The Daughter of the Regiment Composer Gaetano Donizetti Librettists Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean François Alfred Bayard Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1941 Language French Commission English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin Creative/Crew Conductor Gennaro Papi Production Herbert Graf Set Designer(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Giacomo Spadoni Cast Marie, adopted daughter of the regiment Lily Pons Sulpice, a sergeant in the French Army Salvatore Baccaloni Tonio, a peasant, later Colonel in the French Army Raoul Jobin La Marquise de Berkenfield, Marie's mother Irra Petina Hortensius, attendant of the Marquise Lorenzo Alvary Corporal George Cehanovsky Notary Earl Riggins Peasant Ernest Schoen La Duchesse de Krakenthorp Wilma Spence Young Duke Norman Thompson Solo Dancer(s) Janet Reed Norman Thomson Show Dates Tue, Nov 4 1941, 8:45pm Time and Place In Tyrol during the invasion by the French Scenes Act I -- Interior of a Barn Act II -- A Village Street Act III, Scene 1 -- Salon in the Castle of the Marquise Scene 2 -- Court of the Castle Notes Settings constructed in the studios of the San Francisco Opera Association. Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet