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242th Season

Mariinsky II (New Theatre)

17 December
19:30
2021 | Friday
Hector Berlioz "Benvenuto Cellini"
Opera
Artists Credits
Gleb Filshtinsky, Lighting Designer
Maestro Valery Gergiev, Musical Director
Natalia Mordashova, Musical Preparation
Pyotr Okunev, Set Designer
Alexei Frandetti, Stage Director
Performed in French
Premiere of this production: 10 Nov 2021


Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Stage Director: Alexei Frandetti
Set Designer: Pyotr Okunev
Costume Designer: Viktoria Sevryukova
Choreographer: Irina Kashuba
Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
French language Coach: Ksenia Klimenko

Benvenuto Cellini is an opera semiseria with music by Hector Berlioz and libretto by Léon de Wailly and Henri Auguste Barbier. It was the first of Berlioz's operas, premiered at the Académie Royale de Musique (Salle Le Peletier) on 10 September 1838. The story is inspired by the memoirs of the Florentine sculptor Benvenuto Cellini, although the elements of the plot are largely fictional. The opera is technically very challenging and rarely performed. However, the overture to the opera sometimes features in symphony orchestra programs, as does the concert overture Le carnaval romain which Berlioz composed from material in the opera.

Age category 16+


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