Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac
“Appealing Non-Masterpiece With One Great Scene”
Overview
While best known today for having composed the ending to Puccini's unfinished Turandot, Franco Alfano wrote some dozen operas, including Cyrano de Bergerac (1936) with a libretto by Henri Cain based on Edmond Rostand's drama of the same name. It is a moving tale of romantic misunderstanding, swashbuckling bravado and heartbreaking loyalty, in which the eloquent Cyrano feels unable to express his love for Roxane because of his famously protuberant nose except on behalf of his handsome but inarticulate friend, Christian.
Top-billed cast
- RRodney Gilfry
- CCorrado Carmelo Caruso
- PPlácido Domingo
- JJuan José Navarro
- NNahuel Di Pierro
- SSilvia Vázquez
- SSondra Radvanovsky
- RRoberto Accurso
- PPatrick Fournillier
- IItxaro Mentxaka
Crew
- Director
- Michal Znaniecki
- Writer
- Henri Cain
- Production
- NAXOS, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia
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Who directed Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac?
Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac was directed by Michal Znaniecki.
When was Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac released?
Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac was released in 2007.
