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Cendrillon (Royal Opera House)
Sunday, Jan 22, at 3:00 PM and Wednesday, Jan 25, at 7:00 PM

For the first time ever, The Royal Opera presents the story of Cinderella as told in Massenet’s opera Cendrillon. The production, new to the Royal Opera House, is by Laurent Pelly, whose previous work here has included the spectacularly successful La Fille du régiment, a heart-warming L’elisir d’amore and last Season’s stylish new Manon. Pelly brings his characteristic lightness of touch, wit and elegance to Massenet’s delightfully tuneful score against sets and costumes of fairytale charm. Joyce DiDonato takes the title role, with Alice Coote – just like the Principal Boy familiar from British pantomime – as her Prince Charming. And there has of course to be a fairy godmother, played by Eglise Guttiérez, in this version of a tale that gained particular popularity from the published fairytales of Frenchman Charles Perrault. Musical highlights include the fairy godmother’s airy coloratura, the orchestral dances of the ball, the March of the Princesses, and of course rapturous duets between the Prince and Cendrillon. French music specialist Bertrand de Billy is the conductor for an opera of radiance and charm.

Sleeping Beauty (music by Tchaikovsky): Performed by Bolshoi Ballet
        Presented Sun., Feb. 5, at 3 p.m. and Tue., Feb. 7, at 7 p.m.

La Esmeralda (music by Pugni): Performed by Bolshoi Ballet
        Presented Sun., Feb. 19, at 3 p.m. and Tues., Feb. 21, at 7 p.m.

Don Giovanni (Mozart): Performed at La Scala
        Presented Sun., Mar. 4, at 3 p.m. and Tue., Mar. 6, at 7 p.m

La Corsaire: Performed by Bolshoi Ballet
        Presented Sun., Mar. 18, at 3 p.m. and Tue., Mar. 20, at 7 p.m.

Il Trittico (Puccini): Performed at the Royal Opera House
        Presented Sun., Apr. 1, at 3 p.m. and Tue., Apr. 3, at 7 p.m

Romeo and Juliet (music by Prokofiev): Performed by the Royal Ballet
        Presented Sun., Apr. 15, at 3 p.m. and Tue., Apr. 17, at 7 p.m.

La Boheme (Puccini): Performed at Gran Teatre del Liceu
        Presented Sun., Apr. 29, at 3 p.m. and Tue., May. 1, at 7 p.m.