Berlioz
Benvenuto Cellini
Berlioz’s opera about the legendary hot-blooded Florentine sculptor and goldsmith is a rarity. But under James Levine’s masterful conducting the huge and complex score dazzles like one of Cellini’s artworks. Marcello Giordani is Benventuo Cellini, who must finish a statue of Perseus for Pope Clement (Robert Lloyd) by nightfall or be hanged as a murderer and rapist. Against all the odds, including the conniving of his vicious rival Fieramosca (Peter Coleman-Wright), Cellini’s artistry triumphs, and he can finally be with the woman he loves, Teresa (Isabel Bayrakdarian).
Full SynopsisPerformance Info
Performance Date
Dec 27, 2003
Composer
Hector Berlioz
Librettist
Léon de Wailly and Auguste Barbier
Run Time
2 HRS 46 MIN