The Bayerische Staatsoper is set to present a new production of Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment.”

The new production will be directed by Damiano Michieletto, who is returning to the Bayerische Staatsoper after his acclaimed “Aida.”

The show centers on the search for one’s own identity and Michieletto explains, “The story moves between two levels – nature and the city. Nature as the symbol of an instinctive and spontaneous world and the city as a world of fine manners and high culture. The performance plays these two opposites off against one another, with extravagant costumes and jolly characters, who right at the end, are finally freed from social labels and can happily assume their own identities.”

The production will star Pretty Yende in her acclaimed Marie, Xabier Anduaga as Tonio, Dorothea Röschmann as the Marquise de Berkenfield, famous actress Sunnyi Melles as the Duchesse de Crakentorp, and Misha Kiria as Sulpice.

A second cast will include Serena Sáenz and Lawrence Brownlee. Stefano Montanari conducts.

The production will open on Dec. 22, 2024 and run through July 1, 2025. The show is a co-production with the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, where it will be staged from May 18 to May 27, 2025.