Cinderella (the Cenerentola)

La Cenerentola is a dramma giocoso by Gioacchino Rossini, loosely based on Charles Perreault's Cinderella . Librettist Jacopo Ferreti replaces magic with ingenuity and humor while retaining the universal theme of the triumph of goodness over arrogance. In this joyful drama, rife with misunderstandings and disguises, a ridiculous stepfather is substituted for the wicked stepmother and bracelets for glass slippers. To interpret the delightful chara...