Opera Australia begins the year with an abridged, English-language version of Laurent Pelly’s charming production of Massenet’s Cendrillon. Alexandra Wilson talks to revival director Karine Girard, conductor Evan Rogister and Australian mezzo-soprano Emily Edmonds, who plays Cinderella, about the sumptuous, family-friendly staging.
Jules Massenet’s Cendrillon (Cinderella), which Opera Australia performs in a condensed, family-friendly version in Sydney on New Year’s Eve and then through to the end of March, promises to be the perfect holiday treat. Though audiences may not know the opera, they will certainly know the story, and this accessible English-language translation allows them to sit back, enjoy the music and watch the spectacle unfold. And what a spectacle it is!
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Not bad, but cutting an hour off the production and translating it from romantic French to English was disappointing.
Kids don’t listen to the words and would not be able to follow them but they follow the actions.