Organization

Conductor

Claire Levacher

Stage director

John Doyle

Set designer

Costume designer

Gabrielle Dalton

Lighting designer

Tim Mitchell

Singer

Soprano

Julia Sitkovetsky

Marie

Tenor

Nico Darmanin

Tonio

Mezzo-soprano

Anna Steiger

The Marquise of Berkenfield

Grange Park Opera

Bass

Henry Grant Kerswell

Hortensius

Tim Bagley

A peasant

Redmond Sanders

A corporal

Harriet Thorpe

The Duchess of Crakentorp

Enrico Marabelli

Sergeant Sulpice

English

Daughter of the Regiment

Surrey

United Kingdom

Grange Park Opera, Surrey

La Fille du régiment Donizetti

Public

Private

The Daughter of the Regiment

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Daughter of the Regiment: La Fille du régiment Donizetti

Donizetti’s Daughter of the Regiment is delicious French whimsy, written by an Italian, and sung in English.

A canteen girl brought up by a rollicking regiment of soldiers is expected to marry a soldier but her heart strays elsewhere. Cue: much hilarity and many high notes from both the canteen girl and her lover Tonio – whose aria Ah mes amis! features a terrifying sequence of top C’s.

Soprano Julia Sitkovetsky is famed throughout Europe for her high notes. Her signature role of Queen of the Night has taken her to Hamburgische Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper am Rhein and Welsh National Opera.

National Treasure, Dame Penelope Keith, makes a celebrity guest appearance in the speaking role of the formidable Duchess of Crakentorp.

An opera in two acts

Sung in English

Music Gaetano Donizetti

Libretto Jules-Henri  Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Jean-François Bayard

First performance 11 February 1840, Salle de la Bourse


Cast & Creatives

MARIE, born into and brought up by the 21st Regiment ∙ JULIA SITKOVETSKY
TONIO, a Tyrolean ∙ NICO DARMANIN
SERGEANT SULPICE ∙ ENRICO MARABELLI
THE MARQUISE OF BERKENFIELD, allegedly Marie’s aunt but, in fact, her mother ∙ ANNA STEIGER
HORTENSIUS, a butler ∙ HENRY GRANT KERSWELL
A PRIVATE ∙ TIM BAGLEY
CORPORAL ∙ REDMOND SANDERS

and
HARRIET THORPE as THE DUCHESS OF KRAKENTHORP

CONDUCTOR ∙ CLAIRE LEVACHER      Sponsor Brian & Jennifer Ratner
DIRECTOR/DESIGNER ∙ JOHN DOYLE
COSTUME DESIGNER ∙ GABRIELLE DALTON
LIGHTING DESIGNER ∙ TIM MITCHELL
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Synopsis

Performance dates

Saturday 8 June 5:15pm
Thursday 13 June 5:45pm
Wednesday 19 June 5:45pm
Sunday 30 June 5:15pm
Thursday 4 July 5:45pm
Saturday 6 July 5:15pm

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Co-Producer