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.
Genre: Music
Stars: Alice Coote, Joyce DiDonato, Eglise Gutiérrez, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Ewa Podleś, Madeleine Pierard
Crew: Charles Perrault (Original Story), Jules Massenet (Original Music Composer), Olivier Simonnet (Director), Henri Cain (Writer), Laurent Pelly (Director), Renato Balsadonna (Music Director)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: Français
Studio: Virgin Records
Runtime: 147 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 05, 2011
IMDb: 10
Keywords:opera live performance
