Maija Kovalevska as Teresa in Hector Berlioz’s ’Benvenuto Cellini’, Salzburg Festival Opera 2007

🙌 REVIEW Opera ‘Cellini’ dazzles at Salzburg Festival – “On stage, Maija Kovalevska was the best of a delightful cast. As Teresa, she sang with conviction, purity and broad range. Coquettish one minute and passionate the next, she was the perfect object of Cellini’s affections.“ 📚 ABOUT The story tells of Cellini’s love for Teresa, daughter of the Papal Treasurer Balducci. His rival, the Papal Sculptor Fieramosca, overhears Cellini plotting to run away with Teresa during the carnival. 👫🏻 CAST Maija Kovalevska, Teresa, Balducci’s daughter Burkhard Fritz, Benvenuto Cellini Laurent Naouri, Fieramosca Brindley Sherratt, Giacomo Balducci Mikhail Petrenko, Pope Clemens VII Kate Aldrich, Ascanio, Cellini’s apprentice Xavier Mas, Francesco, Cellini’s apprentice Roberto Tagliavini, Bernardino, Cellini’s apprentice Adam Plachetka, Pompeo Sung-Keun Park, Innkeeper Vienna Philharmonic, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus Valery Gergiev, Conductor Philipp Stölzl, Stage director and sets Kathi Maurer, Costumes Duane Schuler, Lighting Stefan Kessner, Max Stolzenberg, Video Mara Kurotschka, Choreography Ronny Dietrich, Dramaturgy Andreas Schüller, Chorus master