Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini: Opern Klavierauszug

Benvenuto Cellini, premiered in 1838, is inspired by the life of the legendary Florentine goldsmith and Renaissance figure. The premiere was a disatster yet even by Berlioz’s high standards it contains music ofexceptional inventiveness and beauty.

The work is challenging not least due to the three versions which exist:

• the original version (Paris 1) as Berlioz composed it
• the version premiered in Paris(Paris 2) after rehearsal and copied into an archival full score
• the Weimar version based on the revival in 1852 following changes suggested by Liszt
• Our edition offers a solution to the problem ofpublishingoperas which have been heavily revised by their composers, so that any of its many versions may be adopted on stage today.
• Urtext of the New Berlioz Edition
• Full score (BA5441) and vocal score (French)with a supplementary libretto French-German (BA5441-90) available for sale
• Performance material (BA5441-72) available for hire