BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini*

BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini* 10 September. Paris, O. Text by L. de Wailly and A. Barbier. Two acts. Berlioz’s first opera; failure, 29 rehearsals—7 performances. Revived only 14 years later by Liszt, at: WEIMAR 20 March 1852 (in German, translated by A. F. Riccius ) and again 18 February 1856 (in a new German version by P. Cornelius). LONDON, C.G. 25 June 1853 (in Italian, translated by J. Nicodemo ; under Berlioz). HANOVER 2 February 1879 (in German; under H. von Bülow ). PRAGUE 10 October 1894…