers. During one performance of Faust, an expectant mother is said to have turned to her husband, remarking: "Pierre, I do not think I can wait for the ballet." Many a French opera, including Samson, L'Arlésienne and Hérodiade, had a New Orleans première before reaching Manhattan. Then, in 1919, the New Orleans French Opera House burned to the ground...