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“Cendrillon,” the French translation of “Cinderella,” is an operatic retelling of Charles Perrault’s 1697 classic fairy tale, and will debut Friday at the Freud Playhouse. Opera UCLA and the UCLA theater department collaborated to put on the show, which they set in post-World War II France. (Esmeralda Lopez/Daily Bruin)

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UCLA transforms &#8216;Cinderella&#8217; into opera set in post-WWII France

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Opera UCLA set an enchanting princess fairy tale during a bleak time, when people were starving, freezing and struggling for food and clothing. Students have vaulted the 1697 story of “Cinderella” 250 years into the future – post-World War II France in in 1947.

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UCLA transforms ‘Cinderella’ into opera set in post-WWII France

By Sarah Ahern

Feb. 16, 2017 11:07 p.m.