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Rossini: La cenerentola

When Rossini reimagined Cinderella as a comic opera, in which goodness triumphs through song.

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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.

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Italian
  • opera
  • rossini
  • glyndebourne
  • opera live performance

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Director

Robin Lough

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United Kingdom

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  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereFirst live performance at the Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, East Sussex.19 May 2005
    • Digital / OTTVideo recording from live at the Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, East Sussex, 2 and 4 June 2005.4 Jun 2005
    • PhysicalBlu-ray edition24 Jun 2008

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