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| Rossini's ''La Cenerentola'' was first performed in Rome in ]. | Rossini's ''La Cenerentola'' was first performed in Rome in ]. | ||
| Rossini composed ''La Cenerentola'' at age 25 in some three weeks, following the success of '']'' the year before. | Rossini composed ''La Cenerentola'' at age 25 in some three weeks, following the success of '']'' the year before. It is considered to have some of his finest writing for solo voice and ensembles. | ||
| It is considered to have some of his finest writing for solo voice and ensembles. | |||
| At the first performance, the opera was received by hostility, but it soon became popular throughout Italy and beyond; it reached London in 1820 and New York in 1826. Through most of the ], its popularity rivalled that of the ''Barber'', but as the ] ] became rare it fell slowly out of the repertoire. | At the first performance, the opera was received by hostility, but it soon became popular throughout Italy and beyond; it reached London in 1820 and New York in 1826. Through most of the ], its popularity rivalled that of the ''Barber'', but as the ] ] became rare it fell slowly out of the repertoire. | ||
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| There are a number of recordings of it, and it is regularly performed. | There are a number of recordings of it, and it is regularly performed. | ||
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==Characters== | ||
| * ''Cenerentola (Cinderella)'' - ] / ] | |||
| * ''Prince Ramiro'' - ] | |||
| * ''Dandini'' (valet to the Prince) - ] | |||
| * ''Alidoro'' (tutor to the Prince - in place of the Fairy Godmother) - baritone | |||
| * ''Don Magnifico'' (stepfather to Cenerentola) - ] | |||
| * ''Clorinda'' (Don Magnifico's older daughter) - ] | |||
| * ''Tisbe'' (Don Magnifico's younger daughter) - ] | |||
| * Courtiers from Prince Ramiro's palace | |||
| ==About the opera== | |||
| Angelina (Cenerentola) has a stepfather (Don Magnifico), and the traditional Fairy Godmother is replaced by Alidoro, who is a Philosopher and former Tutor to the Prince. Don Magnifico's spoilt and vain daughters are Clorina and Tisbe, who are very selfish and self-absorbed. | Angelina (Cenerentola) has a stepfather (Don Magnifico), and the traditional Fairy Godmother is replaced by Alidoro, who is a Philosopher and former Tutor to the Prince. Don Magnifico's spoilt and vain daughters are Clorina and Tisbe, who are very selfish and self-absorbed. | ||
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La Cenerentola is a comic opera by Gioacchino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacobo Ferretti based on the fairy tale Cinderella. Rossini's La Cenerentola was first performed in Rome in 1817.
Rossini composed La Cenerentola at age 25 in some three weeks, following the success of The Barber of Seville the year before. It is considered to have some of his finest writing for solo voice and ensembles.
At the first performance, the opera was received by hostility, but it soon became popular throughout Italy and beyond; it reached London in 1820 and New York in 1826. Through most of the 19th century, its popularity rivalled that of the Barber, but as the coloratura contralto became rare it fell slowly out of the repertoire. However, from the 1970s onward, as Rossini enjoyed a renaissance, a new generation of Rossini mezzo-sopranos such as Cecilia Bartoli, Ewa Podles, Jennifer Larmore, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Joyce di Donato, Bernadette Cullen and Ann Murray ensured the renewed popularity of the work.
La Cenerentola is part of the standard operatic repertoire. There are a number of recordings of it, and it is regularly performed.
Characters
- Cenerentola (Cinderella) - mezzo-soprano / contralto
- Prince Ramiro - tenor
- Dandini (valet to the Prince) - baritone
- Alidoro (tutor to the Prince - in place of the Fairy Godmother) - baritone
- Don Magnifico (stepfather to Cenerentola) - bass
- Clorinda (Don Magnifico's older daughter) - soprano
- Tisbe (Don Magnifico's younger daughter) - mezzo-soprano
- Courtiers from Prince Ramiro's palace
About the opera
Angelina (Cenerentola) has a stepfather (Don Magnifico), and the traditional Fairy Godmother is replaced by Alidoro, who is a Philosopher and former Tutor to the Prince. Don Magnifico's spoilt and vain daughters are Clorina and Tisbe, who are very selfish and self-absorbed. Prince Ramiro and his valet, Dandini, change places so that the Prince can find a bride who will love him for himself, and not for who he is. Matching bracelets replace the traditional glass slipper as the means by which the Prince finds Cenerentola.
The changes from the traditional fairy tale in La Cenerentola are because Rossini did not want magic to feature in his opera.
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