Kathleen Turner To Make Met Opera debut!
News Desk, October 12th, 2018A star of stage and screen
The two-time Tony nominee Kathleen Turner is to make her Metropolitan Opera debut in 2019 in Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment. The actor will take on the non-singing role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp. The production is set to run from February 7 through to March 2.
Seen on Broadway in Gemini, Indiscretions, The Graduate and High, Turner garnered her two Tony nominations for her roles in Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Turner has also won two Golden Globe award and two Academy Award nominations.
Joining a cast made up of Pretty Yende as Marie, Javier Camarena as Tonio and Stephanie Blythe as the Marquise of Berkenfield, Turner also joins a long line of distinguished actors in the role of the Duchess with previous stars including; Jane White, Bea Arthur and Marian Seldes.
What is La Fille du Regiment about?
Transported to the trenches of WWII, Donizetti's gung-ho military marches, frothy comic numbers and shimmering arias punctuate the story of heroine Marie, played by South African soprano Pretty Yende. Orphaned at a young age and raised by tan army regiment, the feisty Marie has become their mascot, raising morale and spreading cheer. Yet things get complicated when her true identity is discovered and the first stirrings of love flutter in her heart thanks to the handsome soldier Tonio, played by Mexican tenor Javier Camarena.
La Fille du Regiment will play at the Metropolitan Opera from February 7 through to March 2.
