Gioachino Rossini’s La Cenerentola HISTORY Premiere January 25, 1817, at Teatro Valle, Rome, with the following cast: Don Ramiro, Giacomo Guglielmi; Dandini, Giuseppe de Begnis; Don Magnifico, Andrea Verni; Clorinda, Caterina Rossi; Tisbe, Teresa Mariani; Angelina, Geltrude Righetti Giorgi; Alidoro, Zenobio Vitarelli North American Premiere June 27, 1826 at the Park Theatre, New York, produced and directed by Manuel del Popola Vincente Garcia, with the following cast: Don Ramiro, Signor Milon, succeeded by Signor Crivelli; Dandini, Manuel Garcia, Jr.; Don Magnifico, Signor Rosich; Clorinda, Madame Barbiere; Tisbe, Mme. Manuel Garcia; Angelina, Maria Felicita; Alidoro, Signor Angrisani Last Performed by Washington National Opera April, 2004 in the Kennedy Center Opera House, featuring Riccardo Frizza conducting and Patrice Caurier & Moshe Leiser (Original Production) and Justin Way (Director) directing with the following cast: Clorinda, Hoo-Ryoung Hwang; Tisbe, Ann McMahon Quintero; Angelina (“Cenerentola”), Sonia Ganassi; Alidoro, Randall Jakobsch/Paolo Pecchioli; Don Magnifico, Alfonso Antoniozzi/Valeriano Lanchas; Don Ramiro, Jesús Garcia/Robert McPherson; Dandini, Simone Alberghini Gioachino Rossini’s Operas La pietra del paragone , 1812; Teatro alla Scala, Milan Tancredi , 1813; Teatro La Fenice, Venice L’italiana in Algeri , 1813; Teatro San Benedetto, Venice Il turco in Italia , 1814; Teatro alla Scala, Milan Almaviva, o sia L’inutile precauzione , 1816; Teatro Argentina, Rome Known as Il barbiere di Siviglia Otello, ossia Il moro di Venezia , 1816; Teatro del Fondo, Naples La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo , 1817; Teatro Valle, Rome Armida , 1817; Teatro San Carlo, Naples Maometto secondo , 1820; Teatro San Carlo, Naples) Semiramide , 1823; Teatro La Fenice, Venice Moïse et Pharaon, ou Le passage de la Mer Rouge , 1827; Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique, Paris [rev. of Mosè in Egitto ] Guillaume Tell , 1829; Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique, Paris Washington National Opera www.dc-opera.org 202.295.2400 · 800.US.OPERA .