In October 1868 La Périchole marked a transition in Offenbach's style, with less exuberant satire and more human romantic interest.Gammond, p. 97 Lamb calls it Offenbach's "most charming" score. There was some critical grumbling at the change, but the piece, with Schneider in the lead, made a good profit.Yon, p. 374 It was quickly produced elsewhere in Europe and both North and South America.<ref>"La Périchole", '', No. 66, August 1984</ref>Gänzl and Lamb, p. 306 Of the pieces that followed it at the end of the decade, Les brigands (1869) was another work that leaned more to romantic comic opera than to the more ebullient opéra bouffe. It was well received, but has been less often revived than Offenbach's best-known operettas.
In October 1868 La Périchole marked a transition in Offenbach's style, with less exuberant satire and more human romantic interest.Gammond, p. 97 Lamb calls it Offenbach's "most charming" score. There was some critical grumbling at the change, but the piece with Schneider in the lead, made a good profit.Yon, p. 374 It was quickly produced elsewhere in Europe and both North and South America.<ref>"La Périchole" '' No. 66, August 1984</ref>Gänzl and Lamb, p. 306 Of the pieces that followed it at the end of the decade, Les brigands (1869) was another work that leaned more to romantic comic opera than to the more ebullient opéra bouffe. It was well received, but has been less often revived than Offenbach's best-known operettas.