Dawid Kimberg

Massenet composed his opera about Cenerentola nearly 80 years after Rossini did his. And if you are looking for the outburst of the non-stop hilarity and the musical jokes of Rossini, you won't find it here. Also, while the Cendrillon was highly successful and popular in its time, it does not reach up to the artistic and musical levels offered by Massenet's other operas, like Manon, or Thais or Werther. Nevertheless, this is a delightful opera and it is well presented by The Royal Opera. Laurent Pelly created a ingenious setting with movable walls which are covered [in French] with the story of Cinderella, and which open and close book-like.

2010年6月に英ロンドンのロイヤル・オペラ・ハウスで上演されたジョルジュ・ビゼーによる名作オペラ「カルメン」を、米リアルD社の最新3Dカメラで撮影し映像化。17世紀セビリア、タバコ工場で働くカルメンは竜騎兵の伍長ドン・ホセを誘惑するが、同郷の娘との結婚を決めていたホセに無視されてしまう。ある日、ケンカ騒ぎを起こして投獄されたカルメンは、ホセを再び誘惑し牢から逃げ出すのだが。