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Cinderella
(La Cenerentola)

Music by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Jacobo Ferretti
First Performance at the Teatro Valle, Rome, Italy, January 25, 1817


The Articles
Opera in Rossini's Italy
Bel Canto
Fairy Tales
Versions of the Cinderella Story
Bibliography

The Cast
(In order of appearance)
Clorinda, Cinderella's stepsister, soprano
Tisbe, the other stepsister, mezzo
Angelina (Cinderella), mezzo
Alidoro, the Prince's tutor, bass
Don Magnifico, Baron of Montefiascone, Cinderella's stepfather, bass-baritone
Don Ramiro, Prince of Salerno, tenor
Dandini, his valet, bass-baritone
Courtiers, ladies, servants

Revised December 2005
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