Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac 17 years old

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.

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Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac Cast

Name	Character
Plácido Domingo He was 66, now 84 years old	as Cyrano di Bergerac
Rodney Gilfry He was 48, now 65 years old	as De Guiche

Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac Crew

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