[Met Performance] CID:330072
Metropolitan Opera Premiere
La Cenerentola {1} Metropolitan Opera House: 10/16/1997.
(Debuts: Alessandro Corbelli, Cesare Lievi, Maurizio Balò, Gigi Saccomandi, Daniela Schiavone)
Metropolitan Opera House
October 16, 1997
Metropolitan Opera Premiere
LA CENERENTOLA {1}
Rossini-Ferretti
Angelina................Cecilia Bartoli
Prince Ramiro...........Ramón Vargas
Dandini.................Alessandro Corbelli [Debut]
Don Magnifico...........Simone Alaimo
Clorinda................Joyce Guyer
Tisbe...................Wendy White
Alidoro.................Michele Pertusi
Conductor...............James Levine
Recitative Accompanist: Kevin Murphy
Production..............Cesare Lievi [Debut]
Designer................Maurizio Balò [Debut]
Lighting designer.......Gigi Saccomandi [Debut]
Choreographer...........Daniela Schiavone [Debut]
La Cenerentola received twelve performances this season.
Production a gift of Alberto W. Vilar
[Although this was the Metropolitan Opera premiere of La Cenerentola, Rossini's opera had been presented fifty-six times by the Metropolitan Opera National Company during its initial season, including six performances at the New York State Theater. The National Company production premiere was on 9/24/1965.]
[Alternate title: Cinderella.]