La Cenerentola

Two wicked stepsisters, but no wicked stepmother. No pumpkin, no glass slipper… but a strange philosopher in the role of fairy godmother. This is Cinderella reimagined: a magical musical world of light and shadow, where Perrault meets Marivaux.

With La Cenerentola, Rossini strikes the perfect balance between laughter and emotion. The young lovers and their guardian angel bring the elegance and nobility of opera seria, while the ridiculous stepsisters and their family revel in the comic spirit of opera buffa. Their paths collide in a whirlwind of misunderstandings, with sparks flying at every turn.

Returning to the Dijon Opera after Les Pêcheurs de perles (2025), director Mirabelle Ordinaire explores the interplay between reality and appearances, drawing parallels between Cinderella and Alice, as well as Lewis Carroll’s 1871 sequel, Through the Looking-Glass. After winning over audiences as Poppea and in her recital Moving Songs, Dijon-born mezzo-soprano Marine Chagnon takes on the role of the sensitive Angelina.

Another rising star, the young Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti leads the Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne and the Dijon Opera Choir.

Libretto Jacopo Ferretti

Musical director Nil Venditti
Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne
Dijon Opera Choir

Choir director Lucile de Trémiolles
Fortepiano and recitatives Marine Thoreau La Salle
Assistant to the music director David Eaton

Staging Mirabelle Ordinaire
Stage sets Philippine Ordinaire
Costumes Violaine Thel
Lighting Nathalie Perrier
Choreography Sandrine Chapuis
Assistant to the Stage Director Maud Morillon

Angelina, Cenerentola Marine Chagnon
Don Magnifico Vincenzo Taormina
Don Ramiro Krzysztof Lachman
Dandini Mikhail Timoshenko
Alidoro Valerio Morelli
Clorinda Fanny Soyer
Tisbe Axelle Saint-Cirel

Dancers Aurore Allo, Sarah Blanchard, Pablo Garreton, Ludmila Gilles, Jihun Kim, Antoine Lafon 

Extras Stefano Ferrari*, Jonas Yajure*, Henry Boyles*, Zakaria El Bahri*

^{*Artists from the Dijon Opera Choir}

New production of the Dijon Opera
Coproduction with the Rhine National Opera

^{With the support of Prévalet Musique, a partner in the artistic work of the Dijon Opera Chorus.}

^{Photo © Marine Lanier - Tendance Floue}