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Benvenuto Cellini
“GRAMOPHONE CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS 2019 SHORTLIST - OPERA”
0.0 / 10• 2015• 3h 0m•NR• English
Music
Storyline
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 & Crew
John Osborn
Benvenuto Cellini
Lead
Michèle Losier
Ascanio
Maurizio Muraro
Giacomo Balducci
OA
Orlin Anastassov
Le Pape Clément VII
Laurent Naouri
Fieramosca
MS
Mariangela Sicilia
Teresa
NS
Nicky Spence
Francesco
SC
Scott Conner
Bernardino
What People Are Saying
0.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. the director's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Benvenuto Cellini is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
