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Roman holiday: the Met offers an all-too-rare opportunity to experience the carnival spirit of Berlioz's.
Each of Berlioz's three operas--the exuberant, impetuous Benvenuto Cellini, embarked on in 1834 when he was in his early thirties; the huge, wonderful Les Troyens twenty years later; and Beatrice et Benedict, that final "caprice, written with the point of a needle" when he was approaching sixty--has its special, cherished character. During this bicentenary of Berlioz's birth, they are being performed (even in France) more widely than ever before. In February 2003, the Metropolitan Opera presented a new production, its second, of Les Troyens; and on December 4, during Berlioz's birthday week, it presents its first production of Benvenuto Cellini. Eve Queler conducted a ...
- Benvenuto Cellini
- Reference information from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera JOHN WARRACK and EWAN WEST January 1, 1996 700+ words
Benvenuto Cellini. Opera in 2 acts by Berlioz; text by Léon de...after the autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (1558–66...based on events in the life of Benvenuto Cellini. Teresa (sop), daughter...
- Benvenuto Cellini: Isabel Bayrakdarian (Teresa) in the Metropolitan Opera...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Gooding, Wayne March 22, 2004 700+ words
...Met's new production of Benvenuto Cellini, mounted as part of the house's Berlioz celebration in 2003, you...mirrored the exuberance of Berlioz's music--to the point...production (Act III as Berlioz originally structured it...
- When in Rome . . . music Benvenuto Cellini Rome Opera House
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London DELLA COULING January 19, 1995 700+ words
The combination of Hector Berlioz and Benvenuto Cellini seems to have a lot going for...characteristically tart way, Berlioz wrote that he "had the misfortune...in the sculptor's memoirs, Berlioz (together with his librettists...
- CDs: BENVENUTO CELLINI.
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Crory, Neil March 22, 2005 700+ words
Berlioz Virgin Classics: 7243 5 45706...wonderful new recording! Even though Berlioz's youthful and spirited Benvenuto Cellini remains a problematic work, this...Under Nelson's deft hand, Berlioz's idiosyncratic rhythms and...
- Benvenuto Cellini.(CDs)
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Gooding, Wayne March 22, 2004 700+ words
Berlioz Vickers, Beni, Wells, Reardon, William...Boston presented three performances of Berlioz's least-familiar opera, the first...is in a room somewhere else, so much of Berlioz's instrumental coloring comes across...
- Benvenuto Cellini: Sculptor, Goldsmith, Writer.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly Eisenbichler, Konrad September 22, 2006 700+ words
...Margaret A. Gallucci and Paolo L. Rossi, eds. Benvenuto Cellini: Sculptor, Goldsmith, Writer. Cambridge: Cambridge...80. ISBN: 0-521-81661-0. Just like Benvenuto Cellini, this collection of essays on the great goldsmith...
- Cellini, irascible y genial. (Benvenuto Cellini, orfebre italiano durante la...
- Magazine article from: Contenido Caballero, Genoveva December 1, 1997 700+ words
...de semejante lance, seguramente estaba predestinado a lograr xito y fama. No se equivocaban: el chiquillo se llamaba Benvenuto Cellini y ganara celebridad no slo por ser uno de los mejores orfebres y joyeros de todos los tiempos, sino tambin por los numerosos...
- The King and the Craftsman: few works of art are as closely linked to history...
- Magazine article from: History Today Knecht, Robert February 1, 2006 700+ words
...Vienna and carried off one of the greatest treasures produced by the Italian Renaissance: the gold salt cellar made by Benvenuto Cellini for the French king, Francis I. Although the theft caused a stir in the Austrian capital, it received scant attention...
