OFFENBACH, J.: Perichole (La) (1874 version) [Operetta] (Opera Comique, 2022)
La Perichole (1874 version)
Composer: Offenbach, Jacques
Librettist/Text Author: Halevy, Ludovic
Librettist/Text Author: Meilhac, Henri
Conductor: Leroy, Julien
Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Ensemble: Elements, Les
Don Andres de Ribeira: Christoyannis, Tassis
Don Miguel de Panatellas: Huchet, Eric
Don Pedro de Hinoyosa: Peintre, Lionel
La Perichole: d'Oustrac, Stephanie
Piquillo: Talbot, Philippe
Set Designer: Vuong, Audrey
Costume Designer: Sannino, Vanessa
Lighting Designer: Pinaud, Christian
Choreographer: Tete, Yohann
Stage Director: Lesort, Valerie
Television Director: Roussillon, Francois
Date of Production: 05-2022
Venue: Opera Comique, Paris
Playing Time: 02:18:50
Catalogue Number: 2.110756
UPC: 747313575657
La Perricholi - in reality, Micaela Villegas - was Lima's leading theatrical lady in the 1770's when Peru was a Spanish colony. Her life was fictionalised in a one-act play by Prosper Merimee and a libretto was fashioned in which Offenbach created his opera bouffe Le 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.
