[photo credit: City of Pasadena]
The performance combines music from Rossini’s “La Cenerentola,” Massenet’s “Cendrillon,” and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” sung in English with live piano accompaniment. The production is “a beacon of hope for LA Wildfire affected children, families and their schools,” according to Pacific Opera Project’s official statement. The January 7 Eaton Fire destroyed 9,000+ structures and displaced 23,000 residents, severely damaging or destroying five Pasadena Unified School District schools and impacting 14,000 Pasadena Unified School District students.
The programming is “funded in part by a generous gift from Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation.” The event represents a public-private partnership between the nonprofit arts organization, the education foundation, and the municipal library system, offering cultural enrichment and emotional restoration during community recovery.
Linda Vista Branch Library, which opened in 1957, houses the Pasadena Public Library system’s only Decorative Arts Collection. Patrons requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the library at least 72 hours in advance at (626) 744-7278 or CSC@cityofpasadena.net
“Discover Opera with Pacific Opera Project: Cinderella Story” will run on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 4:30–5:30 p.m. Linda Vista Branch Library, 1281 Bryant St., Pasadena, CA 91103. For more information, call (626) 744-7278 or visit https://www.cityofpasadena.net/library/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D194516375.
