Gioachino Rossini’s delightful and brilliant opera buffa La Cenerentola immerses us in a brilliant reinterpretation of the classic fairy tale in the bel canto style. Riccardo Frizza’s vibrant musical direction and Stefan Herheim’s ingenious stage direction set the action in an illusionist universe where the composer himself interacts with his irreverent characters using a magic baton.
Inspired by Charles Perrault’s famous tale, in La Cenerentola the wicked stepmother is replaced by the mean-spirited stepfather Don Magnífico; the fairy godmother disappears, leaving Alidoro as the ‘godfather’ of the unfortunate maid; and the iconic slipper is replaced by a simple bracelet. A story that recounts, with humour and twists and turns, how the triumph of a downtrodden maid’s kindness prevails over the meanness of her stepfather and stepsisters.
Dramma giocoso in two acts
Music by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the story Cendrillon (1697) by Charles Perrault and in the libretto by Charles-Guillaume Etienne for the opera Cendrillon (1810) by Nicolas Isouard and in that of Francesco Fiorini for the opera Agatina ou la virtù premiata (1814) by Stefano Pavesi.
Premiere in the Theatre Valle de Roma, January 25, 1817
Premiere at the Teatro Real, January 17, 1851
Coproduction of the Den Norske Opera of Oslo and the Opéra National de Lyon
Artistic team
Conductor I Riccardo Frizza
Stage Director I Stefan Herheim
Set Design I Stefan Herheim, Daniel Unger
Costume Design I Esther Bialas
Lighting I Phoenix (Andreas Hofer)
Dramaturg I Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach
Video Designers I Fettfilm
Chorus Master I Andrés Máspero
Cast
Don Ramiro I Dmitry Korchak
Dandini I Florian Sempey
Don MagnÍfico I Renato Girolami
Clorinda I Rocío Pérez
Tisbe I Carol García
Angelina I Karine Deshayes
Alidoro I Roberto Tagliavini
Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra
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