Full of wit and invention, Donizetti’s comic opera La Fille du Regiment is a delight and will be screened in a live broadcast at Milford Haven Torch Theatre on Saturday at 5.55pm.

The famous aria “Ah, Mes Amis,” with its nine high Cs, is known as the Mount Everest for tenors – one of opera’s most show-stopping numbers.

Bel canto stars Pretty Yende and Javier Camarena take on the challenging vocal fireworks in this revival, a co-production with London’s Royal Opera House and the Wiener Staatsoper, Laurent Pelly’s hilarious staging.

Orphaned as a small child and raised by an entire army regiment, the spirited Marie has grown up as the regiment’s ‘daughter’, raising morale and spreading joy.

Tonio, a local man, falls in love with her and even joins the army for her sake, but a chance encounter with a noblewoman sparks a sudden revelation, and a tale unfolds of secret identities, long-lost family, and murky pasts...