Benvenuto Cellini, H 76 (Berlioz, Hector)
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Concert overture, H 76B, Op.23
Overture
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Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)
Hector Berlioz Werke, Serie II, Band 5.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1900–1907. Plate H.B. 10
Reprint – Mineola: Dover Publications
Grande Ouverture de Benvenuto Cellini
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Charles Malherbe (1853–1911)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1910)
Arrangements and Transcriptions
Overture
Note – the publication history of the Overture (H 76B, Op.23) is very tangled — see Hopkinson for details.
For Piano 4 hands (Bülow)
Overture
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Hans von Bülow (1830–1894), transcriber
Berlin: Schlesinger, n.d. (after 1864, possibly 1886). Plate 3090 A.
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General Information
| 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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Misc. Comments
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
- Introduction: 195 bars (Balducci: Teresa!)
- Air: 23 bars recit. (Teresa: Les belles fleurs!) + 241 bars (Teresa: Entre l’amour et le devoir)
- Duo et Trio (Teresa, Cellini, Fieramosca): 26 bars recit. + 426 bars (Cellini: O Teresa, vous que j’aime plus que ma vie)
- Final:147 bars (Balducci: C’est fini! A nous voisines et servantes!)
- Acte IIème, Mardi gras
- Romance: 26 bars recit. (Cellini: Une heure encore) + 80 bars (Cellini: La gloire était ma seule idole)
- Scène et Chœur: 514 bars (608 in p.-v. edn.) (Bernardino, Chœur: A boire, à boire!)
- Air: 161 bars (Fieramosca: Ah! qui pourrait me résister?)
- Final (Le carnaval): (Balducci: Vous voyez j’espère)
- Acte IIIème, Mercrèdi des cendres
- Entr’acte et Chœur: (Chœur d’ouvriers fondeurs: A l’atelier rentrons sans plus attendre)
- Scène: (Teresa: Il n’a pas reparu)
- Air: (Ascanio: Tra la la la la la la la)
- Scène et Chœur: recit. (Teresa: Ah qu’est-il devenu) + (Chœur: Rosa purpurea Maria sancta mater ora pro nobis)
- Duetto: (Cellini, Teresa: Quand des sommets de la montagne)
- Scène et Sextuor: (Balducci: Ah! je te trouve enfin)
- Air: recit. (Cellini: Seul pour lutter) + (Cellini: Sur le monts le plus sauvages)
- 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)
