New York's City Opera Company, which has made itself a fine reputation mounting such neglected modern masterpieces as Berg's Wozzeck and Prokofiev's Love for Three Oranges, last week did a turnabout. It wet its thumb, leafed back through the decades, and uncovered a neglected oldtimer that had not been heard in Manhattan since the days of Andrew Jackson: Rossini's La Cenerentola (Cinderella). It left the opening-night audience whooping with delight.
The story came across clearly: poor-but-beautiful Cinderella (Frances Bible) falls in love with the prince-in-disguise (Riccardo Manning), who marries her because he knows...
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