When Rossini reimagined Cinderella as a comic opera, in which goodness triumphs through song.
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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Cast
Ruxandra Donose
As Angelina (Cenerentola)
Luciano di Pasquale
As Don Magnifico
Maxim Mironov
As Prince Don Ramiro
Simone Alberghini
As Dandini
Raquela Sheeran
As Clorinda
Lucia Cirillo
As Tisbe
Nathan Berg
As Alidoro
Vladimir Jurowski
As Conductor
The Glyndebourne Chorus
As Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
As Orchestra
Bernard McDonald
As Chorus Master
Pieter Schoeman
As Leader
Richard Barker
As Foretepinao Continuo
Susanne Beer
As Cello Continuo
Paul Kimber
As Bass Continuo
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