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Music:Gioacchino Rossini.Lyrics:Giacomo Ferretti after Charles Perraults "The Fairy Tales of Cinderella" (1697)
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First performance at Teatro della Valle in Rome at the 25 of January 1817.Attended the performance at The Royal Danish Opera-House in Copenhagen during the season 2004
| Role | Voicetype |
|---|---|
| Cinderella | mezzosoprano |
| Don Ramiro | tenor |
| Dandini | baritone |
| Don Magnificio | bass |
| Clorinda | soprano |
| Tisbe | mezzosoprano |
| Alidoro | bass |
Two conceited sisters, Clorinda and Tisbe, are enjoying their breakfast. As their half-sister, Cinderella, is serving them she sings her favourite song abaout a king who marries a kind-hearted young girl. Prince Ramiro´s advisor, Alidoro, appears disguised as a beggar. Cinderella gives him something to eat but the sisters ignore him completely. A message arrives announcing a ball soon to be held by the Prince where he will choose the most beautiful girl to become his wife. Greatly excited the sisters force Cinderella to assist them in making themselves ready for the ball at the palace.
The uproar wakes their father, Don Magnifico, out of a wonderful dream and makes him furious. Prince Ramiro arrives after first having exchanged clothes with his own servant. Cinderella tells the counterfeit servant of the life of neglect she has led in her own mother´s house. She tells him that her widowed mother married Don Magnifico and they got Clorina end Tisbe. The sisters impatiently calls on Cinderella and she has to leave the prince.
Ramiros servant, Dandini, makes a grand entrance and presents himself as the Prince. He immediately proceeds to charm Clorinda and Tisbe who leave in haste for the ball too, but he brushes her aside.When Alidoro presents himself wita a document stating that there are three sisters in the house he explains that, alas, the third girl has unfortunately died - and he departs for the castle. Cinderella is left alone but Alidoro assures her that her lot will soon improve. At the palace the father and both daughters make fools of themselves; Don Magnifico drinks himself into a stupor and Clorinda and Tisbe are both pompous and disagreeable. Everyone is greatly surprise, however, when a mysterious beaty with a remarkable resemblance to Cinderella appears.
Don Magnifico is extremely eager that Prince Ramiro should choose one of his daughers to become his wife. His financial situation is disastrous; he has wasted all of the money left to him by Cinderella´s mother. Clorinda and Tisbe are convinced that the prince will choose one of them. Dandini, still disguised as the Prince, pays court to the mysterious beaty whorepaulses is advances. She declares that she loves his servant. Overjoyed, Prince Ramiro asks her for her hand in marriage - but she feels that he must get to know her better before she can accept. She invites him to found out where she lives, and leaves one of her bracelets as a pledge before she disappears. Don Magnifico tries to get Dandini, the false prince, to reveal who he has chosen for his bride - Clorinda or Tisbe. Don Magnifico is shocked when Dandini instead reveals his true indentity.
Cinderella has once more dawned her shabby clothing and sings a song while standing by the fireplace. Now Don Magnifico and the two sisters treat her even more cruelly than before. A storm breaks and the Prince and his servant enter in their true guises. Total confucion reigns. It worsens when Ramiro sees the matching bracelet on Cinderellas wrist. This is his true bride-to-be. The rest of the family falls into disfavour. Cinderella forgives Don Magnifico, Clorinda and Tisbe. Her triumph in love is vengeance enough.
The Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen, season 2004-2005
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