Benvenuto Cellini

Classification added October 6, 2015
Premiered September 10, 1838
Paris. Grande Opera

Composer:

Hector Berlioz
Original Language:
French
Librettist:
Léon de Wailly and and Henri Auguste Barbier
Description:
Opera in Three Acts

Notes:

After the Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini

Time Period:

1532

Place:

Rome

Classification key

  • L – Leading
  • F – Featured
  • S – Supporting
  • B – Solo Bit
  • CB – Chorus Bit
  • MB – Mute Bit
Role Voice Part Classification
Benvenuto Cellini TenorL
Teresa SopranoL
Giacomo Balducci BassL
Ascanio Mezzo SopranoF
Fieramosca BaritoneF
Francesco TenorF
Cardinal Salviati BassS
Pompeo BaritoneS
Bernardino BassS
Cabaretier Tenor (Innkeeper)B
Officer BaritoneCB
Minimum Chorus: 40
Divisi: SATB