Offenbach -La Périchole

Offenbach -La Périchole (2022)

Micaela Villegas was Lima's leading theatrical lady in the 1770's when Peru was a Spanish colony. Her life was fictionalized in a one-act play by Prosper Merimee and a libretto was fashioned on which Offenbach created his opera bouffe La Perichole, reflecting the creative mania in Paris at the time for Spanish life and art. La Perichole and Piquillo, her lover and companion in misfortune, are impoverished street singers. Meanwhile the Viceroy Don Andres de Ribeira wishes to make her his lover. In music of vivacious rhythms including boleros, seguidillas and rich arias, Offenbach plays out their love against a broader social canvas.

Director: Valérie Lesort

Casts

	Stéphanie d'Oustrac as La Perichole
	Philippe Talbot as Piquillo
	Tassis Christoyannis as Don Andres de Ribeira
	Eric Huchet as Don Miguel de Panatellas
	Lionel Peintre as Don Pedro de Hinoyosa

Crew