The Daughter of the Regiment

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opera

The Daughter of the Regiment is a popular 19th-century comic opera (opéra comique) best known for its virtuosic tenor aria and lighthearted military-themed love story.

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Surface form Occurrences
La fille du régiment 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
characterType buffo and comic characters ⓘ
composer Gaetano Donizetti NERFINISHED ⓘ
compositionDecade 1830s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstItalianVersionTitle La figlia del reggimento GENERATED ⓘ
firstLondonPerformanceYear 1843 GENERATED ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1840-02-11 ⓘ
genre comic opera ⓘ
opéra comique ⓘ
hasItalianVersion La figlia del reggimento NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor lighthearted military-themed love story ⓘ
virtuosic tenor aria with multiple high Cs ⓘ
language French ⓘ
librettist Jean-François-Alfred Bayard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter Marie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sergeant Sulpice NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tonio NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryElement French army regiment ⓘ
notableAria Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête! NERFINISHED ⓘ
Il faut partir ⓘ
Pour mon âme ⓘ
Salut à la France ⓘ
numberOfActs 2 ⓘ
orchestration orchestra and chorus ⓘ
originalAudience Parisian opera-goers ⓘ
originalTheatre Salle de la Bourse NERFINISHED ⓘ
performancePractice often performed in both French and Italian ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
plotSummary A young woman raised by a French army regiment falls in love with a Tyrolean villager and must reconcile love, birth, and military family loyalty. ⓘ
premiereCity Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereCountry France NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereLocation Opéra-Comique NERFINISHED ⓘ
reputation one of Donizetti's most frequently performed comic operas ⓘ
setting Tyrol NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPeriod Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
sopranoRole Marie NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure spoken dialogue with musical numbers ⓘ
style bel canto ⓘ
tenorRole Tonio NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme love across social classes ⓘ
military camaraderie ⓘ
national identity ⓘ
timeOfAction early 19th century ⓘ
vocalDemand coloratura soprano role for Marie ⓘ
extremely demanding tenor role ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gaetano Donizetti → composed → The Daughter of the Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: La fille du régiment
Gaetano Donizetti → notableWork → The Daughter of the Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: La fille du régiment
Hugh Conway (author) → notableWork → The Daughter of the Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Hugh Conway