The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Regiment
About the Event
This comic opera masterpiece has served as a showpiece for high voices, making the likes of Luciano Pavarotti and Beverly Sills famous overnight. A French regiment's adopted 'daughter' Marie falls in love with Tonio, a civilian, but her army of 'fathers' will only allow her to marry a soldier. In a series of comic plot twists, a prominent Marquise arrives to claim Marie as her 'niece' and promises her to a man of position. Her true love, not to be denied, enlists, hoping to meet that marriage requirement, but finds the Marquise firm in her opposition. As the arranged marriage proceeds, her lover and the Regiment arrive with pomp and bravado to save her from a loveless marriage. Seeing Marie's despair, the Marquise relents and allows her to marry Tonio.
Practical Information
Sung in French with Met Titles in English, German, Italian and Spanish.
Cast / Production
Marie Pretty Yende
Tonio Javier Camarena
Sulpice Alessandro Corbelli (7,11,15 Feb), Maurizio Muraro (All other dates)
Marquise of Blenkenfeld Stephanie Blythe
Conductor Enrique Mazzola
Production & Costumes Laurent Pelly
Set designer Chantal Thomas
Lighting designer Joël Adam
Choreographer Laura Scozzi
Associate Director/Dialogue Agathe Mélinand
Revival Director Christian Rath
