La Cenerentola

A fairy tale without magic - no magical tree on the mother's grave, no pumpkin carriage and no fitting of the glass slipper. Nevertheless, the core of the Cinderella fairy tale remains in Rossini's sparkling comedy, first performed in 1817: the idea that beautiful dresses only bring out the inner beauty that has long existed, while nasty stepsisters always remain what they are. And so, in the end, Angelina's "goodness of heart" triumphs over the perfidy of her own family, over calculation and reasons of state.

Comic opera in two acts
Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti

by Gioachino Rossini

1st part: approx. 1 h 40 min
Intermission: approx. 30 min
2nd part: approx. 1 h 5 min