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 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 Thu, Oct 4 1962, 8:30pm 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 Media Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Jolanda Meneguzzer (Marie) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Jocelyn Vollmar (Dancer) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Jolanda Meneguzzer (Marie), Salvatore Baccaloni (Sulpice), Sona Cervena (The Marquise) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1962_08_compressed.pdf (10.8 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Italian translation by Calisto Bassi The opera was performed under its Italian title of "La Figlia del Reggimento" Ballet music interpolated from Donizetti's "La Favorita" Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Jolanda Meneguzzer (Marie) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Jocelyn Vollmar (Dancer) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image La Fille du Régiment, Gaetano Donizetti. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Jolanda Meneguzzer (Marie), Salvatore Baccaloni (Sulpice), Sona Cervena (The Marquise) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones