Cenerentola, La
Cenerentola, La (Cinderella). Opera in 2 acts by Rossini to lib. by Ferretti. Comp. 1816. Prod. Rome 1817, London 1820, NY 1826. There are other Cinderella operas by Laruette, Steibelt, Massenet, Isouard, and Wolf-Ferrari. Also ballets by Prokofiev and J. Strauss II.
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