"La Cenerentola", Ossia La Bonta in Trionfo : Melodrama Giocoso in Two Acts by Jacopo Ferretti

"La Cenerentola" (Cinderella) is a masterpiece significantly different from Rossini's earlier comic operas.

Combining aspects from different genres, Rossini plays off comic characters in teh great Italian tradition - Don Magnifico (Cinderella's stepfather) and the valet Dandini - against the sentimental principal roles of Cinderella and the Prince, For his heroine Rossini not only adapts the popular "semiseria" genre, but also exploits the coloratura style of "opera seria", as she is transformed into a princess not by magic but by love and her own innate goodness. This critical edition provides all the music for the first version, including variants for Clorinda.

Appendixes include Rossini's own aria for Alidoro and his variations for Cinderella's final Rondo".