Benvenuto Cellini backdrop

Benvenuto Cellini

Directed by Andreas Morell, Philipp Stölzl

Starring Burkhard Fritz, Laurent Naouri

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.