The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment (2008)
2008 · 2h 19m · Comedy, Music
Genres: Comedy, Music
Madcap physical comedy and impeccable coloratura come together for Natalie Dessay’s indelible portrayal of the feisty tomboy raised by a regiment of French soldiers. Juan Diego Flórez is the young Swiss villager who conquers her heart—and a slew of high Cs.
Director: Laurent Pelly, Gary Halvorson
Writers: Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Jean-François-Alfred Bayard, Agathe Mélinand
Music by: Gaetano Donizetti
Cast
Natalie Dessay as MarieJuan Diego Flórez as TonioAlessandro Corbelli as Sulpice, a sergeantFelicity Palmer as The Marquise of BerkenfieldDonald Maxwell as HortensiusMarian Seldes as The Duchess of KrakenthorpRoger Andrews as A corporalJak Weatherall as NotaryMarco Armiliato as Self - ConductorMET Orchestra as Themselves - OrchestraMetropolitan Opera Chorus as ChorusMore like this
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