Cendrillon

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Royal Opera House, Covent GardenBow Street, Covent Garden, London, Greater London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Massenet, Jules (1842-1912)

Libretto by Henri Cain

Performers

The Royal Opera
Bertrand de Billy	Conductor
Laurent Pelly	Costume Designer
Barbara de Limburg	Set Designer
Joyce DiDonato	Mezzo-soprano	Cinderella
Alice Coote	Mezzo-soprano	Prince Charming
Eglise Gutiérrez	Soprano	Fairy
Ewa Podleś	Contralto	Mme de la Haltière
Jean-Philippe Lafont	Baritone	Pandolfe
Madeleine Pierard	Soprano	Noémie
Kai Rüütel-Pajula	Mezzo-soprano	Dorothée

Map

Laurent Pelly's story book Cendrillon

David Karlin, 12th July

I once heard a lecture by Gérard Mortier, then head of the Paris Opera, contrasting the twin operatic traditions starting from Monteverdi's serious and affecting dramma per musica and the lavish court entertainments of Lully. A couple of centuries on, there's no need to ask the side of the fence on which Massenet's Cendrillon falls.

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