Benvenuto Cellini
Opera semi-seria in two acts
Libretto
Léon de Wailly und August Barbier (nach der "Vita" des Benvenuto Cellini)
Premiere
10 September 1838, Paris (Académie Royale de Musique, Opéra)
Cast
BENVENUTO CELLINI (tenor)
GIACOMO BALDUCCI (baritone)
TERESA (soprano)
ASCANIO (mezzo-soprano)
FIERAMOSCA (baritone)
POPE CLEMENT VII (bass)
FRANCESCO (tenor)
BERNARDINO (baritone)
POMPEO (baritone)
INN-KEEPER (tenor)
CHORUS
Metalworkers, foundrymen, maskers, guards, monks, the Pope's retinue, Balduccis female servants and neighbours, people of Rome, dancers
Place
Rome
Time
1529, within 3 days