Cendrillon

Massenet composed his opera about Cenerentola nearly 80 years after Rossini did his. And if you are looking for the outburst of the non-stop hilarity and the musical jokes of Rossini, you won't find it here. Also, while the Cendrillon was highly successful and popular in its time, it does not reach up to the artistic and musical levels offered by Massenet's other operas, like Manon, or Thais or Werther. Nevertheless, this is a delightful opera and it is well presented by The Royal Opera. Laurent Pelly created a ingenious setting with movable walls which are covered [in French] with the story of Cinderella, and which open and close book-like.

• Jules MassenetOriginal Music Composer
• Henri CainWriter
• Laurent PellyDirector
• Olivier SimonnetDirector

• Alice CooteLe Prince Charmant
• Joyce DiDonatoCendrillon / Lucette
• Eglise GutiérrezLa Fée
• Jean-Philippe LafontPandolfe, Cendrillon’s father
• Ewa PodleśMadame de la Haltière, stepmother of Cendrillon
• Madeleine PierardNoémie, stepsister of Cendrillon
• Kai RüütelDorothée, stepsister of Cendrillon
• Jeremy WhiteLe Roi
• Harry NicollLe Doyen de la Faculté
• Dawid KimbergLe Surintendant des plaisirs
• John-Owen Miley-ReadLe Premier Ministre
• Adrien MastrosimoneLe Héraut