Cyrano de Bergerac (2008)

Cyrano de Bergerac 2008 While best known today for having composed the ending to Puccinis unfinished Turandot, Franco Alfano wrote some dozen operas, including Cyrano de Bergerac 1936 with a libretto by Henri Cain based on Edmond Rostands 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 Yorks 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