Virginia Opera will play "The Daughter of the Regiment" by Gaetano Donizetti - fight for the one you love - performed in French with supertitles.
Raised by a French regiment, Marie happily traverses the Alps eventually falling in love with Tonio. She then discovers her regal family ties, ventures home to become ‘a lady’ and is asked to marry a Duke. What will she do?
The conductor is JOSEPH WALSH and the stage director is DOROTHY DANNER.
Virginia Opera last performed The Daughter of the Regiment in 1979 in English. The 2009 production will be the company's first ever French version of the opera.
Performance schedule is as follows:
November 14, 2009, 8:00 pm
November 18, 2009, 7:30 pm
November 20, 2009, 8:00 pm
November 22, 2009, 2:30 pm
November 27, 2009, 8:00 pm
November 29, 2009, 2:30 pm
December 4, 2009, 8:00 pm
December 6, 2009, 2:00 pm -- www.vaopera.org
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