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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 ...
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 ]
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]
Cyrano de Bergerac is a four-act opera with music by Franco Alfano, and libretto by Henri Caïn, based on Edmond Rostand's 1897 drama Cyrano de Bergerac. History [ edit ]
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
Erica Schmidt fell in love with the music of the National, and asked the band to write for her stage production of 'Cyrano.' The screenplay was next. Yearning, despair and heartbreak is all it ...
(This hall is the setting for the first act of Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, and Rotrou's name is mentioned - as is Corneille's) With few exceptions, the only events recorded of Rotrou's life are the successive appearances of his plays, and his enrolment in 1635 in the band of five poets who had the duty of turning Richelieu's dramatic ...