Benvenuto Cellini

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.

Main Cast

John Osborn

Benvenuto Cellini

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Michèle Losier

Ascanio

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Maurizio Muraro

Giacomo Balducci

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Orlin Anastassov

Le Pape Clément VII

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Laurent Naouri

Fieramosca

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Mariangela Sicilia

Teresa

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Nicky Spence

Francesco

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Scott Conner

Bernardino

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Léon de Wailly Henri Auguste Barbier
Directing	Stage Director	Terry Gilliam
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