Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
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Key crew
- Henri CainWriter
- Michal ZnanieckiDirector
Cast
- Plácido DomingoCyrano di Bergerac
- Sondra RadvanovskyRoxane
- Arturo Chacón-CruzChristian
- Rodney GilfryDe Guiche
- Miguel SoláLignière
- Nahuel Di PierroLe Bret
- Roberto AccursoDe Valvert
- Corrado Carmelo CarusoRagueneau
- Itxaro MentxakaSchwester Martha
- Juan José NavarroSpanischer Offizier
- Javier FrancoCarbon
- Silvia VázquezLisa
Themes
opera