La Cenerentola

In the organizer's words:

Cinderella or the Triumph of Kindness / Comic opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini

Every day, Angelina longs for a better life. For in the house of the impoverished Baron Magnifico, where appearances must be kept up by all means, she is harassed by her tyrannical stepsisters. While they are to be dressed up and brought to a wealthy man, Angelina has to scrub the floor until one day Prince Ramiro becomes aware of the Cinderella. Can everything turn out well in the end?

In his last opera, Rossini succeeds in combining the high art of bel canto with the comedy of commedia dell'arte. With "La Cenerentola", he created a musical masterpiece which, between sparkling coloratura and effervescent parlandi, tells the touching story of a young woman who remains kind-hearted and conciliatory despite all the injustice she has experienced.