Takarazuka Flower Troupe 2001 performance. In the sixteenth century, at the Villa Medici in Rome, the nobles, ecclesiastics and artists invited to a banquet congratulate Giovanni de' Medici on his promised accession to the Holy See for the next term. Contessina, Giovanni's younger sister talks to Raphaello eminent for most beautifully portraying women. Knowing that he has come to Rome to see Michelangelo's Pieta`, she admiringly speaks of Michlangelo as a man of eternal burning passion.

Mire Aika
as Michelangelo Buonarroti

Rei Otori
as Contessina de' Medeci

Hibiki Takumi
as Giuliano Bugiardi

Sakiho Juri
as Mendolini

Natori Rei
as Julius II

You Natsumi
as Giovanni Cardinal Medici

Masumi Rika
as Carla

Ayano Kanami
as Clarice

Takashou Mizuki
as Cardinal Glorice

Sumire Haruno
as Raphaello Sanzio