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NEW ORLEANS | Bourbon Street — where Dixieland jazz competes with karaoke bars, rock ’n’ roll cover bands and strip club jukeboxes — was one of the first places in America where opera was heard.

Now it’s being heard there again, with a New Orleans-style twist.

Performances take place in a hotel lounge called the Puccini Bar, named for the composer of “Madama Butterfly.” And spectators sip cocktails while listening to the free, informal shows, which include arias from “La Boheme” and “Carmen.”

The lounge is at The Inn on Bourbon, a hotel that was built on the site of the French Opera House. The opera house near the intersection of Toulouse Street opened in the mid-1800s and was one of the grandest theaters in New Orleans. It burned down in 1919.

“We’re bringing opera back to Bourbon Street,” said Beth Ables, the general manager of the Inn, which offers a typical study in French Quarter contrasts: As elegant as any of the nearby art galleries or antique shops, the hotel …

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