Seattle Opera's only production of this rarely-given Offenbach operetta, about a street-singer in colonial Lima who catches the eye of the governor, starred the magnificent Edie Adams, a dance company, a donkey, and of course Seattle Opera's beloved Archie Drake.

Alan Titus (Paquillo) and Edie Adams (Périchole) in Offenbach’s La Périchole , 1972
© Ken Howard

Archie Drake (Don Pedro) and Dancers in Offenbach’s La Périchole , 1972

Edie Adams (Périchole) in Offenbach’s La Périchole , 1972 © Ken Howard

Offenbach’s La Périchole , 1972

Alan Titus (Paquillo) and Edie Adams (Périchole) in Offenbach’s La Périchole , 1972 © Ken Howard

Edie Adams (Périchole) and Ralph Herbert (Don Andres) in Offenbach’s La Périchole , 1972