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Benvenuto Cellini

Movie"Hector Berliozs opera semiseria live at the Opéra Bastille Paris on April 12th 2018"
Audience Score
85
Benvenuto Cellini
NR 3 hrDrama, History, Comedy
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 Gilliams exuberant production draws the protagonists into a delirious and joyful yet claustrophobic and megalomaniac world a flaring up of contagious madness
StarringJohn OsbornPretty YendeMichèle Losier
WritersLéon de WaillyHenri Auguste Barbier

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:De Nederlandse Opera ENO English National Opera Opéra National de Paris
Benvenuto Cellini on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
opera