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By Ben Mattison
16 May 2005

From top: Domingo and Radvanovsky as Cyrano and Roxanne; Domingo, Radvanovsky, and Raymond Very (bottom left) as Christian; Anthony Michaels-Moore as de Guiche with Radvanovsky

The Metropolitan Opera premiered its first production of Franco Alfano's Cyrano de Bergerac on May 13.

Tenor Plácido Domingo plays the title role; soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is Roxanne. Raymond Very is Christian, Anthony Michaels-Moore is de Guiche, and Roverto de Candia is Ragueneau. Marco Armiliato conducts.

The Met's production is directed by Francesca Zambello, with sets by Peter Davis. Costumes are by Anita Yavich, lighting by Natasha Katz, and choreography by Thomas Baird. Rick Sordelet is the flight director.

The production runs through May 20.

Photos by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera.

Domingo and Brian Davis, as the Vicomte de Valvert, in a scene from Act I of Cyrano de Bergerac

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