Orcas Center presents on the Center Stage Screen:
Met Opera: Cinderella (Encore Presentation)
Tuesday, March 10th at 1pm
Runtime: 104 Min.
Tiered Ticket Pricing: $50, $35, $20, $10 (Student and Senior)
SYNOPSIS
Cinderella
(Jules Massenet)
More information about Cinderella is available from The Met, here.
The Met’s abridged, English-language version of Massenet’s enchanting fairy-tale opera returns to theaters! Previously recorded live, this performance stars mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as the rags-to-riches title character alongside mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as the lovestruck Prince Charming, with Emmanuel Villaume on the podium.
Jules Massenet (1842–1912), a French composer wildly popular in his day, was noted for his operas, songs, and oratorios. The libretto for the opera’s original French version, Cendrillon, was fashioned by Henri Cain (1857–1937), a dramatist known for providing libretti for operas, including several by Massenet. The Cinderella story was written by the French author Charles Perrault (1628–1703), who, beyond crafting a number of famous fairy tales, was a noted academic of his time. Kelley Rourke, who created the new English translation for this season’s presentation, is a librettist, translator, and dramaturg whose work has also appeared at English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Washington National Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and the Glimmerglass Festival, among others.
