Donizetti's comic opera about how a once-abandoned girl, now a tomboy drum majorette, finally wins her man, despite her new-found mother's efforts. The Australian Opera Company's production, recorded at the Sydney Opera House in 1986. (sung in Italian)
AUSTRALIAN OPERA CHORUS
ELIZABETHAN SYDNEY ORCHESTRA conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE Act
3.10* Edward Downes ,
Australian Opera's Musical Director 1972-6, talks with Dan Zerdin about the company's early years. Producer CLIVE BENNETT
3.20* Act 2
(Australian Broadcasting Corporation recording)