voices (13 roles, 9 singing), chorus, orchestra
- Cast
- Benvenuto Cellini, goldsmith (tenor)
Giacomo Balducci, papal treasurer (bass)
Fieramosca, sculptor in service to the Pope (Paris: tenor; Weimar: baritone)
Pope Clement VII, Paris 2, Weimar: Cardinal Salviati (bass)
Francesco, craftsman in the studio of Cellini (tenor)
Bernardino, craftsman in the studio of Cellini (bass)
Pompeo, murderer (Paris: tenor; Weimar: baritone)
Innkeeper (tenor)
A waiter at the inn (spoken)
Three mime actors (spoken)
Teresa, daughter of Balducci (soprano)
Ascanio, apprentice to Cellini (soprano)
- Mixed Chorus (SSATTBB)
- Women and Children, Craftsmen, Citizens, Penitents, Monks and Noblemen
- Orchestra
- 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes (both also English horn),
- 2 clarinets (2nd also bass clarinet), 4 bassoons
- 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, ophecleide
timpani, percussion (3), 4 harps, strings
- Onstage Instruments
- 2 guitars, 2 trumpets, tambourine, cymbals