Afrikaans Aspoestertjie A Laundry List of Rossini Quotes and Facts Pittsburgh Opera Albanian Hirushja And They Lived Happily Education thanks our ر Gathered by Jill Leahy Arabic Give me a laundry list and I'll set it to generous supporters: Ever After . by Jill Leahy Bulgarian Пепеляшка music. Allegheny Regional Asset District Catalan Ventafocs The story of Cinderella is so Rossini was 18 years old when he American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Chinese 灰姑娘 Bayer USA Foundation well known that it appears in wrote his first opera in Venice. Croatian Pepeljuga The Berkman Charitable Trust the folklore of many cultures Answer critics with silence and Benedum Foundation Czech Popelka around the world: Asian, BRIDGES & Company, Inc. indifference. It works better, I assure Danish Askepot Indian, North and South Jack Buncher Foundation you, than anger and argument. Anne L. & George H. Clapp Charitable Trust Dutch Assepoester American, Native American, Chautauqua Opera Guild English Cinderella and European. Although Though his overtures are famous, Clearview Federal Credit Union scholars can't agree on an Estonian Tuhkatriinu Rossini didn't compose a new one for Dominion Foundation exact number, there may be Eaton Corporation Filipino Sinderela every opera. Eden Hall Foundation Jacopo by Ferretti Libretto 340 to 3000 different versions G Finnish Tuhkimo EQT Foundation of this story in the world today! Wait until the evening before opening First Commonwealth Financial French Cendrillon While each culture spins the night. Nothing primes inspiration more FISA Foundation Georgian კონკია Oliver Herford illustrated the fairy godmother tale in its own unique way, the Fort Pitt Capital Group, Inc. inspired by the Perrault version. 1813 than necessity, whether it be the Production Photo by Tim Matheson at Vancouver Opera Vancouver at Tim Matheson by Photo Production German Aschenputtel common theme remains: a presence of a copyist waiting for your Frick Fund of The Buhl Foundation Giant Eagle Foundation Greek Σταχτοπούτα kind young woman is oppressed by her step- work or the prodding of an impresario The Grable Foundation family, only to triumph in the end through her סינדרלה\לכלוכית Cinderella) Hebrew) tearing his hair. I wrote the overture The Guilds of Pittsburgh Opera The Hearst Foundation Hindi संडरेला goodness—with the help of a magical creature and of La gazza ladra the day before the frequently including a matching article of clothing. Hefren-Tillotson, Inc. Hungarian Hamupipőke opening night under the roof of the The Heinz Endowments Scala Theatre, where I had been Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Indonesian Cinderella Lacenerentola The earliest recorded version of the Cinderella tale imprisoned by the director and Levin Furniture Irish Cinderella comes from China and was written down by Tuan The Massaro Corporation secured by four stagehands. For the Icelandic Öskubuska William V. & Catherine A. McKinney Ch'eng-shih in the middle of the 9th century. The Barbiere , I did better: I did not even Charitable Foundation Italian Cenerentola heroine, Yeh-shen, is helped by a magical fish, compose an overture, I just took one McCreery Fund of The Buhl Foundation Rossini Gioachino Music by Japanese シンデレラ and a golden shoe leads the prince to her. R. K. Mellon Foundation 1816 already destined for an opera called Korean Elisabetta . Public was very pleased. National Endowment for the Arts 신데렐라 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts In 1697, the Frenchman Charles Perrault wrote a Latvian Pelnrušķīte Pennsylvania Department of Community & version of the Cinderella tale that he called Rossini was nicknamed "Signor Economic Development Lithuanian Pelenė Cendrillon, ou La petite Pantoufle de Verre Crescendo" because of his Pennsylvania Department of Education Macedonian Пепелашка (Cinderella, or The little glass slipper). In his tale, characteristic habit of scoring a long, The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Malay Cinderella he introduced the pumpkin carriage, the animals steady increase of sound over an PPG Industries, Inc. Bobby Rahal Motorcar Company Norwegian Askepott that are turned into footman, and the glass slipper. ostinato figure. Music that began as a DرReed Smith LLP Persian C whisper rose to a monstrous roar. The Techs Polish Kopciuszek Jacopo Ferretti, the librettist for Rossini's opera La Triangle Tech Group cenerentola , used Perrault's version of the fairy Every kind of music is good, except United States Steel Corporation Portuguese Cinderela tale for his inspiration. However, in order to fit the the boring kind. UPMC Health System Romanian Cenuşăreasă restrictions of the stage and the sensibilities of the Russian Золушка 1817 1817 When he was 37, Rossini stopped For more information on audiences of his day, he omitted references to the writing music, except for a few works. Pittsburgh Opera's education Serbian Пепeљуга fairy godmother and the "wicked" stepmother. For the rest of his years, he spent his programs, please contact: Slovak Popoluška time cooking and eating. Slovenian Pepelka Walt Disney also used Perrault's version of the Marilyn Michalka Egan, Ph.D. Soqotri Meḥazelo fairy tale for his animated musical film in 1950. 