Live performance from Salzburg Festival Opera, August 2007.
The story tells of Cellini's love for Teresa, daughter of the Papal Treasurer Balducci. His rival, the Papal Sculptor Fieramosca, overhears Cellini plotting to run away with Teresa during the carnival.
Burkhard Fritz
as Benvenuto Cellini
Laurent Naouri
as Fieramosca
Brindley Sherratt
as Giacomo
Mikhail Petrenko
as Pope Clement VII
Kate Aldrich
as Ascanio
Maija Kovalevska
as Teresa
Xavier Mas
as Francesco
Roberto Tagliavini
as Bernardino
Adam Plachetka
as Pompeo
Park Sung-Keun
as Wirt
Wiener Philharmoniker
as