baritone vocals [bernadino] Marc Mauillon
bass vocals [balducci] Laurent Naouri
chorus Chœur de Radio France
chorus master Philip White
composed by Hector Berlioz
conductor John Nelson
design Restez Vivants !
edited by Julie Garraud
engineer Joël Soupiron
libretto by Henri-Auguste Barbier
libretto by Léon de Wailly
liner notes Hugh Macdonald
mezzo-soprano vocals [ascanio] Joyce DiDonato
orchestra Orchestre National De France
producer, edited by Daniel Zalay
soprano vocals [teresa] Patrizia Ciofi
tenor vocals [benvenuto cellini] Gregory Kunde
vocals [fieramosca] Jean-François Lapointe
vocals [le cabaretier] Eric Huchet
vocals [le pape] Renaud Delaigue
vocals [pompeo] Ronan Nédélec
Phonographic Copyright (p) EMI Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Virgin Classics
Copyright (c) EMI Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) Virgin Classics
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℗ 2004 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics.
© 2004 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics.
Made and Printed in the EU


Premier recording of the original Paris version. Lice Recording - July 8-13, 2003 in the Maison De Radio France, Paris, Salle Olivier Messiaen.
CD 1: 69:56
CD 2: 59:20
CD 3: 58:40
Barcode: 724354570629
Label Code: LC 7873
SPARS Code: DDD
Rights Society: DP
Price Code: PM 613
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Mastering SID Code: none (CD1)
Mould SID Code: ifpi 1599 (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: MEDIAMOTION 5457092 @ 1 010102-NL (CD2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LW02 (CD2)
Mould SID Code: ifpi 15A4 (CD2)
Matrix / Runout: MEDIAMOTION 5457102 @ 1 010101-NL (CD3)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LW02 (CD3)
Mould SID Code: ifpi 15E8 (CD3)