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La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo is an operatic dramma giocoso by Gioacchino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the fairy tale Cinderella.
Rossini's La Cenerentola was first performed in Rome in 1817.
Rossini composed La Cenerentola when he was 25 years old, following the success of The Barber of Seville the year before. La Cenerentola, which he completed in a period of three weeks, is considered to have some of his finest writing for solo voice and ensembles.
At the first performance, the opera was received by hostility, but it soon became popular throughout Italy and beyond; it reached Lisbon in 1819[1], London in 1820 and New York in 1826. Through most of the 19th century, its popularity rivalled that of the Barber, but as the coloratura contralto became rare it fell slowly out of the repertoire. However, from the 1970s onward, as Rossini enjoyed a renaissance, a new generation of Rossini mezzo-sopranos such as Cecilia Bartoli, Ewa Podles, Jennifer Larmore, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Joyce di Donato, Frederica von Stade, Lucia Valentini Terrani, Susanne Marsee, Bernadette Cullen, Ann Murray and Vivica Genaux ensured the renewed popularity of the work.
There are changes from the traditional fairy tale in La Cenerentola because Rossini did not want magic to feature in his opera.
There are a number of recordings of the opera, and, as a staple of the standard operatic repertoire, it appears as number eleven on Opera America's list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America[1].
Prince Ramiro and his valet, Dandini, change places so that the Prince can find a bride who will love him for himself, and not for his social status. Matching bracelets replace the traditional glass slipper as the means by which the Prince finds Cenerentola. (It is of note, however, that editors of the G. Schirmer Cenerentola Italian/English vocal score added an alternate "glass slipper" recitative--in English only--as an option for performance.)
While Ramiro is disguised as a valet, Dandini (pretending to be the Prince) offers his "valet" as a marriage partner to whichever of the two sisters (Clorinda and Tisbe) he does not marry. Both sisters haughtily reject the offer of the "valet" (Ramiro) as husband, in terms which he later quotes back to them after he has resumed his proper position as Prince.
While Ramiro and Dandini are still pretending to be each other, Cenerentola tells the "Prince" (Dandini) that she is love with his "valet" (Ramiro).
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Rossini composed La Cenerentola when he was 25 years old, following the success of The Barber of Seville the year before. La Cenerentola, which he completed in a period of three weeks, is considered to have some of his finest writing for solo voice and ensembles.
At the first performance, the opera was received by hostility, but it soon became popular throughout Italy and beyond; it reached Lisbon in 1819[1], London in 1820 and New York in 1826. Through most of the 19th century, its popularity rivalled that of the Barber, but as the coloratura contralto became rare it fell slowly out of the repertoire. However, from the 1970s onward, as Rossini enjoyed a renaissance, a new generation of Rossini mezzo-sopranos such as Cecilia Bartoli, Ewa Podles, Jennifer Larmore, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Joyce di Donato, Frederica von Stade, Lucia Valentini Terrani, Susanne Marsee, Bernadette Cullen, Ann Murray and Vivica Genaux ensured the renewed popularity of the work.
There are changes from the traditional fairy tale in La Cenerentola because Rossini did not want magic to feature in his opera.
There are a number of recordings of the opera, and, as a staple of the standard operatic repertoire, it appears as number eleven on Opera America's list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America[1].
Roles
- Angelina - Cenerentola (Cinderella) - mezzo-soprano / contralto
- Prince Ramiro - tenor
- Dandini (valet to the Prince) - baritone
- Alidoro (philosopher and former tutor to the Prince) - bass
- Don Magnifico (stepfather to Cenerentola) - bass
- Clorinda (Don Magnifico's older daughter) - soprano
- Tisbe (Don Magnifico's younger daughter) - mezzo-soprano
- Courtiers from Prince Ramiro's palace
Synopsis
Angelina (Cenerentola) has a stepfather (Don Magnifico), and the traditional Fairy Godmother is replaced by Alidoro, who is a Philosopher and former Tutor to the Prince. Don Magnifico's spoilt and vain daughters are Clorinda and Tisbe, who are very selfish and self-absorbed.Prince Ramiro and his valet, Dandini, change places so that the Prince can find a bride who will love him for himself, and not for his social status. Matching bracelets replace the traditional glass slipper as the means by which the Prince finds Cenerentola. (It is of note, however, that editors of the G. Schirmer Cenerentola Italian/English vocal score added an alternate "glass slipper" recitative--in English only--as an option for performance.)
While Ramiro is disguised as a valet, Dandini (pretending to be the Prince) offers his "valet" as a marriage partner to whichever of the two sisters (Clorinda and Tisbe) he does not marry. Both sisters haughtily reject the offer of the "valet" (Ramiro) as husband, in terms which he later quotes back to them after he has resumed his proper position as Prince.
While Ramiro and Dandini are still pretending to be each other, Cenerentola tells the "Prince" (Dandini) that she is love with his "valet" (Ramiro).
Noted Arias
- "Miei rampolli femmininni" - Don Magnifico in Act I
- "Si, ritrovarla io giuro" - Prince Ramiro in Act II
- "Questo è un nodo avvilupato" - Ensemble in Act II
- "Nacqui all'affano...Non piu mesta" - Angelina in Act III
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Gioachino Antonio Rossini [1] (Pesaro, February 29, 1792 – Passy, November 13, 1868) was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music and chamber music.
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Jacopo Ferretti (16 July 1784 – 7 March 1852) was an Italian writer, poet and opera librettist. He is most famous for having supplied the libretti for two operas by Rossini and for five operas by Donizetti.
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