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Cinderella | The Royal Opera House

Cinderella | The Royal Opera House

(Cinderella | The Royal Opera House), Laurent Pelly / GB, 2012
in French with English subtitles, 139 min

For the first time ever, The Royal Opera presents the story of Cinderella as told in Massenet’s opera Cendrillon. ThIs new Royal Opera production is by Laurent Pelly, whose previous work here has included the spectacularly successful La Fille du régiment, a heart-warming L’elisir d’amore and last Season’s stylish new Manon. Pelly brings his characteristic lightness of touch, wit and elegance to Massenet’s delightfully tuneful score against sets and costumes of fairytale charm. Joyce DiDonato takes the title role, with Alice Coote – just like the Principal Boy familiar from British pantomime – as her Prince Charming. Musical highlights include the fairy godmother’s airy coloratura, the orchestral dances of the ball, the March of the Princesses, and of course rapturous duets between the Prince and Cendrillon. French music specialist Bertrand de Billy is the conductor for an opera of radiance and charm.

Sung in French with subtitles

Opera in four acts

Acts 1 & 2: 73’
Acts 3 & 4: 66’


MUSIC
Jules Massenet

LIBRETTO
Henri Cain after Charles Perrault’s fairy tale

PRODUCTION
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy
Stage Director: Laurent Pelly
Set Designs: Barbara de Limburg
Costume Designs: Laurent Pelly and Jean Jacques Delmotte


CAST
Cendrillon: Joyce DiDonato
Prince Charming: Alice Coote
Fairy Godmother: Eglise Guttiérez

Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House