Benvenuto Cellini

The Florentine sculptor and silversmith Benvenuto Cellini rapidly attained a degree of renown that went beyond the confines of Italy. Invariably embroiled in conspiracies, intrigues and quarrels, Cellini is commissioned by the Pope to cast a large sculpture of Perseus. He is loved by Teresa, but she is promised to Fieramosca, an academic artist who has not been favoured with a papal commission. Terry Gilliam’s exuberant production draws the protagonists into a delirious and joyful yet claustrophobic and megalomaniac world: a flaring up of contagious madness.

• Henri Auguste BarbierWriter
• Hector BerliozOriginal Music Composer
• Léon de WaillyWriter

• John OsbornBenvenuto Cellini
• Pretty YendeTeresa
• Michèle LosierAscanio
• Audun IversenFieramosca
• Marco SpottiLe Pape Clément VII
• Philippe JordanSelf - Conductor