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 1962 Language Italian Commission English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin Creative/Crew Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis Staged by Tito Capobianco Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Lew Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Countess of Berkenfeld Sona Cervena Ortensio, attendant of the countess Joshua Hecht Peasant Richard Riffel Sulpizio, a sergeant in the 11th regiment of Napoleon's army Salvatore Baccaloni Maria, the adopted daughter of the regiment Jolanda Meneguzzer Tonio, a young Tyrolean Renato Cioni Corporal Donald Drain Notary Colin Harvey Duchess of Krakenthorp Dorothy Cole Solo Dancer(s) Jocelyn Vollmar Robert Gladstein Terry Orr Show Dates Tue, Nov 13 1962, 8pm Time and Place 1815, in the Austrian Tyrol Scenes Act I -- Interior of a barn at the foot of the Tyrol mountains Act II -- Salon in the castle of the Countess of Berkenfeld Legacy Commission Italian translation by Calisto Bassi Notes The opera was performed in Italian and under its Italian title of "La Figlia del Reggimento" Corps de Ballet Ballet music interpolated from Donizetti's "La Favorita"