Rossini: La Cenerentola - Metropolitan Opera (2010) Review

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Rossini: La Cenerentola - Metropolitan Opera (2010) ReviewI saw this production live onstage in 1997 with Cecilia Bartoli in the title role (Alessandro Corbelli was the Dandini, Ramon Vargas the prince, Michele Pertusi the Alidoro, with Levine conducting), and have to say that I'd rather have had that cast on DVD. That said, there is some wonderful singing and music-making among this cast. Corbelli, one of operatic history's greatest Dandinis, is now very much in demand as Don Magnifico, as is Lawrence Brownlee as Prince Ramiro. Garanca is a physically lovely and vocally elegant Cenerentola; her heroine is both touching and strong. Brownlee possesses considerable musicality and a formidable technique, despite his tendency to sing with his head a bit sideways; and Corbelli displays his usual undisputed mastery with character and text, creating a more "human" and less farcical Magnifico than is more often seen. The Alidoro and Dandini are quite serviceable, if unremarkable.
Soundwise, there seem to be some problems with the mics downstage left--whenever the singers have to go to that quadrant of the stage, they suddenly sound as if they're singing in an adjoining bathroom with a very echo-y shower.
As for the production, I didn't much care for it in 1997, and it still hasn't grown on me. Visually cartoonish, there are too many predictable moments in the staging. For example, in the famous sextet "Quest'e' un nodo avviluppato" ("This is a tangled knot"), Ramiro winds a rope around the other singers. And at the end, he and Cenerentola appear on top of a huge wedding cake. How imaginative is that??? I've seen much better. Still, for over-all singing and Corbelli's Magnifico, this is a good DVD to have.
BUT FOR A BETTER ALL-AROUND PERFORMANCE, stick with the 1995 production from Houston Grand Opera with Bartoli, Gimenez, and Corbelli (as Dandini).Rossini - La Cenerentola The singing is more stylish, and the ensembles much more razor-sharp in the Houston production than on the Met DVD.Rossini: La Cenerentola - Metropolitan Opera (2010) Overview

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