The read
It runs long at 3h 0m.
Synopsis
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.
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Key crew
- Henri Auguste BarbierWriter
- Léon de WaillyWriter
Cast
- John OsbornBenvenuto Cellini
- Michèle LosierAscanio
- Maurizio MuraroGiacomo Balducci
- Orlin AnastassovLe Pape Clément VII
- Laurent NaouriFieramosca
- Mariangela SiciliaTeresa
- Nicky SpenceFrancesco
- Scott ConnerBernardino
- André MorschPompeo
- Marcel BeekmanLe Cabaratier
- Mark ElderConductor
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Themes
operaberlioz