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| Composer | Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1838 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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Benvenuto Cellini: Strassberger loses the plot at La Monnaie
Thaddeus Strassberger’s Brussels debut presents Berlioz's opera semiseria with plenty of good music but far more visual noise.
Prom 59: Berlioz with a bronze glow
To mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's death, Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the opera charting the escapades of the Italian goldsmith and sculptor.
Terry Gilliam’s spectacular Benvenuto Cellini arrives in Amsterdam
The task sounded Herculean: turning Benvenuto Cellini, that reputedly difficult, flawed work by Berlioz, into an utterly entertaining show that renders justice to its youthfully energetic music. This is what Terry Gilliam manages to pull off... and it is nothing short of miraculous.
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Altinoglu & Scheppelmann at La Monnaie
We sit down with two of the opera world’s leading figures, and masterminds of Brussels’ La Monnaie (De Munt) – how do they balance the competing challenges and thrills of running an opera house?
Berlioz 150: Michael Spyres on the tenor roles
Michael Spyres explores the history behind Berlioz' great tenor roles and recounts his experiences performing Faust, Benvenuto Cellini and Énée.
Berlioz 150: Les Troyens and Benvenuto Cellini
The conductor and period instrument pioneer reflects on two of Berlioz' great operas.