Cinderella wears Prada: a fashionable La Cenerentola at Bad Wildbad

Emmanuel Franco (Dandini)

Polina Anikina (Angelina) and Patrick Kabongo (Don Ramiro)

Filippo Morace (Don Magnifico) and Polina Anikina (Angelina)

By Dominic Lowe, 27 July 2025

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“a sense of ensemble and heart anchored the production”

Reviewed at Königliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad on 25 July 2025

Rossini, La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

José Miguel Pérez-Sierra, Conductor

Jochen Schönleber, Director, Set Designer, Lighting Designer

Claudia Möbius, Costume Designer

Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra

Krakow Philharmonic Choir

Polina Anikina, Angelina (Cinderella)

Patrick Kabongo, Don Ramiro

Emmanuel Franco, Dandini, valet to Ramiro

Filippo Morace, Don Magnifico

Ellada Koller, Clorinda

Verena Kronbichler, Tisbe

Doğukan Özkan, Alidoro

Lauter glückliche Schicksalsschläge

Christoph Wurzel, 19th July

Mitten im Schwarzwald weilte einmal Rossini zur Kur. Heute werden dort alljährlich bei einem Sommerfestival seine Opern gespielt; in diesem Jahr unter Anderen seinen Jugend-Geniestreich L’inganno felice in einer vor allem musikalisch überzeugenden Aufführung.

***11

The triumph of virtue: Rossini’s Cenerentola in Brisbane

Sandra Bowdler, 29th April

Margarita Gritskova leads a fine ensemble performance of Rossini’s most under-appreciated opera by Opera Queensland.

****1

Grigolo shines in a mixed new Roméo et Juliette at the Opera di Roma

Pia Maltri, 28th April

With its 1940s setting, Luca Del Fusco’s direction alienates in a new production of Gounod's Shakespeare-inspired opera.

***11

Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 26th April

The Italian director makes his long-awaited Italian operatic debut at the Teatro alla Scala in a production which perfectly mirrors Debussy’s most enigmatic creation.

****1

Chiaroscuro extinguished: a self-indulgent Poppea in Copenhagen

Mengguang Huang, 26th April

Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom.

**111

Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

John Gilks, 25th April

Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.

*****

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.