Floating City
In 1998 Weigel premiered his contemporary opera "Ash Wednesday" to New Orleans audiences at the opening event of the Faulkner Festival. Weigel's post-modern opera, "Dawn in the Floating City", was presented at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts in 2002. The opera examines the dialogue between the communities that make up the culture of New Orleans. For his third opera, "7 Days in Paradise", Weigel collaborated with Harold Sylvester. This work was premiered in 2007 and was based on the Hurricane Katrina experiences of artist Jeffery Cook.