Music Director and Conductor: Arvo Volmer
Stage Director and Set Designer: Michiel Dijkema (Amsterdam)
Costumes: Claudia Damm (Berlin)
Premiere on November 10, 2006
Approx running time: ca 2 h 30 min
Sung in Italian with subtitles in Estonian and English
Who hasn't heard the fairy-tale of Cinderella who crouched in the ashes, danced to the tune of her step-sisters but finally found the man of her dreams and a happy life. Why should this fairy-tale be told today?
An exciting and unexpected solution of the story of Cinderella with striking scenery and fantastic-modern costumes is presented by the Dutch stage director Michiel Dijkema and the German designer Claudia Damm.
In this story, an unhappy soul dreams of a prince on a white horse and of a better life, and women following the last trends chase the prince, and a man who considers himself very wise, is only interested in himself.
"Cinderella" is not just a fairy-tale, it includes reality as well as dreams, a lot of fantasies, comedy and grotesque. And all of this is expressed by the brilliant and virtuous music of Rossini!