A “splendid” La Cenerentola at Lyric Opera of Chicago
“The troupe’s theatrical ingenuity serves a splendid cast headed by . . . Isabel Leonard and American tenor Lawrence Brownlee . . . Forget Disney, forget Rodgers and Hammerstein. In this sly new take on the familiar fairy tale, everything we see on stage is Cinderella’s fantasy. Abused by her venal stepfather and mean stepsisters, […]