La Fille Du Regiment February 10, 2010

'La fille du regiment' (The Daughter of the Regiment) is an opera comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. This opera, about an orphan girl who is adopted by a whole regiment of Napoleon's army (meaning that anyone who wants to marry her must get the regiment's consent) combines sparkling comedy with spectacular vocal writing, not only for the soprano but for the tenor who, in one legendary passage, must produce nine high Cs in quick succession.