Company

Singer

Soprano

Jeanine De Bique

Cinderella

Mezzo-soprano

Paula Murrihy

Prince Charming

Daniela Barcellona

Madame de la Haltiere

Caroline Wettergreen

The Fairy

Emy Gazeilles

Noemie

Marine Chagnon

Dorothee

Bass-baritone

Laurent Naouri

Pandolfe

Baritone

Philippe Rouillon

The King

Tenor

Luca Sannai

The Dean of the Faculty

Laurent Laberdesque

Master of Ceremonies

Fabio Bellenghi

The Prime Minister

Corinne Talibart

Six esprits

So-Hee Lee

Stéphanie Loris

Anne-Sophie Ducret

Sophie van de Woestyne

Blandine Folio Peres

Paris

France

Opéra National de Paris

Keri-Lynn Wilson

Conductor

Stage director

Mariame Clément

Lighting designer

Ulrik Gad

Costume designer

Julia Hansen

Set designer

Choir

Chorus master

Alessandro Di Stefano

Video designer

Etienne Guiol

Choreographer

Mathieu Guilhaumon

Opéra Bastille

Chœur de l’Opéra national de Paris

Orchestre de l´Opéra national de Paris

French

Cendrillon - Cinderella

Cendrillon Massenet

Public

Opera

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Although inspired by Perrault's fairy tale, Jules Massenet's Cendrillon joyfully diverges from it: there is no pumpkin or carriage, and even less of a fairy ...

Although inspired by Perrault's fairy tale, Jules Massenet's Cendrillon joyfully diverges from it: there is no pumpkin or carriage, and even less of a fairy slipper to be tried on. What is the point, since Cinderella and Prince Charming recognise each other immediately? Do they not share the same loneliness despite their different social positions? In choosing female voices for these two roles, Massenet underlines their kindred souls in a seductive score that deliberately combines styles. Mariame Clément handles the work with great sensitivity. The director plays with clichés and the Belle Époque - the era in which the score was created - with allusions to the Fée Électricité and the cinema of Méliès. A means to reflect on the myth and social conventions... whilst preserving a childlike soul.

Inspirée par le conte de Perrault, la Cendrillon de Jules Massenet s’en éloigne allègrement : point de citrouille ni de carrosse, encore moins de pantoufle à essayer. À quoi bon puisque Cendrillon et le Prince charmant se reconnaissent immédiatement ? Ne vivent-ils pas la même solitude malgré leurs différences de positions sociales ? En choisissant pour ces deux rôles des voix féminines, Massenet souligne leur parenté d’âme dans une partition séduisante qui mélange les styles à dessein. Mariame Clément aborde l’œuvre avec finesse. Machine à produire des princesses, crinolines rose bonbon, salle de bal grandiose mais aussi liquette et baskets : la metteuse en scène joue avec les clichés et la Belle Époque – celle de la création de la partition –, lançant des clins d’œil à la Fée électricité et au cinéma de Méliès. Une façon de mieux réfléchir au mythe et aux conventions sociales… tout en gardant son âme d’enfant.

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Enchant his era. Such could have been Jules Massenet's will in setting Charles Perrault's story to music. With Cendrillon, the composer delivers one of his most seductive works, which differs from the other lyrical adaptations of the tale. The mischievous Lucette and the women around her dictate the tone of the work, the many nuances of which validate the words of Claude Debussy who saw in Massenet “the musical historian of the female soul”. By giving the fairy the unreal timbre of coloratura, by disguising the role of the prince sung by a soprano, the composer offers us a vocal festival carried by a variegated orchestration, oscillating between Mozartian finesse, baroque stylistic quotations and great romantic inflections. For Cinderella's entry into the Paris Opera repertoire,

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[EXTRACT] CINDERELLA by Jules Massenet (Tara Erraught)

Cinderella by Jules Massenet, From Opéra National de Paris (2023/2023), Directed by Mariame Clément,, Conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson

Credits (Cast & Crew)

Opéra National de Paris

Keri-Lynn Wilson

Mariame Clément

Cast

Jeanine De Bique

Paula Murrihy

Daniela Barcellona

Caroline Wettergreen

Emy Gazeilles

Marine Chagnon

Laurent Naouri

Philippe Rouillon

Luca Sannai

Laurent Laberdesque

Fabio Bellenghi

Corinne Talibart

So-Hee Lee

Stéphanie Loris

Anne-Sophie Ducret

Sophie van de Woestyne

Blandine Folio Peres

Crew

Ulrik Gad

Julia Hansen

Julia Hansen

Alessandro Di Stefano

Etienne Guiol

Mathieu Guilhaumon

Ensemble

Chœur de l’Opéra national de Paris

Orchestre de l´Opéra national de Paris

Program, About & Synopsis

Videos 6

Photos 21

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues 8