Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini | Overture (excerpt) | Opéra Royal, Palace of Versailles 

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In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Berlioz’s death in 2019, John Eliot Gardiner led the Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and a cast of international soloists in performances of Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini across Europe. This excerpt is from the overture, filmed at the Opéra Royal in the Palace of Versailles.
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner - conductor
Michael Spyres - Benvenuto Cellini
Sophia Burgos - Teresa
Maurizio Muraro - Giacomo Balducci
Tareq Nazmi - Pope Clement VII
Lionel Lhote - Fieramosca
Adèle Charvet - Ascanio
Vincent Delhoume - Francesco
Ashley Riches - Bernardino
Noa Naamat - director
Rick Fisher - lighting designer
Sarah Denise Cordery - costume designer
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