opera Alma Deutscher's Cinderella (Viennese version for children) Birgit Kajtna (stage director), Witolf Werner (conductor) — With Bryony Dwyer (Cinderella), Simina Ivan (Stepmother), Bongiwe Nakani (Fairy Emmeline), Pavel Kolgatin (Prince) - Wiener Staatsoper

Birgit Kajtna (stage director), Witolf Werner (conductor) — With Bryony Dwyer (Cinderella), Simina Ivan (Stepmother), Bongiwe Nakani (Fairy Emmeline), Pavel Kolgatin (Prince) - Wiener Staatsoper

Alma Deutscher's Cinderella (Viennese version for children) Birgit Kajtna (stage director), Witolf Werner (conductor) — With Bryony Dwyer (Cinderella), Simina Ivan (Stepmother), Bongiwe Nakani (Fairy Emmeline), Pavel Kolgatin (Prince) - Wiener Staatsoper

About

One of the most extraordinary musical prodigies of our day, Alma Deutscher presents a modern version of the beloved fairy tale blending humor, poetry, and the magic of theatre. Deutscher began composing her Cinderella at age 8, but without directly taking up the original tale by the Brothers Grimm, preferring to give music the predominant place in her spectacle. The title character here is also a young composer, envied by her stepmother and stepsisters for her talent and forced to toil away as a mere copyist. But compelled by the same love for art, Prince Charming—a poet, in Deutscher's retelling—comes to Cinderella's aid...

Cast

Birgit Kajtna | Stage director
Katrin Roschangar | Choreographer
Christina Feik | Set designer
Janina Müller-Höreth | Costume designer

Bryony Dwyer | Cinderella
Caroline Wenborne | Griselda
Ulrike Helzel | Zibaldona
Simina Ivan | Stepmother
Bongiwe Nakani | Fairy Emmeline
Pavel Kolgatin | The Prince
Dan Paul Dumitrescu | The King
Rafael Fingerlos | Minister

Alma Deutscher | Pianist, Violinist

Wiener Staatsoper Stage Orchestra
Witolf Werner | Conductor

Program

Alma Deutscher, Cinderella (Viennese version for children)
- Overture
- "Sie haben mich rufen lassen?" (You called for me?)
- "Dein Leben lief bisher nach deinen Wünschen" (You have always lived your life according to your wishes)
- "Auf mein Haupt setzen sie die Krone" (They set the crown upon my head)
- "Wir kaufen nichts. Und wir spenden nichts." (We are not buying anything. And we don't make donations.)
- "Diese Worte kann ich nicht verstehen" (I don't understand these words)
- "Der schönste Traum erweckt mich" (The most beautiful dream wakes me)
- "Wenn hernieder sinkt das Dunkel" (When the darkness comes down)
- "Nacht ist schon na" (Night is already near)
- "Von Alters her und sagengleich" (From time immemorial and like a legend)
- "Königliche Hoheit, sehr verehrte Gäste" (Your Royal Highness, distinguished guests)
- "Mein Lied! Wie konnten sie es mir stehlen?" (My song! How could she steal it from me?)
- "Man sah, dein Kleid war zu knapp" (One saw that your dress was too tight)
- "Wie ich wohl meine ist dies der Deine?" (I think this might belong to you?)