
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.

as Le Prince Charmant

as Cendrillon / Lucette

as La Fée

as Pandolfe, Cendrillon’s father

as Madame de la Haltière, stepmother of Cendrillon

as Noémie, stepsister of Cendrillon

as Dorothée, stepsister of Cendrillon

as Le Roi

as Le Doyen de la Faculté

as Le Surintendant des plaisirs

as Le Premier Ministre

as Le Héraut

as Self - Conductor