1974 - La Perichole

• Jacques Offenbach. Opéra bouffe in two acts. 1868.
• Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
• First performance at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris, on 6th October 1868

The setting is Lima, the capital of Peru in the 1750s when Peru was a Spanish dominion. To suit the whim of the Viceroy - a great man for the ladies - an attractive street-singer (La Périchole) is brought to court and made a Countess by the simple expedient of marrying her to a newly-titled 'Count' who is really her street-singer partner and lover.

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