Classical notes

It’s a real choice between good and evil, though you can have both, at the Gaiety Theatre from April 22 to 30 when Opera Ireland’s spring season alternates Rossini’s La Cenerentola and Gounod’s Faust.

It’s a real choice between good and evil, though you can have both, at the Gaiety Theatre from April 22 to 30 when Opera Ireland’s spring season alternates Rossini’s La Cenerentola and Gounod’s Faust.

One is about Cinderella, the other about the Devil. Well, they are the basic ingredients, though opera has a way of confusing the issue when it comes to storylines. La Cenerentola, based on the fairytale which includes ugly sisters, ...