Spring Break
'La Cenerentola' opens tonight
Ashley Lauwereins
Issue date: 2/27/09 Section: Entertainment
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This production, which is considered one of Rossini's finest vocal compositions, will also be performed Saturday and next Friday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m., and again on Sunday, March 8 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $9 for students and can be purchased at the Campus Box Office.
"La Cenerentola" is the story of Cinderella with a twist: Instead of a wicked stepmother, there is a wicked stepfather desperate to have one of his two daughters married to the prince for money and security, said CJ Carpenter a senior theater and English literature major, who is the assistant director of the opera.
"There is also a bracelet instead of the glass slipper and is given to the prince by Cenerentola so he can find the girl with the same bracelet," Carpenter said.
"This is a very different from the Disney version. It is dark like a Grimm fairy tale," said Tracy Kaufman, a second year music graduate student who plays Cinderella in one of the casts. "Cinderella is similar in the fact that she is a good soul. It is a dream come true story of an individual going from poverty to riches."
La Cenerentola is also going to be performed in Italian, the original language of the opera. Super titles will accompany the opera so the audience can follow what is going on.
"I think when the audience comes in and sees how the students have mastered the pronunciation of the language and applied it to a difficult rhythm they will be impressed," Carpenter said. "The entire show is a huge challenge. There are close to 500 pages in just the vocal score."
Dr. Tiffany Blake directed the show, and this is the first performance she has directed at CSU.
"Directing Rossini's magical 'La Cenerentola' for my first production has been a wonderful experience," she said.
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