A Joyce to Behold, with Princely Help: The Met’s Cenerentola

By Robert Levine, 23 April 2014

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“Winsome, sad, loving, forgiving, and overall, strong of character, her Cinderella is perfect”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 21 April 2014

Rossini, La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

Metropolitan Opera

Fabio Luisi, Conductor

Cesare Lievi, Director

Joyce DiDonato, Angelina (Cinderella)

Rachelle Durkin, Clorinda

Patricia Risley, Tisbe

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Pietro Spagnoli, Dandini, valet to Ramiro

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Luca Pisaroni, Alidoro

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Robert Levine

Robert T. Levine is a New York born-and-bred music writer with a particular interest in music for the voice. His work has appeared in many periodicals and newspapers. He is the author of many books, including The Story of the Orchestra, four volumes in the Black Dog & Leventhal Opera Library, and, most recently, Maria Callas: A Musical Biography.