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Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella) -- Houston [DVD]

Cecilia Bartoli (Actor), Enzo Dara (Actor), Brian Large (Director) | Rated: Exempt | Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Cecilia Bartoli, Enzo Dara, Raúl Giménez, Alessandro Corbelli, Michele Pertusi
  • Directors: Brian Large
  • Writers: Charles Perrault, Jacopo Ferretti
  • Producers: J.F. Mastroianni, Judy Flannery, Mona Niemiec
  • Format: Classical, Colour, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, German, French, Chinese
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Decca
  • DVD Release Date: 18 Jun 2001
  • Run Time: 164 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005BEYB
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 73,917 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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An operatic re-telling of the story of Cinderella. Magnifico has three daughters, the ugly Clorinda and Tisbe, and the beautiful Cenerentola, who is forced to do the housework. When Prince Ramiro throws a ball it is the ugly sisters who assume they will catch the Prince's eye, little knowing that his tutor Alidoro has already selected Cenerentola as a fitting bride. To add to the confusion, the Prince swaps places with his valet Dandini. Performed live from the Wortham Center, Houston. Stars Cecilia Bartoli.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Top singers, not just Bartoli 16 April 2002
By A Customer
Format:DVD
Cecilia Bartoli has been praised enough, there is hardly more to add.
I want to draw your attention to the cast of this excellent performance. Raul Gimenez is superb as prince, with a wonderfull soft, flexible, tender voice thankfully very unlike the tenors that are just powerful, but who lack a feeling for the music they sing. I think he is one of the best Rossini tenors around.
Alessandro Corbelli, as Dandini, is a very good baritone. He has a powerful, yet soft and flexible voice and is good at acting as well as singing.
The two daughters have maybe not the experienced voices of the older members of the cast, but their singing is good, and the faces they pull during the performance are immensly funny.
The opera gets better with every time you watch it, and as it is also filmed very well, and has a good quality of sound, and nice old-fashioned costumes (not like these German productions with modern outfits) it is definitely a must buy!
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and incredibly well sung 7 Aug 2001
By A Customer
Format:DVD
Rossini's opera Cinderella should be one of the most sung operas in the world, it's funny and the music is beautiful. The problem is that not very many singers sing Rossini well, it's extremely difficult. In this production it doesnt look so difficult, in fact it looks easy. Bartoli's intepretation of Cinderella is lovely but my favourite singer in this production is the prince, Raul Gimenez, who is unlike any other tenor I know of, sings with a mildly tone and a beautiful piano. Enzo Dara is quite funny as the father and Corbelli does a good job as well.

I already had this opera on VHS but sadly without text. Here the text is in english (goody) also german (good for my mother in law) and other languages. Finally I get the jokes.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars splendid and exciting,all singers are fantastic actors too 11 Mar 2000
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
Two and half hour of splendid joy. Fantastic singers-actors and famous music. Beautiful melody and exiting performance. Art of Cecilia Bartoli is unbelivable. She sings very difficult trells without efforts. The "Cenerentola" is beautiful opera, but it suggests that Gioaccino Rossini didn't want to make life easy for singers - because of so many music "rocks" in partitura. Torture for Voices, but not for such singers as Enzo Dara, Jimenez and others. I can advise this video for all vievers, not only opera-lovers.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Voices and Good Fun
I chose this version as I am particularly fond Of Cecilia Bartoli, she certainly does not disappoint me. She has an impressive coloratura. Read more
Published 7 months ago by I. Zaneres
3.0 out of 5 stars Poor Staging, Direction and Costumes.
This production is spoiled by inferior costume design and poor staging. In particular, the costume worn by Dandini pretending to be Don Ramiro is unconvincing, not to say... Read more
Published 13 months ago by H. A. Weedon
3.0 out of 5 stars A fine performance but now upstaged by Glyndebourne in both...
I have owned this recording for a number of years and have had much pleasure from it. There is not a weak member of the cast either as singers or as actors. Read more
Published 18 months ago by I. Giles
5.0 out of 5 stars unseen
I purchased this for a friend and have not seen it yet. I can say, however, that he is delighted with it. Julian Mincham
Published 19 months ago by J. Mincham
5.0 out of 5 stars Surpasses anything of its kind
Surpasses all!!

I love Rossini, I love Belle Canto and of course Cecilia she is the ultimate goddess of this art.. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2010 by D. M. Calvert-Orange
5.0 out of 5 stars What a revelation!
I first saw this performance on television and videoed the performance. I was not at all impressed and the video languished at the bottom of the pile for years. Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2009 by martin jones
1.0 out of 5 stars wonderful voice
Wonder voice and performance, shame about the music. I must addmit I have never heard any Rossini, but I dont think I will in the future, I would by far rather listen her sing... Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant-Bartoli rules!!!
Loved this DVD A shame this piece isn't performed more, as is really good, beautiful music, funny libretto, it's all there. Difficult, though. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2001
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