West Bay Opera’s 47th Season (2002-2003) La Périchole Music by Jacques Offenbach Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy inspired by Prosper Mérimée’s play Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement English version by Donald Pippin

first performed October 6, 1868, at the Variétés, Paris West Bay Opera première Six Performances Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto (in English with English supertitles) Conductor: Barbara Day Turner Stage Director: Daniel Helfgot Friday, May 23, 2003 at 8:00 PM Saturday, May 24, 2003 at 8:00 PM Sunday, May 25, 2003 at 2:00 PM Friday, May 30, 2003 at 8:00 PM Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 8:00 PM Sunday, June 1, 2003 at 2:00 PM       Illustrated Synopsis (set and costume sketches)       Set Sketches       Set Model       Program (meet the cast and crew)       Performance Pictures       Previews & Reviews       West Bay Opera performs La Périchole (preview: The Almanac, May 21, 2003) Comedy Central (preview: Palo Alto Weekly, May 23, 2003) La Périchole (Classical Voice, May 24, 2003) Feel-Good Opera, Well Done (San Francisco Classical Voice, May 27, 2003) West Bay Opera’s delightful ‘La Perichole’ a good starter (San Mateo County Times, May 27, 2003) Opera for Everyone (Palo Alto Weekly, May 30, 2003) West Bay Opera wraps season with magical operetta (Mountain View Voice, May 30, 2003)       La Périchole sampler: a taste of Donald Pippin’s English translation

Costume sketch by Richard Battle

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