Benvenuto Cellini
Overview
Live performance from Salzburg Festival Opera, August 2007.
The story tells of Cellini's love for Teresa, daughter of the Papal Treasurer Balducci. His rival, the Papal Sculptor Fieramosca, overhears Cellini plotting to run away with Teresa during the carnival.
Cast
Burkhard Fritz
Benvenuto Cellini

Laurent Naouri
Fieramosca

Brindley Sherratt
Giacomo

Mikhail Petrenko
Pope Clement VII

Kate Aldrich
Ascanio
Maija Kovalevska
Teresa
Xavier Mas
Francesco

Roberto Tagliavini
Bernardino

Adam Plachetka
Pompeo
Park Sung-Keun
Wirt
Wiener Philharmoniker