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Opera on 3

Music: Classical: Opera

Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances

Programme presenting rare and fascinating performances and vividly communicating the immediacy of the live experience

Opera on 3: From the Met: La fille du régiment

La fille du régiment

From the Met

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From the Metropolitan Opera, Pretty Yende and Javier Camarena star in La fille du regiment

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Pretty Yende and Javier Camarena star in Donizetti's La fille du regiment. Enrique Mazzola conducts.

Found on a battlefield as a baby, Marie has been raised by the 21st Regiment. Her foster-father Sulpice says she should marry a soldier from the Regiment, but Marie has other ideas. Pretty Yende sings Marie, and Javier Camarena sings the object of her love, Tonio. And actress Kathleen Turner makes her Met debut in the speaking role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp. One of the jewels of the bel canto repertoire, La Fille du Régiment has humour, pathos, and that famous tenor aria with nine top Cs. 

Presented from the Met by Mary Jo Heath and Ira Siff. 

Marie.....Pretty Yende (soprano)
The Marquise of Berkenfield.....Stephanie Blythe (contralto)
The Duchess of Crakentorp.....Kathleen Turner (non singing role)
Tonio.....Javier Camarena (tenor)
Sergeant Sulpice.....Mauricio Muraro (bass)
Hortensius.....Paul Corona (bass)
A Corporal.....Yohan Yi (bass)
A Townsman.....Patrick Miller (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Enrique Mazzola (conductor)

Opera on 3: From the Met

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