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ALFANO, F.: Cyrano de Bergerac (Palau de les Arts "Reina Sofia", 2007) (NTSC)
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”.
Franco Alfano
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Cyrano – Plácido Domingo
Roxane – Sondra Radvanovsky
Christian – Arturo Chacón Cruz
De Guiche – Rod Gilfry
Ragueneau – Corrado Carmelo Caruso
De Valvert – Roberto Accurso
Carbon – Javier Franco
La Duègne / Sister Marthe – Itxaro Mentxaka
Le Bret – Nahuel di Pierro
Lise / A Nun – Silvia Vázquez
Lignière – Miguel Sola
The Musketeer – Juan José Navarro
Valencia Regional Government Choir (Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana)
Valencian Community Orchestra (Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana)
Patrick Fournillier, conductor
Michal Znaniecki, stage director and stage designer
Isabelle Comte, costume design
Filmed at the Palau de les Arts "Reina Sofía", Valencia, 8, 11 and 18 February 2007.
Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: Dolby Digital 2.0 / Dolby Surround 5.1 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: French, English
Running time: 141 mins
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)