Oklahoma City University students to perform in Cinderella-inspired opera 'Cendrillon'

A cast of 33 singers and a 46-member orchestra will present a “zany and enchanting” interpretation of the Cinderella fairytale in Oklahoma City University’s first opera of 2019: Jules Massenet’s “Cendrillon.”

The French romantic comedy will be performed in English on OCU’s historic Kirkpatrick stage in three performances at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m. Sunday.

OCU’s 120th anniversary performance will feature imaginative lighting and sets and custom-made costumes, creating a colorful cast of characters inhabiting a royal palace and an enchanted forest.

Matthew Mailman will conduct the Oklahoma Opera and Music Theater Company Orchestra. The production will feature scenic design by professor Jason Foreman and prop design by professor Lawrence Heyman. Lighting design is by Marina Oakley, and original costumes are by Celia Kasberg, seniors in the School of Theatre’s design and production program.

Tickets range from $14 to $28 and are available by calling 405-208-5227, or go to www.okcu.edu/tickets.

For additional performances at the Bass School of Music, go to www.okcu.edu/tickets or www.facebook.com/bassschoolofmusic.