Music
Opera and Ballet
New Orleans has an almost unbroken tradition of opera that began in 1796 and first documented ballet was presented just three years later.
Antebellum Period
Antebellum Period Index
Music
Orleans Theatre
The Théâtre d’Orléans , established in 1815, was located on Orleans Avenue between Royal and Bourbon streets in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Government, Politics & Law
Oscar Dunn
Oscar James Dunn became one of the first Black men to serve in an executive political position in the United States when he was elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana in 1868.
7.14 f. Oscar Dunn
Oscar James Dunn became one of the first Black men in the United States to serve in an executive political position when he was elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana in 1868.
7.14 f. P. B. S. Pinchback
After serving as a Union officer in the Civil War, P. B. S. Pinchback became the first Black governor in the United States.
Government, Politics & Law
P. B. S. Pinchback
Probably best known today for being the only African American to serve as governor of a southern state during Reconstruction, P. B. S. Pinchback was a politician of enormous talent and remarkable longevity.
History
P. G. T. Beauregard
P. G. T. Beauregard, born in St. Bernard Parish in 1818, was among the first prominent generals of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
7.13 h. P. G. T. Beauregard
Louisiana native Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was a prominent Confederate general.
Music
Paul Emile Johns
Paul Emile Johns is credited with the first performance of a Beethoven piano concerto, in New Orleans in 1819.
History
Paul Morphy
New Orleanian Paul Morphy rose to international fame as a chess master.
Art
Paul Poincy
Though regarded as one of the best portrait painters in New Orleans's history, Paul Poincy's genre works are his most widely recognized.
Business & Industry
Paul Trévigne
Paul Trévigne, a free man of color, was an editor, teacher, and orator who advocated for civil rights in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
