Claudio Desderi

The Prince, Don Ramiro (who has changed places with his valet, Dandini), meets Cenerentola and they are instantly attracted to each other. When the Philosopher, Alidoro, later takes Cenerentola (dressed in magnificent clothing) to the palace, Dandini (still posing as the prince) tries to talk of love to her, but Cenerentola rejects him, saying that she is in love with his 'valet'. Ramiro, who has overheard this comment, is overjoyed, and immediately proposes to her, but Cenerentola says that he must first seek her out and then, if he still felt the same way, she would marry him. She gives him one of a matching pairs of bracelets, telling him to look for its companion on her right arm (she then leaves the palace). Ramiro ends the masquerade, and he and Dandini resume their true identities. The Prince then sets out on his quest - little realising that destiny, in the form of a violent thunderstorm, is about to take a hand in the affair.

L'intrigue se déroule au XVIIIe siècle dans la baie de Naples. Profondément convaincu de l'infidélité des femmes, le cynique Don Alfonso provoque ses jeunes amis Ferrando et Guglielmo en mettant en doute la constance de leurs fiancées, les sœurs Dorabella et Fiordiligi.

Don Pasquale, vieux barbon célibataire, décide de se marier pour contrarier les plans de son neveu Ernesto. Mais Ernesto, avec l'aide du Docteur Malatesta, s'emploie à prendre Don Pasquale dans les filets du piège qu'il a lui‑même conçu : c'est à Norina, sa promise, qu'il confie le rôle de la future épouse.

Live from Teatro alla Scala 1987.

La Cenerentola is Gioachino Rossini's version of the popular Cinderella story, an exciting mixture of comedy, pathos, coloratura fireworks and masquerade. This Glyndebourne production by John Cox captures perfectly the fairy-tale spirit of the piece, matched by Allen Charles Klein's imaginative scenery, distorted like three-dimensional cut-outs in an old-fashioned story book.

Live from Glyndebourne 1981