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Cyrano Review – Victor Herbert’s Operetta with a new Libretto by Alyce Mott

Posted on August 9, 2013 by philip

It was an unlikely combination. A beautifully tragic play by a 19th century Frenchman, loosely based on a real person from 200-some years before; Continue reading »

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Cyrano de Bergerac – Pla¡cido Domingo sticks his nose into San Francisco

Posted on October 29, 2010 by philip

Several years ago I took a guided tour of the harbor in Antwerp, Belgium.  As we passed each place of interest, the guide would give a short spiel in English and would repeat it three or four times in French, Italian, German, and maybe Flemish.  Speaking in English, he pointed out a statue with a large nose and compared it to Jimmy Durante.   Then when he gave his spiel in Italian the comparison was to “Pinocchio,”   and in German to “Till Eugenspiel;” in French he made a comparison to (you guessed it) Cyrano de Bergerac. Continue reading »

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