La Cenerentola | Don Ramiro

The young Angelina, called Cenerentola, lives with her moody stepfather and her two mean stepsisters, who try everything to make her life hell and only strive for wealth and social attention. When the prince, dressed as his own servant, comes into her life, an emotional story about true love and the potential of the individual itself evolves.

Then, one night, at a glamorous ball and following a magical transformation, Cenerentola changes into a person who outshines everything and everyone and mesmerizes the prince. The rest of the story is marked by humorous complications and surprising changes, while both try to reveal their true identity and question social norms…

It is hard to believe that this masterpiece of the opera buffa by Gioachino Rossini, based on one of the oldest and most famous fairytales, Cinderella, was booed at its world premiere in 1817. The British director Amy Lane, once assistant of Keith Warner in Umberto Giordano’s Andrea Chénier on the Seebühne and today known for her creative productions, breathes new life into the traditional story. Musical director is the successful conductor Kaapo Ijas.

A production of the Opera Studio of the Bregenzer Festspiele with kind support of the international singing competition NEUE STIMMEN held by the Liz Mohn Stiftung