Just in time for the holidays, LA Opera presents Gioachino Rossini's fairytale romance Cinderella (La Cenerentola) from November 20 through December 12 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. This delightfully entertaining spin on the ultimate rags-to-riches tale finds our spunky heroine (no damsel in distress here) seizing the opportunity to nab the most eligible bachelor in the land and outwit her social-climbing family in the process.

"Following the heightened passion, tragic drama and epic sweep of the season's first two operas, Il Trovatore and Tannhäuser, it's now time for something lighter and brighter," said Christopher Koelsch, LA Opera's president and CEO.