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 Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House 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 Incidental Dances Arranged by Willam Christensen 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 Show Dates Thu, Oct 16 1941, 8:45pm Tue, Oct 28 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 Media Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Irra Petina (Marquise de Berkenfield) Credit Morton Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lily Pons (Marie, center), Ensemble Credit Morton Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Herbert Graf (Designer, left), Lily Pons (Marie, center), Ensemble, Rehearsal Credit Morton Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lily Pons (Marie), Salvatore Baccaloni (Sulpice) Credit Morton Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Hortensius) Credit Morton Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Sulpice) Credit Morton Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Sulpice), Chorus Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1941_06_compressed.pdf (8.26 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Settings constructed in the studios of the San Francisco Opera Association.
Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Irra Petina (Marquise de Berkenfield) Credit Morton
Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lily Pons (Marie, center), Ensemble Credit Morton
Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Herbert Graf (Designer, left), Lily Pons (Marie, center), Ensemble, Rehearsal Credit Morton
Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lily Pons (Marie), Salvatore Baccaloni (Sulpice) Credit Morton
Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Hortensius) Credit Morton
Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton
Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Sulpice) Credit Morton
Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Sulpice), Chorus Credit Morton