La Cenerentola in Edinburgh: comic direction to savour

By David Karlin, 25 August 2018

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“we see Rossini literally conjuring up the action out of thin air with strokes of his quill pen”

Reviewed at Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh on 24 August 2018

Rossini, La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

Opéra de Lyon

Stefano Montanari, Conductor

Stefan Herheim, Director

Daniel Unger, Set Designer

Esther Bialas, Costume Designer

Michèle Losier, Angelina (Cinderella)

Taylor Stayton, Don Ramiro

Nikolay Borchev, Dandini, valet to Ramiro

Renato Girolami, Don Magnifico

Clara Meloni, Clorinda

Katherine Aitken, Tisbe

Simone Alberghini, Alidoro

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Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

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