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The Daughter of the Regiment
(La Fille du régiment)

Music Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges
and Jean François Alfred Bayard
First Performance Paris, Opéra-Comique, February 11,1840

The Articles
(These articles are still under construction. They will start to appear during the summer.)

The Cast
(in order or vocal appearance)
Marie, found as an on the battlefield and raised by the regiment
Tomio, a young Tyrolean
The Marquise of Berkenfeld
Sulpice Pingot, a sergeant
Hortensius
A Corporal
A Notary
The Duckess of Crackentorp
A Valet
French soldiers, Tyrolean peasants, wedding guests, servants

The picture shows the famous Swedish soprano Jenny Lind as Marie, the Daughter of the Regiment

Revised May 2008
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