8th May

Concert will begin at 17:00 hours GMT

Rebroadcast: Donizetti's 'La fille du régiment' with Coburn, Brownlee, Hajek and Castle from Seattle

Donizetti's 'La fille du régiment' is an opéra comique in two acts. It was written while the composer was living in Paris, with a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard.

Marie: Sarah Coburn.
Tonio: Lawrence Brownlee.
Sergeant Sulpice: Alexander Hajek.
Marquise de Berkenfield: Joyce Castle.
Duchesse de Krackenthorp: Peter Kazaras.
Hortensius: Karl Marx Reyes.
Corporal: Stephen Fish.

Seattle Opera Orchestra and Choir. Conductor: Yves Abel.

Recorded 26 October 2013.