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Benvenuto Cellini is an opera by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Léon de Wailly and Auguste Barbier. It was first performed in Paris in 1838.
Benvenuto Cellini is rarely performed and is not part of the standard operatic repertoire. There is only one complete recording of it. The first performance of the work at the Metropolitan Opera in New York took place in December 2003, with James Levine as conductor.
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