Direct from the Metropolitan Opera’s archives, this complete performance of Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment is taken from the historic Saturday afternoon broadcasts and is...

Direct from the Metropolitan Opera’s archives, this complete performance of Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment is taken from the historic Saturday afternoon broadcasts and is newly re-mastered from the original source.

• Soprano Lily Pons is at her most charming and vivacious in the role of Marie, the heroine of Donizetti’s beloved opera comique. The cast also includes Salvatore Baccaloni and Irra Petina
• Gennaro Papi, a former assistant under Arturo Toscanini, conducts this performance which includes an added aria from the French version of Lucia di Lamermoor
• 2 CDs taken from the December 28, 1940 Broadcast