La Fille du Regiment
- Composer:
- Gaetano Donizetti. Conductor: Bruno Campanella
- Management:
- Royal Opera co-production with the Vienna State Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, New York
- Cast:
- Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Florez, Colin Lee, Alessandro Corbelli, Felicity Palmer, Donald Maxwell
- Director:
- Laurent Pelly (also costumes)
- Design:
- Chantal Thomas
- Lighting:
- Joel Adam
Production information can change over the run of the show.
Search Amazon for La Fille du Regiment items Search for tickets at TicketmasterIt's been 40 years since Covent Garden presented Donizetti's light-hearted military comedy. Last time round it starred Joan Sutherland in the title role, with Luciano Pavarotti knocking out top C after top C to her side. This time it's an equivalently starry pairing, with the leading coloratura of the day, French soprano Natalie Dessay, enjoying her tomboy role as Marie, a young woman brought up by an entire regiment of soldiers, and Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez effortlessly graceful and equally virtuosic as her adored Tonio...
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