Massenet: Cendrillon - Theater Freiburg (2017) [Blu-ray]

Massenet’s opera Cendrillon has enjoyed enduring popularity on stage and in recordings, but there are surprisingly few DVD releases of this enchanting work. The timeless nature of this Freiburg production derives from an ‘Alice in Wonderland’ look that stimulates the imagination as much as it does the senses, and our release of this acclaimed and impressively staged performance has been recorded as vividly as imaginable both on DVD and Blu-ray.

Jules Massenet s fairy-tale opera Cendrillon (Cinderella) was an immediate success at its premiere in 1899 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. Massenet, then at the height of his powers, creates a magical sound-world full of wit, enchantment and perfumed elegance to match librettist Henri Cain s coming-of-age adaptation of this classic fairy tale. The colorful fantasy world created by the acclaimed stage director Barbrara Mundel and set designer Olga Motta features the British-Swiss soprano, Kim-Lillian Strebel, in her critically acclaimed title role. 

Золушка — опера в четырёх актах французского композитора Жюля Массне на либретто Анри Каэна по мотивам классической сказки Шарля Перро. Опера была написана в 1894—1895 годах.