Organization

Singer

Soprano

Maria Grazia Schiavo

Marie

Tenor

John Osborn

Tonio

Marisa Laurito

The Duchess of Crakentorp

Stage director

Renaud Doucet

André Barbe

Conductor

Stefano Ranzani

Costume designer

Set designer

Chorus master

Alfonso Caiani

Bass

Armando Noguera

Sergeant Sulpice

Mezzo-soprano

Natascha Petrinsky

The Marquise of Berkenfield

Lighting designer

Guy Simard

Guillaume Andrieux

Hortensius

Matteo Ferrara

A corporal

Pianist

Matteo Londero

Maria Cristina Vavolo

Teatro La Fenice

Teatro Regio di Torino

Others

Coro del Teatro La Fenice

Orchestra

Orchestra Del Teatro La Fenice

French

La Fille du régiment -  (The Daughter of the Regiment)

Venice

Italy

In 1838, after his opera Poliuto was censored in Italy, a spurned Donizetti left his homeland and came to Paris. It was there that he wrote his first true French opera and one of his greatest successes: La Fille du Régiment, a sparkling melodrama that traces the story of Marie, the vivandière (canteen girl) of a regiment who travels and works with her troops. Tonio, enamored of Marie, enlists in the ranks in order to impress her, but she is revealed to be the long-lost daughter of the Marquise of Berkfenfield, who brings Marie to her castle and be educated and married to a man befitting her station. Marie, however, remains faithful to the soldiers…

Donizetti, before the official advent of the operetta, created this finely wrought work from both a dramaturgical and musical perspective, characterized by sudden leaps in action and rich with varied visions of life and social norms: a military revue with toy soldiers, a bucolic scene with pastoral undertones, a parody of rural nobility… In this production at La Fenice by Barbe & Doucet, maestro Stefano Ranzani leads the excellent house orchestra as the action comes to life in the hands of a stellar vocal cast, including the magnificent Maria Grazia Schiavo and John Osborn as Marie and Tonio.

La Fille du régiment

Public

Private

The Daughter of the Regiment

English

Italian

Approved

Maria Grazia Schiavo - Il faut partir (G.Donizetti La Fille du Régiment)

La Fille du régiment , written for Paris in 1840, is among the best opera comedies of all time. Set in the Tyrolean Alps, it tells the adventures of Marie, an intrepid foundling brought up as a foodie by a regiment of Napoleonic soldiers. When the man of her dreams is suspected as a spy opposing the French occupier, Marie will have to overcome the war, the annoyance of her many 'fathers' and even the discovery that she was born a noble in order to achieve her own happy ending. With the infectious melodies, the hilarious humor and the insane vocal virtuosity of numbers like 'the aria of the nine C from the chest', this romantic triumph of love is a delight for audiences of all ages

La Fille du régiment, scritta per Parigi nel 1840, è tra le migliori commedie operistiche di ogni tempo. Ambientata nelle Alpi tirolesi, narra le avventure di Marie, intrepida trovatella allevata come vivandiera da un reggimento di soldati napoleonici. Quando l’uomo dei suoi sogni sarà sospettato come spia che si oppone all’occupante francese, Marie dovrà superare la guerra, la contrarietà dei suoi molti ‘padri’ e perfino la scoperta di essere nata nobile per realizzare il suo personale lieto fine. Con le melodie contagiose, l’umorismo esilarante e il folle virtuosismo vocale di numeri come ‘l’aria dei nove do di petto’, questo romantico trionfo dell’amore è una delizia per il pubblico di tutte le età.

italiano

The Daughter of the Regiment by Donizetti, From (2022/2022), Directed by Renaud Doucet, André Barbe,, Conductor Stefano Ranzani, Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Italy

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer

Program, About & Synopsis

Videos

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues