The Daughter of the Regiment

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Title

The Daughter of the Regiment

Description

COMIC OPERA IN TWO ACTS

Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Text by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François-Alfred Bayard

English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner, and revised for this production by Michael Albano and Stephen Lord.

"The Daughter of the Regiment" was first performed at the Opéra-Comique, Paris on 11 February 1840.

First performance by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis: 9 June 1990.

Creator

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Timothy O'Leary, general director
Stephen Lord, music director
James Robinson, artistic director

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Cast: (in order of appearance)
Hortensius, steward to the Marquise
Jason Eck

The Marquise of Berkenfeld
Dorothy Byrne

A Peasant
Clay Hilley

Sergeant Sulpice, Marie's foster-father
Dale Travis

Marie, an orphan and a vivandière
Ashley Emerson

Tonio, a young Swiss peasant
René Barbera

A Corporal
Matthew Hanscom

The Duchess of Crackentorp
Sylvia McNair

A Notary
Kyle Erdös Knapp

Dancers:
Elizabeth Coker Girón, David Gonsier, Julie Opiel, Sydnee Reese, Elliott Reiland, Louis A. Williams Jr.

Conductor: John McDaniel
Stage director and choreographer: Seán Curran
Set and costume designer: James Schuette
Lighting Designer: Christopher Akerlind
Wig and Makeup designer: Ashley Ryan
Chorus Master: R. Robert Ainsley
English Diction Specialist: Erie Mills
Repetiteur: Adam Burnette
Assistant stage director: Seth Hoff
Stage manager: Peggy Stenger
Assistant stage manager: Valerie J. Clatworthy
Intern assistant stage manager: Rickelle Williams

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