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September 3, 2010

Women's Works will present the charming operetta, Cinderella (Cendrillon), in a costumed concert. This acclaimed cast will perform one matinee only Sunday, September 19, 4 p.m. at the Beverly J. Martin elementary school auditorium, on Buffalo Street, Ithaca. (The operetta is originally in French, which is notoriously hard to sing and somewhat of a minority language in the Ithaca area. It will, therefore, be performed in family-friendly English).

Pauline Viardot's re-telling of Cinderella is warm, funny, highly lyrical, and told in human terms with a straightforward simplicity which is irresistible. Pauline Viardot, famous opera singer and good friend of such luminaries as George Sand and Ivan Turgenev, was "the most talented woman" Clara Schumann had ever met. This operetta was written as a salon piece and was also Viardot's final work.

This production will feature Lynn Craver as Cinderella, with Kristen Park and Robin Booth as the stepsisters, Mark Lawrence as Prince Charming, and Karen Dumont as the Fairy Godmother. Sarah Cummings (violin) and Beth Kelly (flute) will join Richard Montgomery (piano).

$10/general, $5/under 18, $20/family maximum (call for group rates!)

For more information, contact Kristen Park, savoyards@cornell.edu, 844-4039