La fille du tambour-major
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La fille du tambour-major (The Drum-Major's Daughter) is an opéra comique, or operetta, in three acts by Jacques Offenbach.
The French libretto was written by Alfred Duru and Henri Charles Chivot. The title is an allusion to Gaetano Donizetti's La fille du régiment.
[edit] Performance history
It was first staged at the Folies-Dramatiques in Paris on 13 December 1879.
[edit] Roles
| Premiere | ||
|---|---|---|
| Stella, putative daughter of the Della Voltas | soprano | Juliette Simon-Girard |
| Duc Della Volta | tenor | |
| Duchesse Della Volta | mezzo-soprano | |
| Robert, a lieutenant | baritone | |
| Monthabor, a drum-major | bass | |
| Griolet, a drummer | tenor | |
| Claudine, regimental vivandière | soprano | |
| Mother Superior | soprano | |
| Marquis Bambini | tenor | |
| Clampas | baritone | |
| Offenbach | bass | |
[edit] Sources
Fille du tambour-major, La by Andrew Lamb, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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