La Cenerentola

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La Cenerentola is an opera buffa by Gioachino Rossini that offers a comic, bel canto reimagining of the Cinderella fairy tale.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera buffa
basedOn Charles Perrault’s Cendrillon
Cinderella fairy tale
catalogueNumber Rossini’s opera catalog, post-Barber of Seville
character Alidoro
Angelina (La Cenerentola)
linked to: La Cenerentola

Clorinda
Dandini
Don Magnifico
Don Ramiro
linked to: Ramiro

Tisbe
cityOfPremiere Rome
composer Gioachino Rossini
countryOfPremiere Italy
distinguishingFeature replaces fairy godmother with philosopher Alidoro
uses bracelet instead of glass slipper
firstPerformanceTheatre Teatro Valle
firstPublisher Gio. Ricordi & C.
linked to: G. Ricordi & C.
genre bel canto opera
opera buffa
hasLibrettoForm prose recitative with set pieces
language Italian
librettist Jacopo Ferretti
movement Italian bel canto tradition
notableAria “Non più mesta”
linked to: Non più mesta
notableEnsemble Finale of Act I
notableRecording multiple 20th-century studio recordings by major labels
numberOfActs 2
originalTitle La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo
periodOfComposition 1816–1817
premiereDate 1817-01-25
premierePlace Teatro Valle, Rome
reception initially mixed critical response
later became part of standard operatic repertoire
setting A fictional Italian principality
structure recitatives and closed numbers
style bel canto
subjectMatter moral triumph of goodness over vanity and cruelty
subtitle La bontà in trionfo
timePeriodOfSetting 18th century-like milieu
typicalPerformanceDuration about 2 hours 40 minutes
voiceTypeOfRole Alidoro: bass
Angelina: mezzo-soprano
Clorinda: soprano
Dandini: baritone
Don Magnifico: bass
Don Ramiro: tenor
Tisbe: mezzo-soprano

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Gioachino Rossini notableWork La Cenerentola
Svetlana Zakharova hasRole Cinderella in Cinderella
linked to: La Cenerentola
Ekaterina Maximova notableWork Cinderella
linked to: La Cenerentola
La Cenerentola character Angelina (La Cenerentola)
linked to: La Cenerentola
Jacopo Ferretti notableWork La Cenerentola
Jacopo Ferretti wroteLibrettoFor La Cenerentola
La bontà in trionfo subtitleOf La Cenerentola
La bontà in trionfo hasWorkAsMainTitle La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo
linked to: La Cenerentola
Angelina nameInOpera La Cenerentola
Angelina appearsIn La Cenerentola
Dandini appearsIn La Cenerentola
Dandini createdForWork La Cenerentola
Don Magnifico appearsIn La Cenerentola
Don Magnifico fictionalUniverse La Cenerentola
Non più mesta partOfWork La Cenerentola
Non più mesta associatedWith La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo
linked to: La Cenerentola
Tisbe appearsIn La Cenerentola
Tisbe appearsInAct Act II of La Cenerentola
linked to: La Cenerentola
Alidoro appearsIn La Cenerentola
Alidoro operaBy La Cenerentola