On Oct. 25, 2024, Houston Grand Opera will open Cinderella, Rossini’s delightful comedy, in a popular production from director Joan Font, founder of Barcelona-based street-theater troupe Comediants.

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Just forget the glass slippers (they must have been excruciating to wear), and for goodness’ sake throw out that moldy pumpkin coach. Gioachino Rossini’s (1792-1868) “La Cenerentola,” though funny (it ...

State Opera South Australia, in its Golden Jubilee year, is presenting one that I have not previously seen performed live, ...

“Cinderella” is a barnstormer of a title — enough to make a dent in the age of the average operagoer — but there is no fairy godmother, glass slipper, pumpkin, nor midnight rush for home in Rossini’s ...