Cendrillon - Royal Oper House

Cendrillon - Royal Oper House — Plot

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.

• Release date
• July 5, 2011
• Runtime
• 147 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• Olivier Simonnet

Cendrillon - Royal Oper House — Cast

Joyce DiDonato Cendrillon / Lucette

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Eglise Gutiérrez La Fée Alice Coote Le Prince Charmant Ewa Podleś Madame de la Haltière, stepmother of Cendrillon Jean-Philippe Lafont Pandolfe, Cendrillon’s father

M

Madeleine Pierard Noémie, stepsister of Cendrillon Kai Rüütel Dorothée, stepsister of Cendrillon

J

Jeremy White Le Roi