Jules Massenet’s fairy-tale opera Cendrillon (‘Cinderella’) was an immediate success at its premiere in 1899 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. Massenet, then at the height of his powers, creates a magical sound-world full of wit, enchantment and perfumed elegance to match librettist Henri Cain’s coming-of-age adaptation of this classic fairy tale. The colourful fantasy world created by the acclaimed stage director Barbrara Mundel and set designer Olga Motta features the British-Swiss soprano, Kim-Lillian Strebel, in her critically acclaimed title role. Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg is led by Fabrice Bollon. Other soloists are Katharina Melnikova (La Fée), Anat Czarny (Le Prince Charmant), Anja Jung (Madame de la Haltière) and Juan Orozco (Pandolfe). Recorded at the Theater Freiburg, Germany in 2017.