There is no-one like Offenbach for music that diverts, intoxicates and seduces. He wrote roles for women that fitted them like the sleekest and most alluring of silken gowns and the role of La Périchole is no exception.
An impoverished Peruvian street singer, she is wickedly flirtatious, charmingly pragmatic and runs rings around every man she comes across while remaining, of course, entirely faithful to her one true love.
Whipping up a storm in the orchestra pit will be Garsington Opera regular David Parry. Director Jeremy Sams has also provided a fresh and deliciously witty new translation.
"...and there is fizz in Garsington’s cast, given punchy support by David Parry’s genial conducting."
An impoverished Peruvian street singer, she is wickedly flirtatious, charmingly pragmatic and runs rings around every man she comes across while remaining, of course, entirely faithful to her one true love.
Whipping up a storm in the orchestra pit will be Garsington Opera regular David Parry. Director Jeremy Sams has also provided a fresh and deliciously witty new translation.
"...and there is fizz in Garsington’s cast, given punchy support by David Parry’s genial conducting."
The Times on Il Turco in Italia 2011
La Périchole Naomi O'Connell
Piquillo Robert Murray
Don Andrès Geoffrey Dolton
Panatellas Mark Wilde
Guadalena Jennifer Rhys-Davies
Berginella Diana Montague
Mastrilla Fiona Kimm
Manuelita Anna Gillingham
Ninetta Nazan Fikret
Frasquinella Ciara Hendrick
Brambilla Lilly Papaioannou
First Notary Andrew Dickinson
Second Notary Oliver Hunt
First Drinker/Jailer Robert Gildon
Second Drinker Henry Manning
Garsington Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Manuelita Anna Gillingham
Ninetta Nazan Fikret
Frasquinella Ciara Hendrick
Brambilla Lilly Papaioannou
First Notary Andrew Dickinson
Second Notary Oliver Hunt
First Drinker/Jailer Robert Gildon
Second Drinker Henry Manning
Garsington Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor David Parry
Director Jeremy Sams
Designer Francis O’Connor
Lighting Designer Bruno Poet
Choreographer Nick Winston
18, 21, 23, 26, 28 June and
1, 3 July 2012 at 6.05pm
1, 3 July 2012 at 6.05pm
Pre-performance talk on Sunday 1 July, 4.15pm
