Inspired by the fairy tale, Cendrillon, Cenerentola follows the story of a young woman who is forced to act as a servant to her mean stepfather and ungrateful stepsisters. Prince Ramiro is going house to house to find the most beautiful woman for his wife. Prince Ramiro disguises himself as his valet and enters to house to observe the family. Immediately charmed by Cenerentola, he does not notice the stepsisters. At the ball, while Dandini, disguised as the Prince, is surrounded by the stepsisters, Prince Ramiro is once again taken by Cenerentola, who enters the ball veiled. She gives the Prince a bracelet and instructs him to find her. The Prince immediately calls his men together to track down this beautiful mystery women. Finally, the Prince finds Cenerentola at her home, back in servant’s clothes. Cenerentola leaves with the Prince and becomes the new Princess. Even though her family has been cruel, she forgives them and finds happiness with her new husband.

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Conductor:  Giovanni Pacor, Marta Kluczynska
Stage Director: Detlef Solter
Lighting and Set Design: Jens Huebner

Pianist: Spyros Souladakis

General and Artistic Director of Greek Opera Studio: Eilana Lappalainen

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Cast

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Angelina: Tamara Gura, Caitlin Redding
Don Ramiro: Damir Zakirov
Dandini: Jerome Boutillier
Don Magnifico: Costas Tsourakis
Clorinda: Marilena Striftobola, Marilena Chrysochoidi
Tisbe: Miranda Makrynioti, Iuliia Tarasova
Alidoro: David Malis

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Men’s Chorus - Members of Solartissimo Choir of Modern Larissa Conservatory, Larissa, Greece (Nikos Efthymiadis, Director): 
Pourloykakis Alexandros, Marku Andreas, Nikos Efthymiadis, Markos Gianniotis, Anastasios Gkekas, Eleftherios Gouventas, Apostolis Grampsas, Alexandros Karagiorgis, Christoforos Koutsodimos, Ioannis Tombazidis, Stavros Tsolakis, Konstantinos Tsolakou 

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