The little-known Cendrillon of Franco-Maltese composer Nicolò Isouard is the opera on which Rossini based his blockbuster hit La Cenerentola, which swiftly pitched Isouard’s Cendrillon into obscurity. On the opening night, possibly the opera’s UK première, the rain poured unhelpfully down on Bampton’s exquisite Deanery Garden, but spontaneous umbrella jokes (rhyming nicely with ‘Cinderella’) were out in force.

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Rating: 4 ****

Remaining performances in 2018:

• Monday 27 August: 5pm, Westonbirt Orangery, Tetbury, Gloucestershire: book tickets here
• Tuesday 18 September: 7pm, St John’s Smith Square, London (per-performance talk at 6pm): book tickets here