Cendrillon at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
The effervescent opera Cendrillon will be staged as a ballet at Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris.Described as a "fairy tale," the original opera is in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Cain based on Perrault's 1698 version of the Cinderella fairy tale. Massenet's robust sense of humor and wit is evident in this work. The use of recurrent motifs is more tactful, while the love music "reminds…