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The Daughter of the Regiment

JiYoung Lee stars as a vivacious young woman who was raised by an entire company of the French army, in "The Daughter of the Regiment."

Washington National Opera

September 5, 2009, 1:00 pm

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Conductor: Riccardo Frizza

 

Cast: JiYoung Lee (Marie); José Bros (Tonio); Victoria Livengood (La Marchise); Simone Alberghini (Sulpice Pingot); Obed Urena (Hortensius); Matthew J. Minor (Corporal); Madeleine Gray (La Duchesse)

 

Donizetti's "light comedy" is an opera that lives up to both halves of that description. The story may not be particularly challenging, but there are plenty of laughs and it's all conveyed through one of the composer's liveliest and most entertaining scores.

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