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Benvenuto Cellini (new version and transcription)
(1838/51,arr.2020)Opéra-comique in 2 acts (4 scenes)
English
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Music Text
Libretto by Auguste Barbier and Léon de Wailly (F)
Scoring
S,S/M,5T,3B; non-speaking roles; mixed chorus;
2(I,II=picc).2(I,II=corA).2(II=bcl).3(III=dbn)-4.2(II=cnt).cnt.3.1-timp(2).perc(2):tgl/tamb/TD/cym/BD/anvil(sm)/tam-t-harp-gtr-strings(10.8.6.5.4)
Abbreviations (PDF)
Publisher
Bote & Bock
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Roles
| BENVENUTO CELLINI, artist/goldsmith | Tenor |
| GIACOMO BALDUCCI, papal treasurer | Bass |
| FIERAMOSCA, sculptor in the service of the Pope | Tenor |
| POPE CLEMENS VII | Bass |
| FRANCESCO, artisan in Cellini’s workshop | Tenor |
| BERNARDINO, artisan in Cellini’s workshop | Bass |
| POMPEO, murderer | Tenor |
| CABARETIER (INNKEEPER) | Tenor |
| TERESA, daughter of Balducci | Soprano |
| ASCANIO, apprentice with Cellini | Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano |
| A waiter, 3 actors for the mime, 2 murderers | non-speaking roles |
| Women and children, artisans, citizens, penitents, monks and nobility |
Time and Place
The action takes placein Romein the year1532
Repertoire Note
Moods
Romantic
Subjects