ALFANO: Cyrano de Bergerac (Palau de les Arts “Reina Sofia”, 2007) [Naxos 2.110270]

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 [Domingo's] 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."

Cyrano: Placido Domingo
Roxane: Sondra Radvanovsky
Christian: Arturo Chacon Cruz
De Guice: Rod Gilfry
Ragueneau: Corrado Carmelo Caruso
De Valvert: Roberto Accurso
Carbon: Javier Franco
Le Duegne / Sister Marthe: Itxaro Mentxaka
Le Bret: Nahuel di Pierro
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

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