The Spanish amours of the Second Empire

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14/06/2019

‘On sait aimer quand on est Espagnol’, sing Piquillo and La Périchole. Two men in the audience were particularly familiar with the splendours and miseries of Hispanic love: Jacques Offenbach and Napoleon III – both of whom had married a Spaniard. Of course, they had no desire to see any reference to their respective wives on stage, but others saw it for them.

CD-Book Jacques Offenbach. La Périchole (2019). Translation: Charles Johnston.