| Other author/creator | Barbier, Auguste, 1805-1882 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Wailly, Léon de, 1804-1863, librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Ciofi, Patrizia, singer. |
| Other author/creator | DiDonato, Joyce, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Kunde, Gregory singer. |
| Other author/creator | Salha, Eric, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Huchet, Eric singer. |
| Other author/creator | Naouri, Laurent, 1964- singer. |
| Other author/creator | Lapointe, Jean-François, 1965- singer. |
| Other author/creator | Mauillon, Marc singer. |
| Other author/creator | Nédélec, Ronan, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Delaigue, Renaud, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Nelson, John, 1941- conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Radio-France. Chœurs singer. |
| Other author/creator | Orchestre national de France instrumentalist. |
| Contents |
Disc 1 (69:56): Benvenuto Cellini, H. 76a, op. 23: Overture: Act 1: Tableau 1: Act 1: Tableau 2: Scenes 8b-11. |
| Contents |
Disc 2 (59:20): Benvenuto Cellini, H. 76a, op. 23: Act 1: Tableau 2: Scene 12 -- Act 2: Tableau 3. |
| Contents |
Disc 3 (58:40): Benvenuto Cellini, H. 76a, op. 23: Act 2: Tableau 4:- Appendix: Tableau 1: Scene 2. No. 3b. Récit et Air: Entre l'amour et le devoir -- Quand j'aurai votre âge -- Tableau 2: Scene 8. No. 7. Romance: Une heure encore -- La gloire était ma seule idole. |
| General note | Title from disc label. |
| General note | Virgin Classics: 7243 5 45706 2 9 (7243 5 45707 2 8, 7243 5 45709 2 6, 7243 5 45710 2 2). |
| General note | Opera in 2 acts and 4 tableaux. |
| General note | Edition recorded: Bärenreiter; "first recording of the original Paris version"--Container. |
| General note | Program notes by Hugh Macdonald, David Cairns, and the conductor, and synopsis, in English with French and German translations, and libretto with English translation (173 pages : portraits) laid in container. |
| Performer |
Patrizia Ciofi (Teresa), soprano ; Joyce Di Donato (Ascanio), mezzo-soprano ; Gregory Kunde (Benvenuto Cellini), Eric Salha (Francesco), Eric Huchet (Le Cabaretier), tenors ; Laurent Naouri (Balducci), Jean-François Lapointe (Fieramosca), Marc Mauillon (Bernardino), Ronan Nédélec (Pompeo), baritones ; Renaud Delaigue (Le Pape), bass ; with supporting singers ; Chœur de Radio France ; Orchestre national de France ; John Nelson, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded live, 2003 December 8-13, 2003, Salle Olivier Messiaen, Maison de Radio France, Paris. |
| Language | Sung in French. |
| Genre/form | Operas. |
| Genre/form | Live sound recordings. |
| Genre/form | Drama. |
| Genre/form | Operas. |
| Genre/form | Live sound recordings. |
| LCCN | 2008573838 |
| UPC |
724354570629 |
| UPC |
24354570692 |
| Standard identifier# |
00724354570629 |
| Publisher number | 7243 5 45706 2 9 Virgin Classics |
| Publisher number | 7243 5 45707 2 8 Virgin Classics |
| Publisher number | 7243 5 45709 2 6 Virgin Classics |
| Publisher number | 7243 5 45710 2 2 Virgin Classics |
| Publisher number | 5 45706 2 Virgin Classics |
| Publisher number | 5 45707 2 8 Virgin Classics |
| Publisher number | 5 45709 2 6 Virgin Classics |
| Publisher number | 5 45710 2 2 Virgin Classics |
