Cinderella – Gioacchino Rossini
Dramma giocoso in two acts (1817)
After Cinderella by Charles Perrault
Duration : 3h10 with 1 interval
Language : Italian
Surtitle : French / English
Once upon a time, there was... the story of Cinderella. But a Cinderella without fairies, pumpkins or glass slippers. Gioacchino Rossini’s opera, based on a libretto by Jacopo Ferretti, is a far cry from Charles Perrault’s version!
Although stripped of supernatural elements, this work, created in 1817 for the Carnival of Rome, nonetheless delivers its store of magic. That of a sparkling score with irresistible tunes that Rossini composed in just 24 days, topping off this tour de force with a blend of virtuoso comedy and tender melancholy.
Director Guillaume Gallienne places the characters on the edge of a volcano ready to erupt, delicately underlining the halftones of this multi-faceted score.
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya - Angelina(3 June > 2 July)
Gaëlle Arquez - Angelina(5, 8, 11 July)
Lawrence Brownlee - Don Ramiro
Nicola Alaimo - Don Magnifico
Huw Montague Rendall - Dandini
Ilanah Lobel-Torres - Clorinda
Maria Warenberg - Tisbe
Adolfo Corrado - Alidoro
The Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Gioacchino Rossini - Music(1792-1868)
Jacopo Ferretti - Libretto
Enrique Mazzola - Conductor
Guillaume Gallienne - Director
Éric Ruf - Set design
Olivier Bériot - Costume design
Bertrand Couderc - Lighting design
Glysleïn Lefever - Choreography
Marie Lambert-Le Bihan - Artistic collaboration
Ching-Lien Wu - Chorus master
Duration : 3h10 with 1 interval
Opening
First part - 100 min
Intermission - 30 min
Second part - 60 min
End