Cast & Characters

The Cast

Teresa: Isabel Bayrakdarian
Ascanio: Kristine Jepson
Cellini: Marcello Giordani
Fieramosca: Peter Coleman-Wright
Balducci: John Del Carlo
Pope Clément VII: Robert Lloyd
Conductor: James Levine

The Characters

Teresa (Soprano) - Balducci’s beautiful young daughter. She has been promised to the sculptor Fieramosca, but is in love with Cellini.

Ascanio (Mezzo-Soprano) - Cellini’s trusty apprentice.

Benvenuto Cellini (Tenor) - A great artist and goldsmith. A true Renaissance man, he loves adventures, fights, and wine-and is capable of standing his ground even against the Pope.

Francesco (Tenor) - An artisan.

Fieramosca (Baritone) - The Pope’s official sculptor, a foolish and cowardly man.

Pompeo (Baritone) - Fieramosca’s friend, a swordsman.

Pope Clement VII (Bass) - Spiritual and temporal ruler of Rome. His love of art makes him indulgent towards artists like Cellini.

Balducci (Bass) - The Papal treasurer and Teresa’s father, a miserly old man.

Bernardino (Bass) - An artisan