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Cyrano de Bergerac (Alfano)

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criticised the composer as fearing "to seem too melodramatic", and the opera for being "overdecorated and labored" and containing "difficult and tortuous vocal writing". However, the same analysis also mentioned that "the opera has moments of definite effectiveness and exquisite poetry".
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Although Alfano originally set the text in French, the premiere was sung in Italian, as were many early Italian productions. In recent years, most productions have returned to the original French text, which was used in the Paris premiere.
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Live broadcast from the Met (not commercially released, available from archive.org): Radvanovsky/Barasorda/Very/Michaels-Moore/de Candia; in New York; Armiliato, conductor (2006):
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Crash Course – How Jennifer Rowley Went From Covering Patricia Racette to Metropolitan Opera Role Debut in No Time"
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in the title role, and soprano Jennifer Rowley as the female lead Roxane in her Metropolitan Opera role debut.
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Sciannameo, Franco, "Turandot, Mussolini, and the Second String Quartet: Aspects of Alfano" (Winter 2002).
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in the title role. In May 2017 it was presented anew at the Metropolitan Opera with
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The US premiere was on 13 May 2005, when the opera was presented at the
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CPO 5210620: Manuela Uhl, Jennifer Arnold, Susanna Bernhard,
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Opera d'Oro, a division of Allegro Corporation (OPD 1411):
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Cyrano de Bergerac (opera by Alfano)
Opera
Franco Alfano

Henri Caïn
Edmond Rostand
Cyrano de Bergerac
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
opera
Franco Alfano
libretto
Henri Caïn
Edmond Rostand
Cyrano de Bergerac
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
1936
Tullio Serafin
Maria Caniglia
José Luccioni
Opéra-Comique
Guido M. Gatti
Metropolitan Opera
Plácido Domingo
Roberto Alagna
Voice type
Conductor
Tullio Serafin
soprano
Maria Caniglia
mezzo-soprano

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