La Fille du Régiment

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La Fille du Régiment[1] (La Figlia del Reggimento in the Italian version), is a two act opéra comique [2] by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)[3].


The original text

It was first performed in French on 11 February 1840 by the Paris Opéra-Comique at the Salle de la Bourse.



Translations and adaptations

The original French libretto was translated into English as The Daughter of the Regiment, and performed in London

Two English plays have been based on the opera:

The Daughter of the Regiment (Fitzball) by Fitzball (1844) and Josephine, the Child of the Regiment, or The Fortune of War by Buckstone (1856).

Performance history in South Africa

Sources