Vivica Genaux as Cenerentola
La Cenerentola
Michigan Opera Theater
Donato Di Steffano as Magnifico
Cenerentola meets her prince (Ken Tarver)
For the storm sequence I worked with a video artist to create a projected cartoon of a carriage racing through a storm. This effect is projected on a scrim with Ramiro and Dandini behind.On a musical cue, the wheels wobble, the carriage breaks down, the horses disengage and gallop off and the singers pretend to fall out of the carriage, as the light fades.
The stepsisters arrive at the palace to find a line of potential future princesses. On musical cues, the sisters violently dispatch each one