Dandini (character)
{{Short description|Character in the opera La Cenerentola by Rossini}}
Dandini is a character in the opera La Cenerentola by Rossini and also in the Cinderella pantomime. He is the male servant of the Prince (the principal male character: Don Ramiro in the opera, commonly Prince Charming in the pantomime). Dandini helps the Prince to meet the principal female character (known as Angelina or Cinderella) without her knowing that he is a prince. Dandini pretends to be the prince and the real prince pretends to be his servant.{{cite web |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/la-cenerentola-synopsis-724258 |title=La Cenerentola Synopsis |last1=Green|first1=Aaron|date=17 March 2017 |website=www.thoughtco.com |access-date=10 December 2018 }}{{cite web |url=https://wno.org.uk/archive/2018-2019/la-cenerentola-rossini#synopsis |title=La Cenerentola Rossini's Cinderella: Synopsis|author= |date=2018 |website=wno.org.uk |publisher=Welsh National Opera|access-date=10 December 2018}}{{cite news |last=Cox |first=John |date=18 June 2012 |title=Glyndebourne 2012 – La Cenerentola synopsis, cast and creatives |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jun/18/glyndebourne-2012-la-cenerentola-synopsis |work=The Guardian |access-date=10 December 2018 }}
In panto it is often played by a young woman, who dresses similarly to the Principal boy for the identity swap.{{cite book |last=Clinton-Baddeley |first=V. C. |date=1963 |title=Some Pantomime Pedigrees |publisher=The Society for Theatrical Research |pages=13–14 }}
Notable people who have played Dandini
=Opera=
- Sesto Bruscantini{{cite news |last=Forbes |first=Elizabeth |date=12 May 2003 |title=Sesto Bruscantini |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sesto-bruscantini-730285.html |work=The Independent |location=London |access-date=10 December 2018}}
- Luigi Lablache{{cite magazine |author= |title=Memoirs of performers at the Italian opera house |magazine=The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, Issue CLVII, p 78|location=London |date=1 April 1837 }}
- Giorgio Ronconi{{cite news |author= |title=Paris and the Parisiens |work=The Lady's Newspaper p 16 |location= London|date=12 January 1850 }}
- Antonio Tamburini{{cite magazine |author= |title=The Drama |magazine=La Belle Assemblée; or, Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine issue 90 p 287 |location=London |date=1 June 1832 }}
=Pantomime=
- Julian Clary{{cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=15 December 2016 |title=Cinderella review – Julian Clary unleashes a tsunami of smut |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/dec/15/cinderella-review-julian-clary-paul-o-grady-nigel-havers-amanda-holden-london-palladium |work=The Guardian |access-date=10 December 2018 }}
- Florrie Forde{{cite journal |last=Sweeney |first=Maxwell |date=1984 |title=Pantomime: Preservation of a Tradition |journal=Theatre Ireland |issue=8 |pages=62–64 |jstor=25488964 }}
- Stephen Gately{{cite news |last=Hamilton |first=Laura |date=25 February 2011 |title=Bullies said my boobs were too big |work=Daily Mirror |location=London }}
- Pat Kirkwood{{cite news |last=Heald |first=Tim |title=In Panto at Least: A boy is best when he's a girl! |work=Daily Express |location=London |date=28 December 1967 }}
- Gertrude Lawrence (as Alexandra Dagmar){{cite magazine |author= |title=Here We Are Again! |magazine=Punch p 24 |location=London |date=11 January 1896 }}
- Alice Lloyd{{cite news |last=Trinculo |date=4 January 1897 |title=Amongst the Mummers and at the Music Hall |work=The Sporting Mirror and Dramatic and Music Hall Record p 1 |location=London }}
- Mary Malcolm{{cite news |author= |title=It's Mary Malcolm in Pantomime! |work=Daily Mirror |location=London |date=21 December 1955 }}
- Wendy Richard{{cite news |last=Court |first=Louise |date=27 December 1986 |title=We're Top of the Bill! |work=Daily Express |location=London }}
- Wayne Sleep{{cite news |last=Everett |first=Lucinda |title=Cinderella, New Wimbledon Theatre, review: 'thoroughly festive' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/11281863/Cinderella-New-Wimbledon-Theatre-.html |work=The Telegraph |access-date=10 December 2018 }}
- Louie Spence{{cite news |last=Winter |first=Stuart |date= 23 December 2012|title=Hammed up no longer, shows are now a good career move |work=Sunday Express |location=London }}
- Nellie Wallace
- Dorothy Ward
- Sid Sloane