Overwrought and over-thought: Cendrillon

By Mark Valencia, 14 October 2018

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“There is something amiss when the ears dance but the eyes mourn.”

Reviewed at Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne on 13 October 2018

Massenet, Cendrillon

Glyndebourne Autumn

Duncan Ward, Conductor

Fiona Shaw, Director

Jon Bausor, Set Designer

Nicky Gillibrand, Costume Designer

Alix Le Saux, Cinderella

Agnes Zwierko, Mme de la Haltière

Éléonore Pancrazi, Prince Charming

Caroline Wettergreen, Fairy

Eduarda Melo, Noémie

Kezia Bienek, Dorothée

William Dazeley, Pandolfe

Anthony Osborne, Dean

Adam Marsden, King

Michael Wallace, Prime Minister

Romanas Kudriasovas, Superintendent of Fun

The Glyndebourne Chorus

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.

Overwrought and over-thought: Fiona Shaw directs Cendrillon for the Glyndebourne Tour