Cendrillon

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 5, 2011

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

Virgin Records

Cast

Jean-Philippe Lafont,Ewa Podleś,Adrien Mastrosimone,Dawid Kimberg,Joyce DiDonato,Alice Coote,Bertrand de Billy,Madeleine Pierard,Jeremy White,John-Owen Miley-Readand 3 more

Director

Olivier Simonnet,Laurent Pelly

Writer

Henri Cain,Charles Perrault

Music

Jules Massenet

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt2651580