Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac
Appealing Non-Masterpiece With One Great Scene
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.
Directed by Michal Znaniecki · Written by Henri Cain
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Cast
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Plácido Domingo Cyrano di Bergerac -
Sondra Radvanovsky Roxane - Arturo Chacón-Cruz Christian
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Rodney Gilfry De Guiche - Miguel Solá Lignière
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Nahuel Di Pierro Le Bret - Roberto Accurso De Valvert
- Corrado Carmelo Caruso Ragueneau
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Itxaro Mentxaka Schwester Martha - Juan José Navarro Spanischer Offizier
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Javier Franco Carbon - Silvia Vázquez Lisa
