Metropolitan Opera - La Fille du Regiment
Donizetti's patriotic opera returns for the 2025/26 season!
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An opera that fully captures the spirit of Bel Canto!
Donizetti's patriotic opera returns for the 2025/26 season!
Donizetti's patriotic opera returns for the 2025/26 season!
Gaetano Donizetti's enduring La Fille du Regiment first premiered at Paris' Opera-Comique in 1840 to rapturous acclaim. Combining humour, emotion and patriotism, the production quickly became a national treasure, often revived on Bastille Day. Packed to the rafters with energy, electricity and jaw-dropping vocal acrobatics which include the devilishly difficult high C's of Act I's Ah, Mes Amis vocal line, this is one high-octane opera you won't want to miss. Directed by Laurent Pelly, Erin Morley makes her Met role debut as Marie alongside Lawrence Brownlee as Tonio.
Transported to the trenches of WWII, Donizetti's gung-ho military marches, frothy comic numbers and shimmering arias punctuate the story of heroine Marie. 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.
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