The Daughter of the Regiment

Mix together a large helping of esprit de corps, a dash of slapstick antics, some catchy melodies, two handfuls of high Cs, and one energetic tomboy. The result? A laugh-filled, toe-tapping opera baked to perfection!

The Synopsis

Marie, a feisty orphaned tomboy gives the French soldiers who raised her a scare when she falls in love with Tonio, a Tyrolean peasant. When her noble birthright is discovered, she is taken away from her beloved regiment to have a “proper” upbringing and subsequent proper marriage. Just in time, the regiment rides to the rescue, Marie and Tonio are reunited, and love prevails over privilege.

Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy De Saint-Georges and Jean-Francois Bayard

Sung in French with English dialogue and projected English translations.

Our Land Acknowledgement:

Manitoba Opera is located upon, and operates within, Treaty #1 territory, the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples’ traditional lands and waters and the Red River Métis Nation homelands.

As water nourishes the land and all it gives us, we also acknowledge that the source of the City of Winnipeg’s water is from Shoal Lake, the home and shared territory of Iskatewizaagegan No. 39 Independent Nation and Shoal Lake 40 First Nation.

In view of such understandings and acknowledgments, Manitoba Opera remains committed to working in partnership with the Indigenous peoples in the spirit of truth, reconciliation, and collaboration.

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