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La Cenerentola

Preestrena fins a 28

December, 7th 2020 · 7.00pm
Sala Principal
10€
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LA CENERENTOLA

Gioachino Rossini

Dramma giocoso in two acts

Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti

based upon Charles Perrault’s fairy tale

Cendrillon


This folk tale of an oppressed heroine and her supernatural saviours has appeared in many forms and cultures over history. So it is hardly important that Jacopo Ferretti should revive Perrault’s story for Rossini by changing the stepmother for a mean and absent-minded father, the witch for a philosopher who is tutor to the prince and the lost shoe for a bracelet. Everything changes and everything remains the same: Cinderella will see her life changed and the prince will change his with her. Life goes on; not by magic, but philosophy.

La Cenerentola - De Nationale Opera © BAUS MB80578 web 3x2

Creative Team

Conductor
Carlo Rizzi
Stage Director and Costume Designer
Laurent Pelly
Set Designer
Chantal Thomas
Associated Costume Designer
Jean-Jacques Delmotte
Lighting Designer
Duane Schuler

Cast

Don Ramiro
Lawrence Brownlee
Dandini
Carles Pachón
Don Magnifico
Carlos Chausson
Clorinda
Larisa Stefan++
Tisbe
Evgeniya Khomutova++
Angelina
Anna Goryachova
Alidoro
Riccardo Fassi
Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
Chorus master Francesc Perales
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
++Centre de Perfeccionament

A Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía new production, in co-production with Dutch National Opera and Grand Théâtre de Genève

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Synopsis

Prince Ramiro is looking for a beautiful and virtuous wife. Disguised as a servant, he arrives at the house of Magnifico, where he meets the vain daughters Clorinda and Tisbe and their half-sister Cenerentola, a young and big-hearted girl who is forced to work as a servant for the family. Helped by Alidoro, Ramiro’s tutor, Cenerentola goes to the Prince’s ball incognito. Disguised as the Prince, Dandini is courted by the two stepsisters, while Cenerentola wins the heart of the real Prince. On leaving the party, she says goodbye to him, giving him one of a matching pair of bracelets, with the hope he recognises her humble station but still truly loves her. In the end, Ramiro discovers that the girl who is a servant in Magnifico’s house is Cenerentola and marries her.
SYNOPSIS PLOT

ACT I

Prince Ramiro organises a ball where he will choose his future wife from among the attendees. Alidoro, a philosopher and the Prince’s tutor goes to Baron Magnifico’s mansion disguised as a beggar. He tries to get into the house to find out if any of Baron Magnifico’s daughters fits the description of a kind-hearted, upright girl that he wants for Don Ramiro. He knocks on the door to ask for alms. He finds himself before Clorinda and Tisbe, Don Magnifico’s daughters, who are two idle girls who spend the day looking at themselves in the mirror and preening themselves in their hunt for a rich husband, while Angelina, the Baron’s stepdaughter, also called Cenerentola (Cinderella), works endlessly for her family as if she were a maid. She is the only one who deigns to offer him some coffee and bread.

A royal cortege arrives to invite the family to the ball. The Prince, disguised as a servant, watching the behaviour of Clorinda and Tisbe. When he suddenly sees Cenerentola, they fall in love at first sight. Dandini, Don Ramiro’s waiter, who is disguised as the Prince, goes to the Baron’s mansion to meet his daughters personally. Cenerentola wants to go to the ball but the Baron says she is just the maid. They all leave with Dandini, except Cenerentola. Alidoro comforts her and invites her to the ball. The only thing she has to do is conceal her identity.

Don Ramiro’s Palace. Dandini, still pretending to be the Prince, receives the guests. Tisbe and Clorinda flirt with him. A mysterious lady concealed by a veil arrives. When she reveals her face, Don Magnifico and his daughters do not take long to notice a certain similarity to Cenerentola. Dandini calls for dinner and that he will choose his wife after the dance.

ACT II

The mysterious lady has captivated everyone during the dinner. Dandini tries to court Cenerentola. She discreetly rejects him and confesses that she is really in love with his servant. Don Ramiro, who is nearby and listening, is moved when he hears her words and moves over to her. But Cenerentola has to leave. Before doing so, she leaves him a bracelet, matching the one she is wearing on her right arm. He will have to find her and, if he still loves her when he sees her in tatters and rags, dirty from soot, she will be his. Dandini bids all the guests farewell and he tells Don Magnifico that he is not really the prince, but just a simple servant. Don Magnifico, who is infuriated to be the victim of this joke, leaves followed by his daughters. Once in their Mansion, they find Cenerentola by the fireplace, wearing her usual clothes.

Outside the house, in the middle of a storm, a carriage topples over. The passengers knock on the door to ask for help. It is Don Dandini and Don Ramiro. The Baron bends over backwards for Don Ramiro. He asks Cenerentola to bring a chair for the Prince. When she offers Dandini the chair, Don Magnifico tells her the prince is the other one, the one she thinks is the servant. The girl blushes. Don Ramiro sees the bracelet that Cenerentola is wearing on her arm and is overwhelmed by joy to see that she is the young lady he was looking for. Don Ramiro asks Cenerentola to marry him and warns Don Magnifico that he will be punished for having been cruel to the young girl. In spite of everything, she begs the Prince to pardon her family, and the wedding happily takes place.
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