La Cenerentola, ossia La bont in trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the fairy tale Cendrillon by Charles Perrault. The opera was first performed in Rome's Teatro Valle on 25 January 1817.
Librettist | Jacopo Ferretti (Based on the fairy tale "Cendrillon" by Charles Perrault) |
Date of composition | 1817 (1816-1817) |
Premiered | 1817, January 28th in Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy |
Type | Dramma Giocoso |
Approx. duration | 150 minutes |
Spoken language | Italian |
Instruments |
Voice (Tenor)
- Don Ramiro, principe di Salerno (Prince Ramiro)
Voice (Bass) - Dandini, cameriere di Don Ramiro (valet to the Prince) Voice (Bass) - Don Magnifico, barone di Montefiascone, padre di Tisbe, Clorinda i Angelina (Cenerentola's stepfather) Voice (Soprano) - Clorinda (Don Magnifico's older daughter) Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Tisbe (Don Magnifico's younger daughter) Voice (Soprano) - Angelina, sotto il nome di Cenerentola, figliastra di Don Magnifico Voice (Bass) - Alidoro, filosofo, maestro di Don Ramiro (philosopher and the Prince's former tutor) Orchestra Male Chorus - Coro di cortigiani del Principe (Courtiers from Prince Ramiro's palace) Silent Role - Dame |
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Autotranslations beta |
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