Nashville Opera
Cinderella on the Beach at the Cumberland
On Saturday, June 12, at the Ascend Amphitheater, as the sun set along the shores of the mighty Cumberland River, Nashville Opera held a beach party. With a completely original staging by John Hoomes, and a number of Nashville cast debuts, the party featured a zany interpretation of Gioachino Rossini’s dramma giocoso, La Cenerenterola that included piles of pink flamingo inflatables, a shark named Bruce and a crystal flip-flop. Rossini’s Cinderella was first premiered in 1817 in Rome when its composer was just 25 years old. He was then enjoying the extraordinary success of his Il barbiere di Siviglia andRead More
