Benvenuto Cellini: Opéra National de Paris
About the Event
Do not miss the chance to watch the new production of Berlioz' Benvenuto Cellini by the exuberant and world famous director Terry Gilliam at the Opéra Bastille.
Gilliam offers an epic production of Berlioz's work, with pyrotechnics, puppets, and monumental settings, sharing his genius to this story of the sculptor Benvenuto Cellini and his lover Teresa, embodied by the rising star Pretty Yende.
In French
Cast / Production
Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Director: Terry Gilliam
Co‐stage director: Leah Hausman
Set design: Terry Gilliam, Aaron Marsden
Costume design: Katrina Lindsay
Lighting design: Paule Constable
Video: Finn Ross
Chorus master: José Luis Basso
Benvenuto Cellini: John Osborn
Giacomo Balducci: Maurizio Muraro
Fieramosca: Audun Iversen
Le Pape Clément VII: Marco Spotti
Francesco: Vincent Delhoume
Bernardino: Luc Bertin‐Hugault
Pompeo: Rodolphe Briand
Cabaretier: Se‐Jin Hwang
Teresa: Pretty Yende
Ascanio: Michèle Losier
Orchestra and Choirs of the Opéra national de Paris
Production by English National Opera, London, De Nationale Opera, Amsterdam, Teatro dell’opera di Roma
