Benvenuto Cellini (2015)

GRAMOPHONE CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS 2019 SHORTLIST - OPERA

With his affinity for the 16th-century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini's advocacy of artistic and personal freedom, Hector Berlioz went straight for the grand gesture with his first completed opera. Returning to it years after initial production debacles, Berlioz stated that he would 'never again find such verve and Cellinian impetuosity, nor such a variety of ideas.' The plot revolves around Cellini's wooing of Teresa, a match frustrated at every opportunity by his rival, the cowardly Fieramosca. Benvenuto Cellini is a pithy work combining romance, excitement, violence, comedy and spectacle; the perfect stage for Terry Gilliam's stylishly colorful and larger than life directing.

Date of release

2015-01-01

Runtime

3h 0m

Genres

Music

Casting

• John Osborn — Benvenuto Cellini
• Michèle Losier — Ascanio
• Maurizio Muraro — Giacomo Balducci
• Orlin Anastassov — Le Pape Clément VII
• Laurent Naouri — Fieramosca
• Mariangela Sicilia — Teresa
• Nicky Spence — Francesco
• Scott Conner — Bernardino
• André Morsch — Pompeo
• Marcel Beekman — Le Cabaratier
• Mark Elder — Conductor

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