STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Highlights of San Francisco Opera's CINDERELLA

By: Christina Mancuso Nov. 11, 2014

San Francisco Opera presents CINDERELLA, November 9-26, 2014. Check out a sneak peek at highlights below!

Thanks to her open heart and determination, Cinderella triumphs over her mean-spirited relatives in Rossini's sparkling version of the story. Karine Deshayes, lauded for her "emotional depth and vibrant, beautiful sound" (The New York Times), makes her San Francisco Opera debut in the beloved fairy tale about a gentle but courageous servant girl who catches the eye of a handsome prince. In San Francisco Opera's charming and heartwarming production, esteemed Spanish conductor Jesús López-Cobos leads a superb cast. The elegant and exciting René Barbera debuts as the prince alongside the "beautifully voiced" (San Francisco Classical Voice) Efraín Solis as the prince's valet Dandini; Spanish baritone Carlos Chausson is Cinderella's evil stepfather.

San Francisco Opera's Education Department will offer Family Workshops preceding select performances of Cinderella.

For a complete list of all performances of Cinderella at San Francisco Opera, visit our online performance archive.

Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Approximate running time: 3 hours including one intermission

Pre-Opera Talks are free to ticketholders and take place in the Opera House in the Orchestra section, 55 minutes prior to curtain.

San Francisco Opera production

Audio excerpts are from the 1974 performance of Cinderella with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sir John Pritchard.
"Un soave non so che"/Ugo Benelli (Don Ramiro), Frederica von Stade (Cinderella); "Come un'ape ne' giorni d'aprile"/Renato Capecchi (Dandini); "Dolce speranza"/Ugo Benelli, Chorus; "Non più mesta"/Frederica von Stade, Chorus

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