It is one of the few operas that we are always ready to listen to, as each time it is able to recreate the wonder and freshness of its perfect symmetry, one of the few where Rossini did not have recourse to selfborrowing, to his usual parodies. He went for the least dramatic version of Cinderella, eliminating magical effects like the coach and big ensemble scenes like the ball, and he finished it off in a month. Read more...