Cinderella – Gioacchino Rossini

Dramma giocoso in two acts (1817)

After Cinderella by Charles Perrault

Duration : 3h10 with 1 interval

Language : Italian

Surtitle : French / English

Once upon a time, there was... the story of Cinderella. But a Cinderella without fairies, pumpkins or glass slippers. Gioacchino Rossini’s opera, based on a libretto by Jacopo Ferretti, is a far cry from Charles Perrault’s version!

Although stripped of supernatural elements, this work, created in 1817 for the Carnival of Rome, nonetheless delivers its store of magic. That of a sparkling score with irresistible tunes that Rossini composed in just 24 days, topping off this tour de force with a blend of virtuoso comedy and tender melancholy.

Director Guillaume Gallienne places the characters on the edge of a volcano ready to erupt, delicately underlining the halftones of this multi-faceted score.