Opera "Cendrillon" will premiere today at the Kaunas State Musical Theatre, Lithuania. "Cendrillon" is an opera - described as a "fairy tale" - in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Caïn based on Perrault's 1698 version of the Cinderella fairy tale.

Here is also a quick look into the workshop of Marina Kazijeva who crafts the glitzy footwear for this opera by hand. The faces are sculpted by Aida Vagusevičiūtė from the Kaunas State Musical Theatre.

... and here are some of the design sketches of the shoes

Cendrillon

Musical Director and Conductor – Erki Pehk
Stage Director and Choreographer – Jüri Nael
Set and Costume Designer – Madis Nurms
Lighting Designer – Anton Kulagin
Video Designer – Liudas Svirskas
Producer – Mihkel Känd
Assistant Director – Olivier van den Hende
Assistant Choreographer – Dainius Bervingis
Assistant Designers – Laura Kaasik, Olga Dmitrijeva
Assistant Video Designers – Tautvydas Stanelis, Ksenia Kvitko
Remixed music – Jakob Juhkam
Stage Manager – Svetlana Gudukienė

Lucette (Cendrillon) - Zuzanna Nalewajek (Poland)
Madame de la Haltière - Jomantė Šležaitė (Lithuania)
Le Prince Charmant - Abi Levis (USA)
La Fée - Eszter Zemlenyi (Hungary)
Pandolfe - Laimonas Pautienius (Lithuania)
Noémie - Gabrielė Bukinė (Lithuania)
Dorothée - Ieva Goleckytė (Lithuania)
The King - Vladimiras Prudnikovas

Premiere of CENDRILLON

Cendrillon

Photos by Domas Rimeika

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