As part of the #ClassicalWeekend #SheffieldCityOpera is performing a reduced version of Jules Massenet Cinderella. Come along an enjoy a great (short) opera!
25th October 2015 – 1pm – Sheffield Cathedral
Tickets available on the door.
Cast
Musical Director and Pianist- Robert Webb
Cinderella (Lucette) – Sarah Richards
Cinderella’s Stepmother (Mme de la Haltiere) – Rachel Abbott
Cinderella’s Stepsisters (Noemie and Dorothee) – Fiona Constantine & Alexandra Robinson
Cinderella’s Father (Pandolfe) – Mike Willis
Prince Charming Rebecca Lambert
The King – Jeremy Craven
The Fairy Godmother – Lorraine Webb
Chorus
Anne Bailey, Celia Lock, Helen Mathers, Marjorie Skidmore, Brenda Wingfield, Lynda Glover, Jean Hulley, Ruth Speare, Christine Warren, Helen Wickett, Barry Dines, Jeremy Craven, David Tomkins
Please note, the number of seats are limited – so don’t delay.
Sheffield City Opera Presents -Cinderella
Library Theatre, Tudor Square, Sheffield S1 1XZ
Music by Jules Massenet
English version by Jeremy Sams
Performed by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited
**For Health and Safety reasons, the Library Theatre cannot accommodate wheelchairs.**
Cast
Principals
Cinderella: Sarah Richards
Madame de la Haltière (stepmother of Cinderella): Rachel Abbott
Prince Charming: Rebecca Lambert
The Fairy: Lorraine webb
Dorothée, stepsister of Cinderella: Rosie Thickett
Noémie, stepsister of Cinderella: Fiona Constantine
Pandolfe, Cinderella’s father: Jak Laight
The King: Michael Willis
Sarah Richards
Cinderella
Rachel Abbott
Madame de la Haltière (stepmother of Cinderella)
Rebecca Lambert
Prince Charming
Lorriane Webb
The Fairy Godmother
Rosie Thickett
Dorothée, stepsister of Cinderella
Fiona Constantine
Noémie, stepsister of Cinderella
Jak Laight
Pandolfe, Cinderella’s father
Michael Willis
The King
Directors
Musical Director: Robert Webb
Artistic Director: Kay Guccione
Kay Guccione – Artist director
Robert Webb – Musical Director
The story…
Cinderella lives in a grey world. As she stares into the ashes she cannot let herself dream like other girls. Upstairs it’s a riot of screaming colour as the stepsisters try on ball gowns. Their mother gushes as servants run in and out like ants. Comedy piles on comedy as the trio make some truly astonishing style choices.
Enter Fairy Godmother : Cinderella shall go to the ball. For Cinderella’s gown she borrows from the stars, the sun, the moon and a rainbow brushed with snow. Soon Cinderella unfurls into the being she truly is.
At the ball, dazzling days open up for Cinderella and the Prince. Each awakens in the other what otherwise could not be. Then, Cinderella in her haste loses her glass slipper – a slipper made of dreams. Without her dreams, Cinderella is lost. So is Prince Charming.
Enter once more the Fairy Godmother. As she raises her wand, her tender voice soars to the stars as she bids the pair ‘sleep, dream, believe…’
Massenet’s music underscores the action with wit, drama, and at times, sheer beauty – music that invites you to dream.
