🚨PARKING ALERT🚨
SUNDAY: Parking around the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts will be in demand! The Ballet and Opera are both performing Sunday afternoon. Arrive early to find parking and navigate security prior to the performance.
In addition to the Performing Arts Deck and flat lots across the street, visitors can find parking in the Convention Center Underground Deck, the Cabarrus Street Parking Deck, and the City Center Deck all within 0.3mi.
DOWNTOWN PARKING MAP
// Massenet //
CINDERELLA
Click the button above to choose your seats and purchase online.
Tickets can also be purchased through the NC Opera Box Office by calling 919.792.3853.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:30PM
Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 2:00PM
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
CINDERELLA runs approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes including one intermission.
Performed in French with English translations projected above the stage.
OPERA OVERVIEW
Music by Jules Massenet
Libretto by Henri Caïn, after Perrault
World premiere: Opéra-Comique, Paris, France, May 24, 1899
*Company Premiere
A fairytale fantasy comes to life in Massenet’s Cinderella. With enchanting melodies, sparkling orchestration, and a touch of magical mischief, this heartwarming opera puts a charming spin on the classic tale. When a lost slipper sets destiny in motion, Cinderella’s journey from rags to romance unfolds in the most whimsical, wonder-filled way.
MORE DETAILS
- College student tickets are $15 and can be purchased online, or by calling the NCO Box Office at 919.792.3853. A valid student ID must be presented at will-call to pick up tickets. Limit of 2 tickets per ID.
- Subscribers: log in to your NCO Account Manager to purchase additional tickets with your subscriber discount and enjoy waived handling fees, or contact the Box Office at 919.792.3853.
- Groups 10+ save on tickets: call the Box Office at 919.792.3853 to book your group now.
- Audio Description will be available for the Friday, October 17th performance, provided by Arts Access.
- Friday, October 17th is HBCU Night at the Opera! Discount tickets for HBCU affiliates are available online or by calling the Box Office. We encourage you to wear school colors, Greek letters, and show your HBCU pride at the Opera.
QUESTIONS? We’re here to help! Call the Box Office at 919.792.3853.
THE ARTISTS
Joseph Mechavich
Conductor
James Marvel
Director
Marcelo Martinez
Choreographer
Nicole Cabell
Cinderella
Lucia Bradford
Madame de la Haltière
(Cinderella’s Stepmother)
Kate Farrar
Le Prince Charmant
(Prince Charming)
Song Hee Lee
La Fée
(Fairy Godmother)
Malcolm Mackenzie
Pandolfe
(Cinderella’s Father)
Coleridge Nash
Le Roi
(The King)
Elana Gleason
Noémie
(Cinderella’s Stepsister)
Gretchen Bruesehoff
Dorothée
(Cinderella’s Stepsister)
This production is generously sponsored by Ross Lampe, Jr.
No refunds. All sales final. Casting subject to change.
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