Trivia / La Fille du Régiment

• All-Star Cast:
  • Audio Recordings:
    • 1967, conducted by Richard Bonynge: Australian soprano Joan Sutherland as Marie, Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti as Tonio, Greek-American bass-baritone Spiro Malas as Sulpice, and British contralto Monica Sinclair as La Marquise.
    • 2007, conducted by Yves Abel live at the Vienna State Opera: French soprano Natalie Dessay as Marie, Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Tonio, Spanish baritone Carlos Álvarez as Sulpice, German mezzo-soprano Janina Baechle as La Marquise, and Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé as the Duchess.
• Star-Making Role: For Luciano Pavarotti, first in England in the late 1960s (with a studio recording based on the production) and then in America in 1972. The famous aria with nine high Cs made Pavarotti the most famous tenor in the world and got him the nickname "King of the High Cs."