Cenerentolina
Gioachino Rossini
Based on the production at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
Opera for children based on La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini.
Infos
Colmar
Théâtre municipal de Colmar
Mulhouse
La Sinne
Strasbourg
Opéra, Salle Ponnelle
Total duration: 50 min. without an interval.
From aged 6.
Cast
Concept, staging, decor and costumes Sandra Pocceschi, Giacomo Strada Music adaptation and preparation Nicolas Chesneau Musical dramaturg Sandra Pocceschi Adaptation of the libretto Sabryna Pierre Opéra Studio de l’Opéra national du Rhin Musiciens de la HEAR HEAR
Artists
Cenerentola Brenda Poupard Clorinda, Stepsister Floriane Derthe Prince Ramiro Iannis Gaussin Don Magnifico Andrei Maksimov
Presentation
Being the king’s son isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, as Prince Ramiro learns the hard way. It’s the night of the grand ball arranged by his father to find his son a wife, but the prince wants to be loved for who he is, not what he possesses. To test his suitors, he dresses as his valet and goes to Don Magnifico’s castle where he is rudely received. There he meets Magnifico’s daughter, the vain Clorinda, and her stepdaughter Angelina who is forced to be the maid in her own home. Covered in soot, she is known by her family as Cenerentolina, but beneath this layer of ash beats a pure and innocent heart desperate to be loved. Inspired by Rossini’s Italian Cenerentola, here comes Cenerentolina, with the same Rossini spirit but condensed and set to French lyrics for a French audience without subtitles. In this production aimed at a younger audience, directors Sandra Pocceschi and Giacomo Strada borrow the iconic elements of the Cinderella fairy-tale as told by Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm and Walt Disney—the pumpkin, the clock that strikes twelve, the glass slipper—and ingeniously flip them on their head. Pure enchantment from beginning to end!
