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Semperoper Dresden

Soprano (+1)

Tuuli Takala

Teresa

Chorus

Saxon State Opera Choir Dresden

Stage director

Stage director (+6)

Barbora Horáková

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Aída-Leonor Guardia Beier

Costume designer

Eva Butzkies

Lighting designer

Stefan Bolliger

Chorusmaster

Jonathan Becker

Dramaturge

Benedikt Stampfli

Tenor

Anton Rositskiy

Benvenuto Cellini

Bass (+2)

Ante Jerkunica

Balducci

Baritone (+3)

Jérôme Boutillier

Fieramosca

Bass (+3)

Tilmann Rönnebeck

Pope Clement VII

Tenor (+3)

Aaron Pegram

Francesco

Bass-baritone (+4)

Vladyslav Buialskyi

Bernardino

Baritone (+5)

Matthias Henneberg

Pompeo

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Stepanka Pucalkova

Ascanio

Tenor (+2)

Jürgen Müller

An innkeeper

Baritone (+2)

Anton Beliaev

An Officer

Orchestra

Staatskapelle Dresden

Video

Sergio Verde

Choreographer

Juanjo Arqués

Semperoper

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Oscar Jockel

Giampaolo Bisanti

In his early opera »Benvenuto Cellini«, which premiered in Paris in 1838, Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) produced an astonishing work of art centred around one of the most important artists of the 16th century. Although the opera sketches only three days in the colourful life of the Florentine sculptor, namely between Shrove Monday and Ash Wednesday in 1532, they are tumultuous enough: After several hours in the hustle and bustle of carnival celebrations in Rome, during which Cellini fatally stabs an enemy, the artist nevertheless enjoys sweet victory at the story’s end.

Hector Berlioz was known for his phenomenally differentiated use of the orchestra and its instruments. His many admirers included Richard Wagner. The richly varied score ranges from large-scale tableaux with rousing choral passages to uniquely orchestrated chamber scenes. In this way, Berlioz creates an unparalleled musical depiction of revelry at carnival time.

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