Benvenuto Cellini (2015)

Benvenuto Cellini (2015)

GRAMOPHONE CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS 2019 SHORTLIST - OPERA 2015-01-01 Netherlands 180 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

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

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