from Act I of the French opera La Fille du Régiment by Gaetano Donizetti

Libretto: Jean Francois Bayard

Role: Marie, a young woman raised by a regiment of French Grenadiers

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric coloratura

Setting: an army camp site in a valley in the Swiss Tyrolese Mountains, 1815

Synopsis: After inducting a young Tyrolese peasant into their regiment, the grenadiers from the 21st French Regiment call on Marie to sing the invigorating song of the regiment.

from Act I of the French opera La Fille du Régiment by Gaetano Donizetti

Libretto: Jean Francois Bayard

Role: Marie, a young woman raised by a regiment of French Grenadiers

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric coloratura

Setting: an army camp site in a valley in the Swiss Tyrolese Mountains, 1815

Synopsis: The Marquise de Birkenfeld finds that Marie is actually her niece and requires Marie to live with her at the Marquise's castle. Marie tells the regiment that she must leave them but that she does not want them to be unhappy. She explains the sadness that she will feel when she is away from them.

from Act II of the French opera La Fille du Régiment by Gaetano Donizetti

Libretto: Jean Francois Bayard

Role: Marie, a young woman raised by a regiment of French Grenadiers

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric coloratura

Setting: A room in Chateau Birkenfeld, the Swiss Tyrolese Mountains, 1815

Synopsis: Although she lives in wealth and opulence, Marie is very sad because she cannot be with her regiment and with her love Tonio. She declares that she would give her entire life away if Tonio was only at her side.

from Act I of the French opera La Fille du Régiment by Gaetano Donizetti

Libretto: Jean Francois Bayard

Role: Marquise de Birkenfeld

Voice Part: mezzo-soprano       Fach: lyric mezzo

Setting: an army camp site in a valley in the Swiss Tyrolese Mountains, 1815

Synopsis: The Marquise and her townspeople sing of the invading Frenchmen and the lack of respect they show to the townspeople who have done them no wrong.

from Act I of the French opera La Fille du Régiment by Gaetano Donizetti

Libretto: Jean Francois Bayard

Role: Tonio, a Tyrolese peasant in love with Marie

Voice Part: tenor       Fach: tenor leggiero

Setting: an army camp site in a valley in the Swiss Tyrolese Mountains, 1815

Synopsis: After Tonio has been made a member of the French Grenadiers, he approaches some of the members and explains that he has joined the regiment because he loves the regiment's "daughter" Marie. In the cabaletta "Pour mon âme", after asking the members of the regiment to allow him to marry Marie and receiving an affirmative answer, Tonio sings his joy at finally being united with his one love. He promises to take care of her and protect her forever.

from Act II of the French opera La Fille du Régiment by Gaetano Donizetti

Libretto: Jean Francois Bayard

Role: Tonio, a Tyrolese peasant in love with Marie

Voice Part: tenor       Fach: tenor leggiero

Setting: A room in Chateau Birkenfeld, the Swiss Tyrolese Mountains, 1815

Synopsis: The Marquise has chosen a man for Marie to marry. However, Marie still loves Tonio. When the Marquise catches Marie and Tonio together, she tells Tonio to leave but he first explains the depths of his love for Marie. He explains that he could not continue living if he could not be with her.