This year’s festive crowd pleaser from the Royal Ballet does not feature a growing Christmas tree nor a Kingdom of Sweets. Instead, an alternative is offered in the form of Frederick Ashton’s 1948 ...

Just forget the glass slippers (they must have been excruciating to wear), and for goodness’ sake throw out that moldy pumpkin coach. Gioachino Rossini’s (1792-1868) “La Cenerentola,” though funny (it ...

So Cinderella, a story about transformation, has itself been transformed, most markedly with imagery from the natural world – leaves, flowers, fruits and seeding grasses proliferating across the walls ...

Full cast and chorus of “Cinderella” at Merrill Auditorium. Photos by Martha Mickles A midsummer heat wave and threats of severe weather outside were no match for a fully engaging performance of ...

Talk about a timeless tale. With origins dating back to ancient Greece, in which a slave girl marries the king of Egypt, “Cinderella” has been told and retold in about every way imaginable. And it ...

FARGO — Some little girls dream of becoming princesses. Madison Marie McIntosh had her own Cinderella dream, not based on the Disney movie or pop culture interpretations, but rather the opera version ...

Stuck at home and put to work by her spoiled Step-Sisters, Cinderella’s life is dreary and dull. Everything changes when she helps a mysterious woman out... With a little bit of magic, she is ...

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Opening nights tend to be special. So what's 'A Gala Celebration' opening night at the Royal Opera House going to feel like? Spontaneous combustion?! Perhaps from the ticket prices... Regardless, last ...