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 CAST Burkhard Fritz, Benvenuto Cellini Laurent Naouri, Fieramosca Brindley Sherratt, Giacomo Balducci Mikhail Petrenko, Pope Clemens VII Maija Kovalevska, Teresa, Balducci's daughter 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 ,