She's a fairytale heroine who has had many different names, including Cendrillon, Cenerentola, Ashenputtel — and Cinderella. Whatever she's called, almost everyone knows her story. She's the innocent ...

CHICAGO—Few operas end without tragedy and death, and still fewer end happily. And of those, still fewer have you in stitches throughout and laughing as you leave the opera house. But such is the case ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Cinderella” is a barnstormer of a title — enough to make a dent in the age of the average operagoer — but there is no fairy ...

Emily Trigle as Tisbe, Alissa Goretsky as Clorinda and Isabel Leonard as Angelina/Cinderella in HGO's Cinderella. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane In the world of opera (as in any art), each composer has a ...

In Rossini’s Cinderella, the prince (with the short, somewhat stocky stature of a tenor) is most likely not the man that girls dream about. The mice (or in this case, large rats) are not cute and ...

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2013 file photo Margarita Gritskova in the role of Tisbe, Tara Erraught as Angelina, Alessandro Corbelli as Don Magnifico and Valentina Nafornita as Clorinde, from left, ...

In the opera's final scene, Cinderella (mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich) is left to decide the fate of her abusive family. She forgives them, then sings the spectacular aria 'Non piu mesta' — 'No longer ...

Who says that Cinderella needs a pair of glass slippers? In 1817, when Gioachino Rossini penned an opera drawn from the fairy tale, the Italian composer did not include the heroine’s famous footwear.

Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin ★★★★★ The latest production from Irish National Opera is advertised as Rossini/Cinderella/La Cenerentola, starring Tara Erraught. It's a wonderful vehicle for a starry ...

FSU Opera presents Gioachino Rossini’s telling of the classic Cinderella story. FSU Opera presents Gioachino Rossini’s telling of the classic Cinderella story. In Rossini’s version, the wicked ...

Premiering in 1817, the story is simple: A young woman is denigrated by her own family but ultimately exalted by a prince who sees her true value. Rossini’s operatic version of the Cinderella tale is ...