Cinderella

or, Goodness Triumphant

(La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo)

A Comic Opera (dramma giocoso) in Two Acts

by Gioachino Rossini

Italian libretto by Jacopo Ferretti
after Charles Perrault’s tale Cendrillon (1697), G.-G.Étienne’s libretto Cendrillon (1810), and F. Fiorini’s libretto Agatina (1814)

English translation / libretto by Paul Csonka & Ariane Theslöf

Performed at The Haslemere Hall, July & December 1999

Cast

Angelina (“Cinderella”)	mezzo/contralto	Janet Murphy
Don Ramiro, Prince of Salerno	tenor	Arwel Treharne Morgan
Dandini, his servant	baritone	Philip O’Brien
Alidoro, philosopher & tutor of Don Ramiro	bass	James Gower
Don Magnifico, Angelina&’s step-father	bass	Carl Gombrich
Clorinda, Don M’s daughter	soprano	Cara McHardy
Tisbe, Don M’s daughter	mezzo	Alexandra Fearon

Opera South Chorus

John Braithwaite, Tim Frost, Ian Greenep, Fergus Llewellyn, Brockie Mytton, Tim Macer, Alan Taylor

Flunkies: Tony Griffin, Jim Fairhurst

The Zephirus Wind Quintet (augmented):

Matilda Tullberg	flute/piccolo
Salima Wazir	oboe
Melanie van Aurich	clarinet
Jenni Cooper	bassoon
Nicholas Leech	horn
Jonathan Moss	double bass
Nigel Foster	harpsichord

Conductor: David Macdonald
Director: Björg Árnadóttir (Assistants Adam Forde, Jenny Hill)
Set Design: Ross Trent
Wardrobe Design: Aly O’Neil
Make-up:Judith Forde, Esther Jones
Lighting Design: Francesca Gilpin & Bruce Williams
Stage Manager: Adam Forde