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Production Gallery: The Royal Opera's La Fille Du Régiment

Bill Cooper's production photographs of the fizzing Donizetti charmer

by theartsdeskTuesday, May 18, 2010

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  1. Dessay (Marie) and Corbelli (Sulpice)
  2. Dessay (Marie) and Florez (Tonio)
  3. Florez (Tonio)
  4. Dessay (Marie) and the Vingt-et-unième
  5. Dessay (Marie) and the Vingt-et-unième
  6. Dessay (Marie), Dawn French (Duchesse de Crackentorp)
  7. Dessay (Marie) and Florez (Tonio)

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