Offenbach: La Périchole (Blu-Ray)
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Offenbach: La Périchole (Blu-Ray)
Composer: Jacques Offenbach
Artists: Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Philippe Talbot, Tassis Christoyannis, Éric Huchet, Lionel Peintre, Choir Les éléments, Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Conductor: Julien Leroy
Director: Valérie Lesort
Video Format: 1080i
Sound Format: PCM Stereo 2.0 / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Region: All Regions
Language: French
Subtitles: French, English, German, Japanese, Korean
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: Naxos
Release Date: May 12, 2023
Run Time: 120 minutes
La Perricholi – in reality, Micaela Villegas – was Lima’s leading theatrical lady in the 1770s when Peru was a Spanish colony. Her life was fictionalized in a one-act play by Prosper Mérimée, and a libretto was fashioned on which Offenbach created his opéra bouffe La Périchole, reflecting the creative mania in Paris at the time for Spanish life and art.
La Périchole and Piquillo, her lover and companion in misfortune, are impoverished street singers. Meanwhile the Viceroy Don Andrès de Ribeira wishes to make her his mistress. In music of vivacious rhythms including boleros, seguidillas and rich arias, Offenbach plays out their love against a broader social canvas.
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