Rossini: La cenerentola
“When Rossini reimagined Cinderella as a comic opera, in which goodness triumphs through song.”
Storyline
In late 18th-century Italy, in the mansion of Don Magnifico, the young and pretty Angelina works as a maid. Teased by her two frivolous half-sisters, Clorinda and Tisby, Angelina believes she is in love with a young valet and goes to the ball. Dressed in her finest finery, she meets the man who is in fact the Prince and flees from him after giving him a bracelet that will allow him to recognise her a little later. The masks come off, and kindness and love triumph! ‘La Cenerentola’ is the last opera buffa composed by Gioachino Rossini for an Italian audience. A dramma giocoso in two acts, with a libretto by Jacopo Ferretti, freely adapted from Charles Perrault’s fairy tale ‘Cinderella’ (1697), omitting the magic in favour of a realism tinged with humour and social criticism. Premiered for the Rome Carnival at the Teatro Valle in Rome on 28 January 1817. Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera, Lewes, East Sussex, on 2 and 4 June 2005.
Cast & Crew
Ruxandra Donose
Angelina (Cenerentola)
Lead
Luciano di Pasquale
Don Magnifico
Maxim Mironov
Prince Don Ramiro
Simone Alberghini
Dandini
Raquela Sheeran
Clorinda
Lucia Cirillo
Tisbe
Nathan Berg
Alidoro
Vladimir Jurowski
Conductor
What People Are Saying
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robin Lough's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Rossini: La cenerentola is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
