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La Cenerentola (Not Cinderella) at Seattle Opera

Wallis Giunta (Cinderella) and Matthew Grills (Don Ramiro). Sunny Martini photo c/o Seattle Opera

Few opera composers are as well-loved (especially at my house) as Rossini, and everyone loves a fairy tale. Rossini’s opera is actually named La Cenerentola, which is a mouthful. If it’s easier, he also called it Goodness Triumphant. But it’s a good idea to use one of these names rather than the more familiar one, because Rossini’s Cinderella is not Disney’s Cinderella. And the “long ago in a land far away” of Seattle Opera’s Cenerentola is Dickensian London.

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Getting Giddy at Seattle Opera’s Cinderella

Cenerentola opera bookletAge ain’t nothing but a number, and even numbers appear to be relative. My awareness of this concept most acute when I’m writing about music. Like the recent performance of La Cenerentola at Seattle Opera. Read More