Description
Donizetti - La Fille Du Régiment - Sutherland, Pavarotti, Malas, Sinclair, Orchestra And Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge / The Originals / Decca 2x Audio CD 2009 / 478 1366
UPC 0028947813668
La fille du régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) is an opéra comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard. It was first performed on 11 February 1840 by the Paris Opéra-Comique at the Salle de la Bourse.
The opera was written by Donizetti while he was living in Paris between 1838 and 1840 preparing a revised version of his then-unperformed Italian opera, Poliuto, as Les martyrs for the Paris Opéra. Since Martyrs was delayed, the composer had time to write the music for La fille du régiment, his first opera set to a French text, as well as to stage the French version of Lucia di Lammermoor as Lucie de Lammermoor.
La fille du régiment quickly became a popular success partly because of the famous aria "Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!", which requires the tenor to sing no fewer than eight high Cs – a frequently sung ninth is not written. La figlia del reggimento, a slightly different Italian-language version (in translation by Calisto Bassi), was adapted to the tastes of the Italian public.
| Label: | Decca – 478 1366 |
|---|---|
| Series: | The Originals |
| Format: |
2 x CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2009 |
| Genre: | Classical, Stage & Screen |
| Style: | Romantic, Opera |
Tracklist:
| La Fille Du Régiment, Opera | |||
| Act One | |||
| 1-1 | Overture | ||
| 1-2 | "L'ennemi S'avance, Amis, Armons-nous!" | ||
| 1-3 | "Pour Une Femme De Mon Nom, Quel Temps, Hélas, Le Temps De Guerre!" | ||
| 1-4 | "Sacré Nom D'une Pipe!" | ||
| 1-5 | "Au Bruit De La Guerre" | ||
| 1-6 | "Allons, Allons, March', March' A L'instant" | ||
| 1-7 | La La La ...Chacum Le Sait, Chacun Le Dit | ||
| 1-8 | Dès Que L'appel Sonne | ||
| 1-9 | Ils L'ont Emmené Brutalement | ||
| 1-10 | "Quoi! Vous M'aimez?" | ||
| 1-11 | Rataplan, Rataplan, Rataplan | ||
| 1-12 | "Ah! Mes Amis, Quel Jour De Fête!" | ||
| 1-13 | Le Camarade Est Amoureux! | ||
| 1-14 | Je Suis Soldat | ||
|
Act Two |
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| 2-1 | Entr'acte ... Enfin La Voilà | ||
| 2-2 | La Romance Perdue, On La Retrouvée | ||
| 2-3 | "Le Jour Naissait Dans Le Bocage..." | ||
| 2-4 | "C'en Est Donc Fait, En Mon Sort Va Changer" | ||
| 2-5 | "Tous Les Trois Réunis, Quel Plaisir Mes Amis!" | ||
| 2-6 | Ecoutez-moi, De Grâce | ||
| 2-7 | "Ah!, C'est Elle!" | ||
| 2-8 | "Oui! Quand Le Destin, Au Milieu De La Guerre, Enfant, Me Jeta Dans Leurs Bras" |
- Chorus Master – Douglas Robinson
- Composed By – Donizetti
- Conductor – Richard Bonynge
- Engineer – Gordon Parry, James Lock (2)
- Illustration [booklet] – Mary Evans Picture Library
- Liner Notes – Jeremy Commons, Kenneth Chalmers
- Photography By – Reg Wilson
- Producer – Christopher Raeburn
- Vocals, Performer [A Caporal] – Spiro Malas
- Vocals, Performer [A Notary] – Omar Godknow
- Vocals, Performer [A Peasant] – Alan Jones (23)
- Vocals, Performer [Duchess Of Krakentorp] – Edith Coates
- Vocals, Performer [Hortensius] – Jules Bruyère
- Vocals, Performer [Marchioness Of Berkenfield] – Monica Sinclair
- Vocals, Performer [Marie] – Joan Sutherland
- Vocals, Performer [Sulpice] – Spiro Malas
- Vocals, Performer [Tonio] – Luciano Pavarotti
