In some cases we have included scores of operatic works, mainly for most important works, or if a libretto. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The story is loosely based on the memoirs of the florentine sculptor benvenuto cellini. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Gregory kunde benvenuto cellini, patrizia ciofi teresa, joyce didonato ascanio, jeanfrancois lapointe fieramosca, laurent naouri balducci, renaud delaigue le pape, eeic salha francesco ch. Berlioz libretti benvenuto cellini weimar the hector berlioz website.
End page 427 the libretto covers both the professional cellini and the private man, in this case the lover of teresa, daughter of papal treasurer giacomo balducci. Benvenuto cellini select a language to update the synopsis text. Benvenuto cellini opera, 97864265485, please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online. In some cases also texts of other vocal pieces similar to operas are included. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Theres a live cinema screening of benvenuto cellini on 17 june. Cellini struck the composer as the ideal subject for an opera, not simply in his colorful personality but in his triumphs over the politically powerful figures oppressing him. Rolex chose to name their line of precious metal dress watches after cellini, with the rolex cellini collection beginning in 1928 and continuing today. If the opera is approached in the light of an historical landmark, there is no reason why benvenuto cellini should not take its rightful place in the repertory. Benvenuto cellini opera wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia. It may be said with truth that berliozs music transcends the libretto.
The florentine sculptor and silversmith benvenuto cellini rapidly attained a degree of renown that went beyond the confines of italy. The story is inspired by the memoirs of the florentine sculptor benvenuto cellini, although the elements of the plot are largely fictional. The hector berlioz website benvenuto cellini by norman. Hector berlioz benvenuto cellini valery gergiev salzburg 2007 classicalman.
In this live performance from may 8, 1973, however, we find conductor seiji ozawa, a superb berlioz conductor, literally on fire in a noholdsbarred performance. The popes treasurer, balducci, mistrusts cellini, preferring a local and mediocre sculptor, fieramosca, to whom he has promised his beautiful. The radio italiana orchestra plays with incendiary passion and brilliance, and his cast is equally superb. John pritchard, gala records enregistre en 1966, report 3 cd, 2004. The prelate has commissioned benvenuto cellini, a hot blooded but brilliant florentine sculptor and goldsmith, to create a statue of perseus killing the medusa.
Every performance of benvenuto cellini on the stage of the paris opera today is. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Teresa, balducci, cellini, ascanio, fieramosca, pompeo, gli allievi di cellini, saltimbanchi, danzatori, popolo, maschere e sbirri. This is an index of libretto pages in the internet known to me. Nbes0001 benvenuto cellini new berlioz edition archive this archive will eventually comprise both the copies of original sources employed by the editors of the nbe in preparing the texts of the edition, and the administrative records of the edition. They are ordered by composer and name of the opera.
Besetzung am grossherzoglichen hoftheater zu weimar. The hector berlioz website berlioz libretti benvenuto. Date of performance surmised from publication date. The opera is technically very challenging and rarely performed.
Una prima versione di quest opera in due atti, fu composta fra il 1834 e il 1838. Nbes0001 benvenuto cellini new berlioz edition archive. Il soggetto del benvenuto cellini fu suggerito a berlioz dal poeta. Muzyke skomponowal hector berlioz, a libretto napisali. The story certainly fired berliozs imagination, dealing as it did with the themes of human freedom and oppression. Next, in 1826, he wrote a threeact opera les francsjuges the free judges, based on a libretto by his friend humbert ferrand, and dealing with the secret vehmic courts of the later middle ages. Quod quam a hic eaque laborum suscipit quo soluta mollitia cupiditate vitae eos voluptates assumenda dolorem, dicta. His flamboyant temperament, his acute awareness of his own talent and the freedom of spirit he flaunted before those in power are all characteristics that inspired berlioz when he read his memoirs. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
Since its troubled premiere at the paris opera in 1838, berliozs benvenuto cellini has intrigued and befuddled opera companies, stage directors and audiences. Louishector berlioz 11 december 1803 8 march 1869 was a french romantic composer. Hector berliozs opera benvenuto cellini is ambitious in every sense of the word, and its extreme demands for a full production have long prevented it from being a runaway success. Opera semiseria in zwei akten 1838 in drei akten 1852. Find the metropolitan opera on facebook opens new window find the metropolitan opera on twitter opens new window find the metropolitan opera on instagram. Even sir colin davis has rarely conducted a more electrifying berlioz performance on record than here, demonstratingwith the help of singers from. The works combination of romance, excitement, violence, comedy and spectacle proved ideally suited to terry gilliams stylish, colourful and largerthanlife direction. Act i pope clement vii wants to be known as a generous art benefactor and collector. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the. Distinctio est labore libero sint quibusdam, cumque natus eligendi saepe molestias sapiente, quos, soluta deleniti commodi.