Massenet composed his opera about Cenerentola nearly 80 years after Rossini did his. And if you are looking for the outburst of the non-stop hilarity and the musical jokes of Rossini, you won't find it here. Also, while the Cendrillon was highly successful and popular in its time, it does not reach up to the artistic and musical levels offered by Massenet's other operas, like Manon, or Thais or Werther. Nevertheless, this is a delightful opera and it is well presented by The Royal Opera. Laurent Pelly created a ingenious setting with movable walls which are covered [in French] with the story of Cinderella, and which open and close book-like.
New production. UK professional premiere May 21, 2015. Live from Glyndebourne.
Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur concerns a doomed love based on a real story about an actress i...
Final performance of the 1974 John Copley production. Live from ROH June 10 2015.
New peoduction, 2009. Filmed by the Royal Opera House in co-production with Opus Arte, June 13/17.
The French tale of a beautiful young woman destroyed by her conflicting needs for love and luxury.
A legend of mermaids, mere mortals, and sylvan glades. Be transported to a mystical world of water s...
Live from ROH 1985. Giordano's Andrea Chenier is one of the greatest of verismo operas, full of hear...
David McVicar's spectacular production of Charles Gounod’s Faust, featuring a divine cast of opera’s...
After the destruction of Troy, the Trojan warrior Énée sets out on a journey to found a new dynasty....
Rolando Villazón Triumphantly Returns To The Stage As Don Carlo In The 2007/2008 Royal Opera House'S...
A groundbreaking production of Verdi's masterpiece and its first video recording. Recorded live in F...
Nabucco - live performance by Helikon Opera Theatre of Moscow at the Opéra de Massy, Paris.