Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac / Alagna, Manfrino, Rivenq, Ferrari, Troxell, Schaer, Barrard, Rittelmann, Habela, Guidarini, Montpellier Opera

Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac / Alagna, Manfrino, Rivenq, Ferrari, Troxell, Schaer, Barrard, Rittelmann, Habela, Guidarini, Montpellier Opera
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Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac / Alagna, Manfrino, Rivenq, Ferrari, Troxell, Schaer, Barrard, Rittelmann, Habela, Guidarini, Montpellier Opera
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Actor: Marc Barrard, Nathalie Manfrino, Nicolas Rivenq, Richard Troxell, Roberto Alagna
Director: George Blume
Producer: Andrea Gianolli
Producer: L?von Sayan
Writer: Edmond Rostand
Writer: Henri Cain
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Classical, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 133 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon

Movie Reviews of Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac / Alagna, Manfrino, Rivenq, Ferrari, Troxell, Schaer, Barrard, Rittelmann, Habela, Guidarini, Montpellier Opera

Movie Review: How to kill a classic . . .
Summary: 1 Stars


For those who cherish Rostand's work and/or love opera, the only reasons to buy this DVD are: (1) To have proof of to what extent a masterpiece can be ruined in the grandest (fabulous stage sets) fashion. (2) To buy as a gift for someone you truly despise. The total lack of melody . . . the endless to the point of nausea recitative . . . negated any glimmer of praise for the creator's sticking to the story line. In fact, fans of Rostand couldn't care less about Cyrano by the time the first act had ended. Come to think of it, was there more than one act? Ultimately, who cares. (Oooooops . . . to give appropriate credit . . . there were a couple of nice looking horses . . . )
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This is, by operatic standards of fidelity, a very faithful musical treatment of Edmond Rostand's classic drama about the swashbuckling poet and swordsman with the big nose. The music is competent but not spectacular; that quality is found in the libretto. The title role is expertly filled by Roberto Alagna, who not only has the best tenor voice in France but also turns out to be an accomplished actor in a demanding role. He is well-supported by a cast that clearly loves the story, its various characters and its often brilliant dialogue.

Franco Alfano is best-known for his completion of Turandot which was not quite finished at Puccini's death. Among his other work, he produced one operatic masterpiece of his own, Cyrano, which was long neglected but now has a fitting representation on home video. The opera also exists in an Italian translation, but Alfano originally used the superior French text by Henri Cain, which is used in this production.

Nathalie Manfrino is charming as the beautiful but superficial Roxane, whom Cyrano loves hopelessly through his whole life without telling her, and Richard Troxell characterizes precisely the handsome but not particularly bright Christian, whom Cyrano assists in his wooing. The chorus, orchestra, sets, and costumes are all excellent, helping to make this a first-class production. --Joe McLellan

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