Benvenuto Cellini, H 76 (Berlioz, Hector)

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Concert overture, H 76B, Op.23

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Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
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Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie II, Band 5.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900–1907. Plate H.B. 10
Reprint – Mineola: Dover Publications

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Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)

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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1910)

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Overture

Note – the publication history of the Overture (H 76B, Op.23) is very tangled — see Hopkinson for details.

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Hans von Bülow (1830–1894), transcriber

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Berlin: Schlesinger, n.d. (after 1864, possibly 1886). Plate 3090 A.

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Work Title Benvenuto Cellini
Alternative Title
Composer Berlioz, Hector
Opus/Catalogue Number H 76
Number of Movements/Sections 2 Acts in 4 Tableaux (Paris 1 and 2)
3 Acts (Weimar)
Year/Date of Composition 1836–38
Year of First Publication 1838 (overture and selections)
1856 (vocal score)
1886 (full score, incomplete)
1994/96 (full score, complete)
Librettist Henri-Auguste Barbier (1805–1882) and Léon de Wailly, after an idea by Alfred de Vigny
Language French
Genre Opera
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2(picc),2(2ca),2(bclar),4 – 4,4/2cornet,3,oph – timp, perc (3) – 4 harps, str; on-stage: 2 guitars, 2 trumpets, tambourine, cymbals
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Personages

  • Benvenuto Cellini, goldsmith, Tenor
  • Giacomo Balducci, papal treasurer, Bass
  • Fieramosca, sculptor in service to the Pope, Paris: Tenor / Weimar: Baritone
  • Pope Clement VII (Paris 2, Weimar: Cardinal Salviati), Bass
  • Francesco, craftsman in the studio of Cellini, Tenor
  • Bernardino, craftsman in the studio of Cellini, Bass
  • Pompeo, murderer, Paris: Tenor / Weimar: Baritone
  • Innkeeper, Tenor
  • A waiter at the inn, non-speaking role
  • Three mime actors, non-speaking roles
  • Teresa, daughter of Balducci, Soprano
  • Ascanio, apprentice to Cellini, Soprano
  • Choir: women and children, craftsmen, citizens, penitents, monks and noblemen (SSATTBB)

Paris versions

  • The original version of the overture for Paris is scored somewhat more elaborately, and was simplified.
  • Act 1, Tableau 1 corresponds to Act 1 of the Weimar version.
  • Act 1, Tableau 2 corresponds to Act 2 of the Weimar version.
  • Act 2, Tableaux 1 and 2 corresponds to Act 3 of the Weimar version.

Section Listing

Weimar version

Grande Ouverture (Œuvre 23), 420 bars
Acte Ier, Lundi gras
  1. Introduction: 195 bars (Balducci: Teresa!)
  2. Air: 23 bars recit. (Teresa: Les belles fleurs!) + 241 bars (Teresa: Entre l’amour et le devoir)
  3. Duo et Trio (Teresa, Cellini, Fieramosca): 26 bars recit. + 426 bars (Cellini: O Teresa, vous que j’aime plus que ma vie)
  4. Final:147 bars (Balducci: C’est fini! A nous voisines et servantes!)
    Acte IIème, Mardi gras
  5. Romance: 26 bars recit. (Cellini: Une heure encore) + 80 bars (Cellini: La gloire était ma seule idole)
  6. Scène et Chœur: 514 bars (608 in p.-v. edn.) (Bernardino, Chœur: A boire, à boire!)
  7. Air: 161 bars (Fieramosca: Ah! qui pourrait me résister?)
  8. Final (Le carnaval): (Balducci: Vous voyez j’espère)
    Acte IIIème, Mercrèdi des cendres
  9. Entr’acte et Chœur: (Chœur d’ouvriers fondeurs: A l’atelier rentrons sans plus attendre)
  10. Scène: (Teresa: Il n’a pas reparu)
  11. Air: (Ascanio: Tra la la la la la la la)
  12. Scène et Chœur: recit. (Teresa: Ah qu’est-il devenu) + (Chœur: Rosa purpurea Maria sancta mater ora pro nobis)
  13. Duetto: (Cellini, Teresa: Quand des sommets de la montagne)
  14. Scène et Sextuor: (Balducci: Ah! je te trouve enfin)
  15. Air: recit. (Cellini: Seul pour lutter) + (Cellini: Sur le monts le plus sauvages)
  16. Final: (Un Officier: Son eminence attend)

Publication History

  • Paris: 1838 (overture and selections)
  •  ?Paris: 1856 (vocal score)
  • Paris: Choudens?, 1886 (full score, incomplete)
  • Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d., as part of Hector Berlioz Werke (1900–07), Serie II, Band V, edited by Charles Malherbe and Felix Weingartener (initially overture only; Weimar version later published in Supplement)
  • Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1994, 1996, BA 5441, as part of New Berlioz Edition (1967–2005), Volume 1, edited by Hugh Macdonald (Complete: Paris version 1, Paris version 2, Weimar)
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