La Fille du régiment
Cast sheet
Tuesday 7 July 2026
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7.30pm
Royal Ballet and Opera Principal The Julia Rausing Trust
Royal Ballet and Opera Friends
Rolex, Principal Partner, The Royal Opera
Co-production with Vienna State Opera and Metropolitan Opera, New York
Approximate timings
Music
Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François-Alfred Bayard
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Jean-François Alfred Bayard
Conductor
Yves Abel
Director and Costume Designer
Laurent Pelly
Revival Director
Dan Dooner
Dialogue Adaptation
Agathe Mélinand
Set designer
Chantal Thomas
Lighting designer
Joël Adam
Choreographer
Laura Scozzi
Revival Choreographer
Karine Girard
Marie
Sara Blanch
Tonio
Juan Diego Flórez
Sulpice Pingot
Paolo Bordogna
La Marquise de Berkenfield
Sonia Ganassi
Hortensius
Donald Maxwell
La Duchesse de Crakentorp
Tamsin Greig
Corporal
Eugene Dillon-Hooper
Peasant
Luke Price
Actors
Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Dom Blackwood, Charles Blyth, Barry Callan, Peter Cooney, Chris Edgerley, Fabrizio Lloris, Laurent Maria, Martin McGlade, Eduardo Nunez, Joe Rain, Daniel Swan, Peter Taylor, Bao Tieu
Chorus
Royal Opera Chorus
Chorus Director
William Spaulding
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Associate Concert Master
Peter Schulmeister
Music preparation
Charlotte Corderoy, Patrick Milne, Susanna Stranders
Assistant Director
Franciska Éry
Language Coach
Sonja Nerdrum
Patron
HM The King
Music Director
Jakub Hrůša
Director of Opera
Oliver Mears
Director of Casting
Peter Mario Katona
Associate Director
Netia Jones
Administrative Director
Cormac Simms
Synopsis
Marie was found as a baby on a battlefield...
Marie was found as a baby on a battlefield, and raised by the 21st Regiment as their ‘daughter’. Her foster-father Sulpice has decreed she must marry a soldier from the Regiment. However, Marie has fallen in love with the Tyrolean peasant Tonio. When she tells Tonio about Sulpice’s decree, he determines to do whatever it takes to become Marie’s husband.
The Marquise de Berkenfield and her steward Hortensius have been caught in the conflict between French and Austrians. Sulpice recognizes the Marquise’s name from papers found near the infant Marie on the battlefield. The Marquise claims to be Marie’s aunt. She determines to take Marie away with her to give her a proper education. Marie has to leave behind her Regiment – and Tonio, who has enlisted in order to marry her.
The Marquise plans to marry Marie to Duke Scipio of Crakentorp. Marie is not happy about this, or about her aunt’s attempts to train her to be a lady. She longs for the Regiment. To her joy, they rush in to see her.
Tonio pleads with the Marquise to be allowed to marry Marie. When she refuses, he reveals that he knows that Marie is the Marquise’s illegitimate daughter. The Marquise and the formidable Duchesse de Crakentorp try to force Marie to sign her marriage contract.
When Marie learns that the Marquise is her mother she prepares to sign the papers, but is stopped by the Regiment, who come crashing in, led by Tonio. The Marquise decides she cannot make her daughter unhappy and gives Marie permission to marry Tonio after all. Everyone celebrates.
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