Donizetti: La fille du régiment - DVD

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Donizetti: La fille du régiment (OAF4025D)<br /> <br /> Joan Sutherland (Marie); Anson Austin (Tonio); Heather Begg (The Marquise of Berkenfield); Gregory Yurisich (Sulpice); Gordon Wilcock (Hortensius); Stephen Bennett (A Peasant); Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra; Richard Bonynge<br /> <br /> Marie, found abandoned as a baby on the battlefield, was adopted and raised by soldiers. She is the darling of the regiment. When the Marquise of Berkenfield tells the Sergeant that Marie is actually her niece and she must leave the regiment, the troops are heartbroken. The Marquise plans to educate and marry Marie in a manner befitting a lady of quality, but Marie wants only to return to her regiment and the man she loves.<br /> <br /> "Sutherland once again produced that glittering unmistakable brilliance of sound." (The Canberra Times)<br /> <br /> "...a lively and picturesque production of a romantic comedy." (The Sydney Morning Herald)