La Périchole – review

Garsington Opera at WormsleyOffenbach's great 1868 satire on Second Empire sexual hypocrisy hasn't been seen in the UK for more than 30 years, so Garsington Opera should be commended for tackling it – possibly as the first instalment of a re-examination of the composer's operettas. The project should be encouraged, though the company might perhaps consider a stronger approach to Offenbach than this.La Périchole is set in colonial Peru, but the central figure of the Viceroy is a thinly disguis...

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