Cendrillon
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2011-07-05
Runtime: 147 mins
Director: Laurent Pelly, Olivier Simonnet
Writer: Henri Cain
Spoken language: Français
Genres: Music
Original title: Cendrillon
Production Companies: Virgin Records
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Cast
Alice Coote
Joyce DiDonato
Eglise Gutiérrez
Jean-Philippe Lafont
Ewa Podleś
Madeleine Pierard
Kai Rüütel
Jeremy White
Harry Nicoll
Dawid Kimberg
John-Owen Miley-Read
Adrien Mastrosimone
Bertrand de Billy
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