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Edmond Rostand, aged 29, at the time of the first performance of Cyrano, 1898 The production of his heroic comedy Cyrano de Bergerac (28 December 1897, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin), with Benoît-Constant Coquelin in the title role, was a triumph. [ 8 ]
An opera in French, Cyrano de Bergerac, whose libretto by Henri Caïn is based on Rostand's words, was composed by the Italian Franco Alfano and was first presented in an Italian translation in 1936. The original French version has been revived in productions including the Opéra national de Montpellier with Roberto Alagna in 2003, and a 2005 ...
Cyrano's short life is poorly documented. Certain significant chapters of his life are known only from the Preface to the Histoire Comique par Monsieur de Cyrano Bergerac, Contenant les Estats & Empires de la Lune (Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon) published in 1657, nearly two years after his death. [2]
An English translation by Jeremy Sams opened at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in March 2019 before touring the UK. The production stars Freddie Fox as Edmond, Henry Goodman as Coquelin, Josie Lawrence as Sarah Bernhardt and Chizzy Akudolu as Maria.
Since its Paris premiere in 1897, Edmond Rostand's “Cyrano de Bergerac” has maintained a firm grip on the public’s imagination. The tale has in fact morphed into a modern myth, forever ...
Cyrano, el musical is a Mexican musical based on the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand.The book and lyrics are by Lorenzo Gonzalez. The music is by David Tort. It was the first Mexican musical written in verse, based upon the Spanish translation from the Frenc
Cyrano de Bergerac: tenor: José Luccioni: De Guiche baritone: Giuseppe Manacchini Carbon bass: Giacomo Vaghi: De Valvert baritone Mario Bianchi L'officer espagnol baritone Millo Marucci Christian tenor Alessio De Paolis: Ragueneau bass-baritone: Emilio Ghirardini Le Bret bass-baritone Ernesto Dominici Lignière baritone Saturno Meletti
Disillusion and how to overcome it is also a personal theme. Rostand wrote the play for Benoît-Constant Coquelin, known as "Coq" (the French word for a cockerel/rooster), who had created the role of Cyrano de Bergerac in 1897. But Coquelin died of a heart attack in 1909 (clutching, it was said, a copy of the script of Chantecler).