Opera Cheat Sheet | Houston Public Media

Here’s our quick, light-hearted overview of Gioacchino Rossini’s 1817 comic masterpiece La Cenerentola (Cinderella) which is this week’s Met Opera performance airing on Houston Public Media Classical 91.7 Saturday at noon. In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s arts & culture director St.John Flynn and opera expert Eric Skelly discuss Rossini’s La Cenerentola. Based on the Perrault fairy tale of Cinderella, it’s the story of the kind-hearted young girl, abused by her step-sisters,... Read More