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.

Scénario

Henri Cain

Réalisation

Michal Znaniecki

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31/05/2007

Langue originale

Français