Cendrillon

July. 05,2011      
Rating:
8.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Massenet composed his opera about Cenerentola nearly 80 years after Rossini did his. And if you are looking for the outburst of the non-stop hilarity and the musical jokes of Rossini, you won't find it here. Also, while the Cendrillon was highly successful and popular in its time, it does not reach up to the artistic and musical levels offered by Massenet's other operas, like Manon, or Thais or Werther. Nevertheless, this is a delightful opera and it is well presented by The Royal Opera. Laurent Pelly created a ingenious setting with movable walls which are covered [in French] with the story of Cinderella, and which open and close book-like.

Alice Coote as  Le Prince Charmant
Joyce DiDonato as  Cendrillon / Lucette
Jean-Philippe Lafont as  Pandolfe, Cendrillon’s father
Ewa Podleś as  Madame de la Haltière, stepmother of Cendrillon
Kai Rüütel as  Dorothée, stepsister of Cendrillon