Summary 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. When Domingo and Radvanovsky sang Cyrano and Roxane at New York's Metropolitan Opera, Andante magazine wrote: "Incredibly, Cyrano is his 121st role. And it suits him splendidly...Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky was luminous as Roxane, her passionate outbursts showing off her powerful upper register to good effect". View more details
Directed : Tiziano Mancini
Written : Edmond Rostand Henri Cain
Stars : Plácido Domingo Sondra Radvanovsky Arturo Chacón-Cruz Rodney Gilfry
Genres : Drama Romance Musical
Release date : Mar 1, 2008
Countries of origin : Germany United Kingdom Spain
Language : French
Filming locations : El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Production companies : UNITEL Classica Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía
Summary 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. When Domingo and Radvanovsky sang Cyrano and Roxane at New York's Metropolitan Opera, Andante magazine wrote: "Incredibly, Cyrano is his 121st role. And it suits him splendidly...Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky was luminous as Roxane, her passionate outbursts showing off her powerful upper register to good effect". View more details
Genres : Drama Romance Musical
Release date : Mar 1, 2008
Countries of origin : Germany United Kingdom Spain
Language : French
Filming locations : El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Production companies : UNITEL Classica Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía
