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La Perichole
Company
Spring Opera Theater
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
Curran Theatre
Season
1976-1977
Language
English
Commission

English version by Maurice Valency

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Designer
Choreographer
Chorus Director
Lighting Designer
Musical Preparation
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Guadelena
Virginella
Don Pedro, Governor of Lima
Count Panatellas, First Lord of the Bedchamber
Don Andres De Ribeira, Viceroy of Peru
Piquillo, a streetsinger
La Périchole, a streetsinger
First Judge
Second Judge
Manuelita
Frasquinella
Brambilla
Ninetta
Marquis of Tarapote
Old Prisoner

Show Dates

Time and Place

Paris (disguised as Peru), nineenth century

Scenes

Act I -- A public square
Act II -- The Viceroy's palace
Act III, Scene 1 -- The dungeon for husbands who obstinately refuse
Act III, Scene 2 -- A public square

Media

Acknowledgements

Touring performances of La Périchole made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency,

Notes

Spring Opera Theater English translation by Michael Feingold and Richard Pearlman Dialogue by Armistead Maupin Corps de ballet: Regina West Brown Mela Fleming Marilyn Mather Daniel Lordon John Sullivan Edward White