Cineworld Opera Season

Performance date: 9 May 2010

Running time: 131 mins

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

Starring: Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Florez

As a baby, the beautiful Marie was found on a battlefield and adopted, not by one soldier, but by an entire regiment.

When she falls - quite literally - into the arms of Tonio, her military fathers are not keen to sanction the marriage. And why is the Marquise de Berkenfeld so suspiciously keen to make a high-society match of her own for Marie? The fun of this exuberant comedy is in the dramatic twists and the tuneful music en-route to the happy ending. With Laurent Pelley's striking and inventive set designs, this production was firmly on the Season's operatic map. With an international reputation for his fresh and exuberant touch with French comedy, Pelly directed a new staging for The Royal Opera of Donizetti's first opera for Paris. La Fille du regiment is a musical delight and a showcase for thrilling vocal virtuosity with Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Florez igniting the vocal fireworks. Cast and crew subject to change.

Conductor: Bruno Campanella

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