Cendrillon

Overview

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.

Cast

Alice Coote

Le Prince Charmant

Joyce DiDonato

Cendrillon / Lucette

N/A

Eglise Gutiérrez

La Fée

Jean-Philippe Lafont

Pandolfe, Cendrillon’s father

Ewa Podleś

Madame de la Haltière, stepmother of Cendrillon

N/A

Madeleine Pierard

Noémie, stepsister of Cendrillon

Kai Rüütel

Dorothée, stepsister of Cendrillon

N/A

Jeremy White

Le Roi

N/A

Harry Nicoll

Le Doyen de la Faculté

N/A

Dawid Kimberg

Le Surintendant des plaisirs

N/A

John-Owen Miley-Read

Le Premier Ministre

N/A

Adrien Mastrosimone

Le Héraut