No, tenor Juan Diego Florez didn’t do an encore to “Ah, mes amis,” despite a long and lusty accolade from the beyond-appreciative crowd. But he did just about everything else in a manner calculated to please the far-flung audiences of the Met broadcasts.

So did gamine soprano Natalie Dessay, dressed in one of the grungiest, least glamorous costumes imaginable for a leading lady, and carrying out fearsome displays of coloratura while (for instance) ironing. Dessay even sang high notes while being hoisted offstage sideways, something hard to imagine with many other well-known proponents of the role of Marie.

Baritone Alessandro Corbelli’s Sgt. Sulpice and mezzo Felicity Palmer’s Marquise de Berkenfield were both very, very funny and supported the young lovers well; there was nice work from most of the supporting players.

This “Daughter of the Regiment” has been updated to that boffo laff riot known at the time as The Great War, and, in retrospect, as World War I. That did allow designer Chantal Thomas to bring a show-stopping mini-tank onto a clever set built largely of large antique maps of Europe.

The dialogue has also been updated, not always to happy effect. The role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp is vastly expanded, probably to attract big-name actresses; Tony Award-winner Marian Seldes played her in a thoroughly obnoxious and irritating fashion. Shrink it back down!

For the most part, though, it was an enjoyable afternoon. Director Laurent Pelly’s staging was usually highly amusing. Conductor Marco Armiliato did a flawless job of leading his forces. Donald Palumbo’s chorus is sounding better, but too many wobble queens and kings still reign in the Met’s choral ranks for comfortable listening.

Host Renee Fleming got in some good lines in her interviews with the opera’s stars. (At intermission’s end, cutting off a voluble Corbelli through a tight smile: “They’re tuning, Alessandro!”)

The St. Louis Art Museum now has the broadcasts down to an art. Too bad it’s the end of the season, but there’s always next year.