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ONP Bastille, Thursday April 7 2022 Conductor: Carlo Rizzi. Production: Mariame Clément. Sets and Costumes: Julia Hansen. Lighting: Ulrik Gad. Video: Etienne Guiol. Cendrillon: Tara Erraught. Madame de la Haltière: Daniela Barcellona. Le prince charmant: Anna Stéphany. La fée: Kathleen Kim. Noémie: Charlotte Bonnet. Dorothée: Marion Lebègue. Pandolfe: Lionel Lhote. Le roi: Philippe Rouillon. Le Doyen de la faculté: Cyrille Lovighi. Le Surintendant des plaisirs: Olivier Ayault. Le Premier Ministre: Vadim Artamonov. Six Esprits: Corinne Talibart, So-Hee Lee, Stéphanie Loris, Anne-Sophie Ducret, Sophie Van de Woestyne, Blandine Folio Peres. Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra National de Paris. Photos: Monika Rittershaus / ONP I know Cendrillon is quite a lot of people's favourite Massenet opera, but, despite my admiration for some of his work, I'm sorry to say I've never managed to get my head round this particular score. The vocal lines seem to meander one way while the orche...

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The ' coup de coeur ' selection in the April issue of France's Opéra Magazine , with a ' Diamant ', their highest accolade, is Asmik Grigorian's Dissonance , a CD of Rachmaninov songs with Lukas Geniusas at the piano, on Alpha Classics. 'Teamed with a pianist of genius, the most formidable singing actress of our time delivers an outstanding song recital,' says the reviewer (in French).