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La Perichole
Company
Spring Opera Theater
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
Curran Theatre
Season
1979
Language
English
Commission

English version by Maurice Valency

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Stage Manager(s)
Assistant to Mr. Eddleman
Choreography by

Cast

Guadalena
Estrella
Virginella
Don Pedro, the Governor
Count Panatellas
Don Andres de Ribeira, the Viceroy
Paquillo
La Perichole
First Judge
Second Judge
Manuelita
Frasquinella
Brambilla
Ninetta
Marquis of Tarapote
Old Prisoner

Show Dates

Time and Place

Nineteenth century Paris (disguised as Peru)

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

Notes

English version by Maurice Valency New musical version by Jean Morel and Ignace Strasfogel Additional lyrics by Richard Pearlman and Michael Feingold Additional dialogue by Armistead Maupin