Cinderella - Glyndebourne Live

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Cendrillion is one of the great operatic fairytales

Glyndebourne Live Screening

Sweet-natured Cendrillon lives the life of a servant with her cruel stepmother, stepsisters and her downtrodden father Pandolfe.

Transformed for just one night, she captures the Prince’s heart at the royal ball. Will she find a way to escape domestic drudgery and reclaim her beloved? With a little help from her Fairy Godmother, she just might.

With its combination of enchanting love story and broad, burlesque comedy, Cendrillon is one of the great operatic fairytales – a Cinderella that looks back to Charles Perrault’s original story in all its richness and ambiguity. Massenet’s sensuous Belle Epoque fairytale is gilded with lavish orchestral textures and glittering vocal writing, drawing on everything from baroque dances to Wagner-inspired chromaticism to bring its story to colourful life, conjuring a world of infinite musical and emotional variety.

‘A SAVVY MODERN-DAY MAKEOVER’ THE TIMES

‘CINDERS GOES TO THE BALL IN FINE VOICE’ EVENING STANDARD

Tickets: £18 (£16)

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