Work Title
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Benvenuto Cellini, opéra semi-seria
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Alternative. Title
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Name Translations
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Benvenuto Cellini; ベンヴェヌート・チェッリーニ; Бенвенуто Челлини; Բենվենուտո Չելլինի; Benvenuto Cellini (opera); 本韋努托·切利尼
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Name Aliases
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Benvenuto Cellini (Berlioz)
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Authorities
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WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 179830238; LCCN: n81093106; GND: 300204744; BNF: 13908474q
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Composer
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Berlioz, Hector
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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H 76
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Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IHB 7
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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2 acts in 4 tableaux (Paris 1 and 2), 3 acts (Weimar) Setting: Rome, during Carnival of 1532, over Shrove Monday, Mardi Gras, and Ash Wednesday.
Weimar version
- Grande Ouverture (Œuvre 23), 420 bars
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- 1. Introduction. Balducci: "Teresa!" (195 bars)
- 2. (Recit. & Air)
- Recit. Teresa: "Les belles fleurs!" (23 bars)
- Air. Teresa: "Entre l’amour et le devoir" (241 bars)
- 3. Duo et Trio (Teresa, Cellini, Fieramosca)
- Recit. (26 bars)
- Cellini: "O Teresa, vous que j’aime plus que ma vie" (426 bars)
- 4. Final. Balducci: "C’est fini! A nous voisines et servantes!" (147 bars)
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- 5. Romance
- Recit. Cellini: "Une heure encore" (26 bars)
- Romance. Cellini: "La gloire était ma seule idole" (80 bars)
- 6. Scène et Chœur. Bernardino, Chœur: "A boire, à boire!" (514 bars, 608 in vs)
- 7. Air. Fieramosca: "Ah! qui pourrait me résister?" (161 bars)
- 8. Final (Le carnaval). Balducci: "Vous voyez j’espère
- Acte IIIème. Mercrèdi des cendres
- 9. Entr’acte et Chœur
- Chœur d’ouvriers fondeurs: "A l’atelier rentrons sans plus attendre"
- 10. Scène. Teresa: "Il n’a pas reparu"
- 11. Air. Ascanio: "Tra la la la la la la la"
- 12. Scène et Chœur
- Recit. Teresa: "Ah qu’est-il devenu"
- Chœur: "Rosa purpurea Maria sancta mater ora pro nobis"
- 13. Duetto. Cellini, Teresa: "Quand des sommets de la montagne"
- 14. Scène et Sextuor. Balducci: "Ah! je te trouve enfin"
- 15. Air
- Recit. Cellini: "Seul pour lutter"
- Air. Cellini: "Sur le monts le plus sauvages"
- 16. Final. Un Officier: "Son eminence attend"
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1836–38
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First Performance.
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1838/09/10 in Paris, Opéra
- Gilbert Duprez (Cellini), François Antoine Habeneck (conductor)
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First Publication.
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1838 (overture and selections) 1856 (vocal score) 1886 (full score, incomplete) 1994/96 (full score, complete)
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Librettist
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Auguste Barbier (1805–1882) and Léon de Wailly (1804–1863),
- after an idea by Alfred de Vigny (1797–1863)
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Language
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French
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Dedication
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Mr. Ernest Legouvé (Grande ouverture Op.23)
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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voices (13 roles, 9 singing), chorus, orchestra
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InstrDetail
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[more...] Cast
- Benvenuto Cellini, goldsmith (tenor)
Giacomo Balducci, papal treasurer (bass) Fieramosca, sculptor in service to the Pope (Paris: tenor; Weimar: baritone) Pope Clement VII, Paris 2, Weimar: Cardinal Salviati (bass) Francesco, craftsman in the studio of Cellini (tenor) Bernardino, craftsman in the studio of Cellini (bass) Pompeo, murderer (Paris: tenor; Weimar: baritone) Innkeeper (tenor) A waiter at the inn (spoken) Three mime actors (spoken) Teresa, daughter of Balducci (soprano) Ascanio, apprentice to Cellini (soprano)
Mixed Chorus (SSATTBB)
- Women and Children, Craftsmen, Citizens, Penitents, Monks and Noblemen
Orchestra
- 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes (both also English horn),
- 2 clarinets (2nd also bass clarinet), 4 bassoons
- 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, ophecleide
timpani, percussion (3), 4 harps, strings
Onstage Instruments
- 2 guitars, 2 trumpets, tambourine, cymbals
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Related Works
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Pieces based on Benvenuto Cellini Themes later used in Le carnaval romain, H 95
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External Links
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Wikipedia article On-line score (Scorch format) of the Overture Libretti
- Paris version 1
Weimar version
Benvenuto Cellini - Scores at Sheet Music Plus
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Extra Information
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Publication History
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