Masterless Mistress
Feb. 15, 2020
Saturday
Since their arrival in New Orleans in 1727, the Sisters of St. Ursula have taught and cared for the inhabitants of that most European of American cities without ceasing. A music manuscript in their library remains the only surviving example of music from Louisiana’s colonial period, and is a rare example of French baroque music from our nation’s past. This intimate, candle-lit evening of music will consist of selections from the Manuscrit des Ursulines de la Nouvelle-Orléans, interspersed with readings from the nuns’ diaries and other colonial-era documents.
Several of the readings in Masterless Mistresses will be drawn from this collection of letters written in 1727 and 1728 by Sister Marie-Madeleine Hachard de St-Stanislas, a young postulant who traveled with 11 fellow Ursuline sisters to the edge of their known world. The letters spanned over a year, from the time she left her parents' home in Rouen, Normandy until around the end of her first year in New Orleans. This is a singular example of an eyewitness account of the Crescent City's earliest years written in the voice of a young woman – we hope you'll join us!
Masterless Mistress
by Sisters of St. Ursula
February 15, 2020
Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets $10 students, $30 general admission, $25 seniors and military plus service fee
As always there will be $5 student tickets available at the door, and K-12 students are free with parent/guardian admission.
A limited number of pay-as-you-can tickets are available at the door at both programs; patrons are asked simply to simply what they can afford, with no questions asked and no judgment passed. We believe the arts are our collective cultural heritage and should be available to all regardless of financial means.
Please feel free to join us 30 minutes before the show for an informal talk by the artistic director about the program.