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In each break without having enjoyed them is Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Guide to the Opera Study Vietnamese Công Chúa Lọ Lem “rags to riches” story, her true nature and worth a complete fool. www.pittsburghopera.org Ukrainian Попелюшка are rewarded and they all live happily ever after. 1829 La cenerentola Synopsis Characters Rossini: Great Composer and Great Gourmand by Jill Leahy of the Opera Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February ACT I. The fairy-tale past. In the rundown castle of Don Magnifico, his daughters Clorinda and Tisbe are in the middle of one of their usual 1792 – 13 November 1868) was born into a Angelina (Cenerentola arguments. Their stepsister Angelina, called Cenerentola, who serves as family of musicians—his father played the the family maid, sings her favorite song about a king who married a or Cinderella) contralto trumpet and his mother was a soprano. [ahn-jeh-LEE-nah] Rossini was fortunate to live at a time when common girl (Una volta c’era un re) . There is a knock on the door and [chen-eh-RENT-toh-lah] Alidoro, tutor to the prince Don Ramiro, enters, dressed as a beggar. The Stepdaughter of Don great composers, such as Haydn, stepsisters want to send him away, but Cenerentola gives him bread and Magnifico, who treats her like a Beethoven, and Wagner, were creating coffee. Courtiers arrive to announce that Ramiro will soon pay a visit: he maid. musical masterpieces. Rossini biographers is looking for the most beautiful girl in the land and will hold a ball to point to the influence of Mozart and Haydn choose his bride. Magnifico hopes that it will be one of the stepsisters: Don Magnifico bass on him and how he studied their scores marriage to a wealthy man is the only way to save the family fortune [dohn mah-NYEE-fee-koh] extensively—to the point that he was (Miei rampolli femminini) . When the room is empty, Ramiro enters Baron of Monte Fiascone, referred to as "il tedeschino" (the little Cinderella at the Window by Arthur Rackham alone, dressed in his servant’s clothes so he can freely observe the father of Tisbe and Clorinda, stepfather of Angelina. He German). Later in his life, Rossini met both prospective brides. Alidoro has told him that there is a girl in the house worthy to be a princess, and forbids Angelina from attending Beethoven and Wagner. Ramiro is determined to find out who she is. Cenerentola returns and is startled by the presence of a the ball and announces that his stranger. The two are immediately attracted to each other (Duet: Un soave non so che) . He asks her third daughter is dead. During the peak of his prolific career, who she is, and Cenerentola stammers a confused explanation, then runs away. Finally, the “prince” Rossini wrote three or four operas a year; arrives—in fact Ramiro’s valet, Dandini, in disguise (Come un'ape ne'giorni d'aprile) . To Ramiro’s Don Ramiro he completed his most famous surviving amusement, Magnifico, Clorinda, and Tisbe fall over themselves flattering this prince, who invites them [dohn rah-MEE-roh] tenor opera, The Barber of Seville , in just 14 to the ball. Cenerentola asks to be taken along but Magnifico refuses. Ramiro notes how badly Prince of Salerno. In search of days. Between the ages of 23 and 30, he Cenerentola is treated. Alidoro reenters with information that there is a third daughter in the house but a wife, he exchanges outfits composed 20 operas! Magnifico claims she has died. Left alone with Cenerentola, Alidoro tells her he will take her to the ball with his valet, Dandini, in order and explains that God will reward her good heart (Là del ciel nell’arcano profondo) . to find true love with someone Rossini’s operas, along with those of the composers Donizetti and who loves him for the person Bellini, are described as the bel canto (beautiful singing) era, from At Ramiro’s country house, Dandini shares with the prince his negative opinion of the two sisters (Zitto he is, and not his royal status. approximately 1805 – 1840. Until Rossini’s operas, singers dictated zitto, piano piano) .