La Cenerentola
E717566
La Cenerentola is an opera buffa by Gioachino Rossini that offers a comic, bel canto reimagining of the Cinderella fairy tale.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cinderella | 1 |
| Cinderella in Cinderella | 1 |
| La Cenerentola canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera buffa ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Charles Perrault’s Cendrillon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cinderella fairy tale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Rossini’s opera catalog, post-Barber of Seville ⓘ |
| character |
Alidoro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Angelina (La Cenerentola) NERFINISHED ⓘ Clorinda NERFINISHED ⓘ Dandini NERFINISHED ⓘ Don Magnifico NERFINISHED ⓘ Don Ramiro NERFINISHED ⓘ Tisbe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfPremiere | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Gioachino Rossini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfPremiere | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature |
replaces fairy godmother with philosopher Alidoro
ⓘ
uses bracelet instead of glass slipper ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceTheatre | Teatro Valle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Gio. Ricordi & C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
bel canto opera
ⓘ
opera buffa ⓘ |
| hasLibrettoForm | prose recitative with set pieces ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| librettist | Jacopo Ferretti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Italian bel canto tradition ⓘ |
| notableAria | “Non più mesta” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEnsemble | Finale of Act I ⓘ |
| notableRecording | multiple 20th-century studio recordings by major labels ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 2 ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | 1816–1817 ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1817-01-25 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Teatro Valle, Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 18th century-like milieu ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceDuration | about 2 hours 40 minutes ⓘ |
| voiceTypeOfRole |
Alidoro: bass
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Angelina: mezzo-soprano ⓘ Clorinda: soprano ⓘ Dandini: baritone ⓘ Don Magnifico: bass ⓘ Don Ramiro: tenor NERFINISHED ⓘ Tisbe: mezzo-soprano ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cinderella in Cinderella
this entity surface form:
Cinderella