Adult Education Class
Monday, October 18, 2010 07:00 pmMinnesota Opera Center
Cinderella
Join guest speaker Daniel Freeman as he takes you through Rossini's setting of the immortal fairy tale Cinderella (known in Italian as La Cenerentola). The combination of a story well known to audience members even before their arrival in the opera house and the music of a composer who offers nothing but pleasures to his listeners has clearly stood the test of time since the opera first appeared in 1817. There may be no glass slipper and no fairy godmother in this version, but the tale of a virtuous girl oppressed by family members who succeeds in marrying the man of her dreams is as satisfying in Rossini's hands as in anyone else's. Amusing comic incidents and characterizations freshly introduced for his setting fully compensate for elements missing from more familiar versions.
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