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Benvenuto Cellini

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The Florentine sculptor and silversmith Benvenuto Cellini rapidly attained a degree of renown that went beyond the confines of Italy. Invariably embroiled in conspiracies, intrigues and quarrels, Cellini is commissioned by the Pope to cast a large sculpture of Perseus. He is loved by Teresa, but she is promised to Fieramosca, an academic artist who has not been favoured with a papal commission. Terry Gilliam’s exuberant production draws the protagonists into a delirious and joyful yet claustrophobic and megalomaniac world: a flaring up of contagious madness.

Top Cast

  • John Osborn

    John Osborn

    Benvenuto Cellini

  • Pretty Yende

    Pretty Yende

    Teresa

  • Michèle Losier

    Michèle Losier

    Ascanio

  • Audun Iversen

    Audun Iversen

    Fieramosca

  • Marco Spotti

    Marco Spotti

    Le Pape Clément VII

  • Philippe Jordan

    Philippe Jordan

    Self - Conductor

Overview

The Florentine sculptor and silversmith Benvenuto Cellini rapidly attained a degree of renown that went beyond the confines of Italy. Invariably embroiled in conspiracies, intrigues and quarrels, Cellini is commissioned by the Pope to cast a large sculpture of Perseus. He is loved by Teresa, but she is promised to Fieramosca, an academic artist who has not been favoured with a papal commission. Terry Gilliam’s exuberant production draws the protagonists into a delirious and joyful yet claustrophobic and megalomaniac world: a flaring up of contagious madness.

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