Name: La Cenerentola
Start: 2009-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2009-05-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Elīna Garanča

Angelina

Soprano

Rachelle Durkin

Clorinda

Patricia Risley

Tisbe

Tenor

Lawrence Brownlee

Don Ramiro

Baritone

Simone Alberghini

Dandini

Bass

Alessandro Corbelli

Don Magnifico

John Relyea

Alidoro

Conductor

Maurizio Benini

Stage director

Cesare Lievi

Set designer

Maurizio Balò

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Gigi Saccomandi

Choreographer

Daniela Schiavone

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Italian

La Cenerentola -  (Cinderella)

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

If ever a composer was born to set the enchanting fairy tale of Cinderella to sparkling music it was Rossini. His much put upon heroine Angelina (Elīna Garanča) has to cope not only with nasty stepsisters, but also an over-the-top, farcical father, Don Magnifico (Alessandro Corbelli). And in this version the Prince (Lawrence Brownlee) and his valet (Simone Alberghini) swap identities, which causes no end of delightful confusion. With Cesare Lievi’s delightful storybook production and Maurizio Benini’s expert conducting, it’s all as light and delicious as a marvelous musical soufflé.

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