Organization

Singer

Soprano

Laura Verena Incko

Cinderella

Tenor

Luke Sinclair

Prince

Anne-Fleur Werner

Stepmother

Hazel McBain

Griselda

Mezzo-soprano

Olivia Cosio

Zibaldona

Bass

Raimundas Juzuitis

Kink

George Humphreys

Baritone

Alexander Hüttner

Minister

Stage director

Carl Philip von Maldeghem

Conductor

Gabriel Venzago

Costume designer

Stefanie Seitz

Set designer

Choreographer

Kate Watson

Dramaturge

Thomas Rufin

Ines Kaun

Chorus master

Carl Philipp Fromherz

Andrew Robert Munn

Ariana Lucas

Emeline

Laura Nicorescu

Salzburger Landestheater

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Chor des Salzburger Landestheaters

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Mozarteumorchester Salzburg

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Salzburg

Austria

Landestheater

Cinderella Deutscher

Public

English

Approved

Nicht zum Linsenlesen, sondern zum Notenkopieren wird Cinderella in Alma Deutschers Oper verdonnert. Die Geschichte wird hier nämlich in die Welt der Musik v...

Trailer: „Cinderella“

The tension rises when all parts of an opera production are put together for the first time in the piano rehearsal, the piece is played through from beginning to end, the performers stand on stage in masks and costumes and everyone knows: There isn't much time left until to the premiere. We accompanied the ensemble member Laura Incko before and during a piano rehearsal. She plays Cinderella in the opera of the same name by Alma Deutscher and takes us behind the scenes.

Alma Deutscher's “Cinderella” is inspired by the well-known fairy tale, but the young composer has transferred the plot of the opera to the world of music. The setting is an opera house that was formerly run by Cinderella's father and which is now ruled by the scheming stepmother. Cinderella is a composer who carries beautiful melodies but is despised by her new family, especially the stepsisters who are vain wannabe divas. The prince is a poet and in this opera he searches for a melody for his poem. When his words and Cinderella's melody come together, their love is also fulfilled.

Alma Deutscher wrote her first full-length opera at the age of 10. She attracted attention in the music scene at an early age and received recognition from Anne-Sophie Mutter, Sir Simon Rattle and Zubin Mehta, among others. “The Daily Telegraph” wrote about the premiere of Cinderella: “Alma Deutscher is an extraordinary talent. The mere fact that a young girl has the mental energy to compose and orchestrate a two-hour opera is staggering. The result is a lively, self-contained work in the tradition of comic opera. ”Alma Deutscher made her debut in Salzburg as a soloist at the 2019 New Year's Eve concert in the Großer Festspielhaus.

 

Zubin Mehta described Alma Deutscher (* 2005) as "one of the greatest musical talents of our time". “Cinderella”, premiered in 2016 (orchestral version) in Vienna, is the violinist, pianist and composer's first full-length opera. Deutscher has given concerts around the world, such as at the Lucerne Festival, the Aix-en-Provence Festival, the Beijing Music Festival as well as the Wiener Musikverein and Wiener Konzerthaus. In December 2019 she made her debut at Carnegie Hall, New York.

Carl Philip von Maldeghem will stage Alma Deutscher's opera “Cinderella” under the musical direction of First Kapellmeister Gabriel Venzago. Stefanie Seitz, who works at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, the Deutsches Theater Berlin and the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, has designed the stage and costumes. A new opera by the composer as a commissioned work for the Salzburg State Theater is already being planned for one of the following seasons.

Cinderella by Deutscher, From (2021/2022), Directed by Carl Philip von Maldeghem,, Conductor Gabriel Venzago, Ines Kaun, Landestheater, Salzburg, Austria

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