The first opera to be staged at the recently reconstructed Petruzzelli theatre of Bari, this Cenerentola shines with the bravura and comic verve of its interpreters. Daniele Abbado's direction and Evelino Pido's conducting bring out the best of this opera, which for much of the 19th century vied with Il barbiere di Siviglia as Rossini's most popular and most frequently performed comic opera.