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Boston Doodle Dandy: Boston Lyric Opera presents La Fille du régiment

Brenda Rae (Marie) and chorus
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Angela Yam (Hortensia) and Neal Ferreira (Duchess Crakenthorpe)
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Kenneth Kellogg (Sulpice), Brenda Rae (Marie) and Spencer Britten (Tonio)
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Spencer Britten (Tonio) and Brenda Rae (Marie)
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“Neal Ferreira’s battleship of a Duchess Crakenthorpe hove into view under full sail”
Reviewed at Emerson Colonial Theatre, Boston on 1 May 2026
Donizetti, La Fille du régiment
Boston Lyric Opera
Kelly Kuo, Conductor
John de los Santos, Director
Boston Lyric Opera Orchestra
Boston Lyric Opera Chorus
Brenda Rae, Marie
Spencer Britten, Tonio
Sandra Piques Eddy, Marquise de Berkenfield
Kenneth Kellogg, Sulpice
Angela Yam, Hortensius
Neal Ferreira, Duchesse de Crakentorp
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