Nostalgia for the Italian Fifties: The Vienna Staatsoper's La Cenerentola

By Snapdragon, 18 February 2013

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 14 February 2013

Rossini, La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

Vienna State Opera

Jesús López-Cobos, Conductor

Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director

Dmitry Korchak, Don Ramiro

Vito Priante, Dandini, valet to Ramiro

Alessandro Corbelli, Don Magnifico

Tara Erraught, Angelina (Cinderella)

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Alidoro

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Valentina Naforniţă, Clorinda

Margarita Gritskova, Tisbe

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon is an experienced concert- and opera-goer in Vienna and other music metropoles. Musical emphases include opera (especially Baroque opera) and piano music. As an Austrian native, Snapdragon can’t resist an operetta every now and then.