STORY
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 Gilliam’s exuberant production draws the protagonists into a delirious and joyful yet claustrophobic and megalomaniac world: a flaring up of contagious madness.
CAST & CREW
- John Osborn
- Pretty Yende
- Michèle Losier
- Audun Iversen
- Marco Spotti
Cast
- Terry Gilliam
Director
INFORMATION
- De Nederlandse Opera
- ENO: English National Opera
- Opéra National de Paris
Production Companies
Production Countries
LANGUAGES
- French