LA CENERENTOLA
August 2021
The Ford Amphitheater
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The Ford Amphitheater
2580 Cahuenga Blvd E
Los Angeles, CA 90068
Friday August 27, 2021 | 8:00PM
Director/Designer: Josh Shaw
Conductor: Kristin Roach
Costumer: Maggie Green
Cenerentola: Stephanie Doche
Prince Ramiro: Arnold Livingston Geis
Don Magnifico: E. Scott Levin
Clorinda: Chelsea Lehnea
Tisbe/Cenerentola cover: Meagan Martin
Alidoro: Andrew Allan Hiers
Dandini: Joel Balzun
Celebrated for making opera accessible and entertaining, Pacific Opera Project returned to The Ford for Rossini’s charming take on the Cinderella story, La Cenerentola, on Friday, August 27, 2021. In this version of the fairytale, the wicked stepmother is a stepfather, Don Magnifico, and Cenerentola is forced to serve as the maid in her own home. In search of a bride, Prince Ramiro disguises his tutor as a beggar, to whom Cenerentola shows kindness, proving her good heartedness. After refusing to fall for the wiles of Cenerentola’s stepsisters and stepfather, Ramiro wins her heart with a matching bracelet. POP’s Founding Artistic Director, Josh Shaw, designed and directed this rollicking Rossini classic, which was sung in Italian with English subtitles and featured a 25-piece orchestra led by Kristin Roach.