Cinderella at Sheffield Cathedral – Classical Weekend

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

At the King's Palace – Rehearsals for Cinderella

Fun times at Wednesday’s rehearsal.

This week we have been staging the scene at the King’s Palace where the prince has to choose a wife.

The King tell him that “soon you will see quite a display, the Creme de la Creme of my Kingdom”

The court is not so sure…

Cinderella – Opera – Sleep, Dream, Believe…

Performances:

  • 7.30pm Fri 26 June
  • 2:30pm Sat 27 June
  • 7.30pm Sat 27 June

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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

Directors

Musical Director: Robert Webb
Artistic Director: Kay Guccione

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.