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La Gatta Cenerentola is a 1976 three-act musical, in Neapolitan language, adapted by Roberto De Simone from the sixth fable (Cinderella) of Giambattista Basile 's Pentamerone. It debuted in Naples and later premiered in the United States (1985) and Great Britain (1988). De Simone sought to express the dreaminess of southern Italian popular culture.
La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo ("Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant") is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini.
La Cenerentola, ossia la Bontà in Trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant) premieres on January 25 at the Teatro Valle. History repeats itself: As with Il Barbiere di Siviglia , the opera is initially given a frosty reception but soon becomes one of Rossini’s most beloved works.
A writer of the Baroque era, Basile was the first to use the fairy tale as a form of popular expression. In 1976 La Gatta Cenerentola, the sixth fable of Basile's Pentamerone, was adated by Roberto De Simone into is a three-act musical, in Neapolitan language.
This Italian Cinderella tale, originally entitled La gatta Cenerentola (The Cat Cinderella), is by Giambattista Basile, from his collection of 50 tales, Lo Cunti de li Cunto (1634-36); the heroine, Zezolla, is tricked by her governess into becoming her stepmother, thankfully help arrives in the form of the Fairies of Sardinia and she is able to ...
La Cenerentola. A kind young owman forced to sweep the fireplace, a ludicrous pair of stepsisters hoping to marry a prince, and a happily-ever-after ending enabled by a certain iconic accessory: the opera La Cenerentola is instantly recognizable as the fairy tale “Cinderella.”.
LA CENERENTOLA. A KIND YOUNG WOMAN FORCED TO SWEEP THE FIREPLACE, A LUDICROUS. pair of stepsisters hoping to marry a prince, and a happily-ever-after ending enabled by a certain iconic accessory: the opera La Cenerentola is instantly recognizable as the fairy tale “Cinderella.”
