The Cinderella Story Told in Opera Via The Met

The Met: Live in HD will present a simulcast of its first-ever production of “Cendrillon,” Massenet’s 1899 opera based on the Cinderella story, on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Guild Hall. Joyce DiDonato stars in the title role, with Alice Coote, a mezzo-soprano, as Prince Charming, Kathleen Kim as the Fairy Godmother, and Stephanie Blythe as Madame de la Haitiere. 

Bertrand de Billy conducts Laurent Pelly’s production, which Zachary Woolfe, a New York Times critic, called “a delightful show.” Tickets are $22, $20 for members, and $15 for students.

JDT Lab will have a live concert featuring selections from “Far Travelers,” an opera in development by Jeffrey Leiser, a film and concert composer, sound artist, and screenwriter, on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Based on the Vinlandic sagas and set in 1004 A.D., the opera follows the travels of a group of merchants and Vikings as they attempt to settle Newfoundland. Admission is free, but reservations have been encouraged.