Someone recently sent this great quotation from Ella Fitzgerald: " The only thing better than singing is more singing."It was definitely 'more singing' in La Cenerentola, Rossini's wonderful reworking of the Cinderella story, which today ended the Metropolitan Opera's simulcast season. I did not know the opera but was entranced from the start, by the music and the superb singing of the beautiful Elina Garanca, who played the Cinderella role. Tenor Lawrence Brownlee played the prince and was a grand vocal match for Garanca. Both have voices that seem to pour effortlessly from their bodies. Short and chubby, Brownlee did not look like a prototypical prince but he embodied the message of the humble tale: let love and kindness prevail. There was lots of ensemble singing, all wonderful.
