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- Gaetano Donizetti
La Fille du Régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) (1840)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin for this work but does not supply orchestral materials.
- 1 hr 55 min
- Libretto by Jean Francois Bayard and J. H. Vernoy de Saint-Georges. Eng. trans. by Ruth and Thomas M
- English, French
Programme Note
Cast List:
THE MARQUISE OF BERKENFIELD: Mezzo-Soprano
MARIE, the young vivandiere: Soprano
THE DUTCHESS OF KRACKENTHORP
SULPICE, a sergeant: Bass
TONIO, a young peasant: Tenor
HORTENSIUS, the steward of the Marquise: Bass
A NOTARY
A CORPORAL: Baritone
French soldiers, Tyrolean peasants, ladies and gentlemen, and the servants of the Marquise.Synopsis:
Marie has been brought up as the adopted daughter of the 21st regiment. She plans to marry the peasant boy Tonio, but first he must join the regiment to become eligible to be her husband. But when it emerges that Marie is in fact the long-lost daughter of a Marchioness, she is forced to leave the regiment and her mother promises her to a Duke. However Marie only has eyes for Tonio who has since been made an officer. She shocks her new family and friends with her coarse army ways, until her mother relents and allows her to marry her true love.
THE MARQUISE OF BERKENFIELD: Mezzo-Soprano
MARIE, the young vivandiere: Soprano
THE DUTCHESS OF KRACKENTHORP
SULPICE, a sergeant: Bass
TONIO, a young peasant: Tenor
HORTENSIUS, the steward of the Marquise: Bass
A NOTARY
A CORPORAL: Baritone
French soldiers, Tyrolean peasants, ladies and gentlemen, and the servants of the Marquise.Synopsis:
Marie has been brought up as the adopted daughter of the 21st regiment. She plans to marry the peasant boy Tonio, but first he must join the regiment to become eligible to be her husband. But when it emerges that Marie is in fact the long-lost daughter of a Marchioness, she is forced to leave the regiment and her mother promises her to a Duke. However Marie only has eyes for Tonio who has since been made an officer. She shocks her new family and friends with her coarse army ways, until her mother relents and allows her to marry her true love.