Daughter of the Regiment

A Salute to Love

Daughter of the Regiment

Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard
Premiered February 11, 1840, Salle de la Bourse, Paris, France

Revel in the light-hearted tale of how the most important battle is the one for the heart. Marie is a fearless orphan raised among the camaraderie of the twenty-first French regiment who has just fallen in love with an outsider. Her unconventional upbringing is challenged when a wealthy woman, claiming to be her aunt, arrives to make Marie a proper lady, complete with a new suitor. What will Marie choose, love or duty?

November 9, 12, 15, 17 | 2024

The Ellie Caulkins Opera House at Denver Performing Arts Complex
Performed in French, with English and Spanish subtitles at every seat.

Estimated Length: 2 hours and 35 minutes

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