Rossini: La cenerentola

Rossini: La cenerentola

2005
2h 36m
9.5

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

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: IT

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Production Information

Production Companies
Opus Arte Glynbourne Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
Italian

Quick Facts

Release Date May 19, 2005
Status Released
Language IT
IMDb ID tt10314566
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Cast

Ruxandra Donose
Ruxandra Donose

Angelina (Cenerentola)

Luciano di Pasquale
Luciano di Pasquale

Don Magnifico

Maxim Mironov
Maxim Mironov

Prince Don Ramiro

Simone Alberghini
Simone Alberghini

Dandini

Raquela Sheeran
Raquela Sheeran

Clorinda

Lucia Cirillo
Lucia Cirillo

Tisbe

Nathan Berg
Nathan Berg

Alidoro

Vladimir Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski

Conductor

The Glyndebourne Chorus
The Glyndebourne Chorus

Chorus

London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra

Bernard McDonald
Bernard McDonald

Chorus Master

Pieter Schoeman
Pieter Schoeman

Leader

Key Crew

Robin Lough
Director
Jacopo Ferretti
Writer
Gus Christie
Executive Producer
Sergio Ruiz
Producer
Lucy Billingham
Producer
Lauren Henty
Producer
Emma Hall
Producer
Hans Petri
Executive Producer