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.

Screenplay

Henri Cain

Director

Michal Znaniecki

Status

Released

Release date

31/05/2007

Original language

French