Dawn French set to make opera debut

Published Friday 15 December 2006 at 15:20 by Nuala Calvi

Dawn French has begun rehearsals at the Royal Opera House for her role in Donizetti’s La Fille du Regiment.

Dawn French, who is currently appearing in Jam and Jerusalem on BBC One Photo: BBC / Brian Rawson

The comedian is set to make her opera debut as La Duchesse de Crackentorp in the production, opening on January 11.

She will appear alongside virtuoso singers including French soprano Natalie Dessay and Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez.

La Fille du Regiment premiered at Covent Garden in 1861 and was last performed in 1967 in a production featuring Luciano Pavarotti.

The French comedy tells the story of the beautiful Marie who, as a baby, is found on a battlefield and adopted by a regiment of soldiers.

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