Cyrano de Bergerac (Rostand)
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Cyrano de Bergerac [ siʀaˈno dəbɛʀʒəˈʀak ] is a romantic-comedic verse drama written by Edmond Rostand in 1897 - the premiere took place on December 28, 1897 at the Parisian Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin .
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The eponymous hero Cyrano de Bergerac , a French poet of the 17th century, suffers from his huge nose. Many a mocker die in a duel. Yet de Bergerac is described as sensitive; he's in love with his handsome cousin Roxane. Since he fears her rejection, he hides his true feelings. When Roxane confesses her affection for Christian von Neuvillette, de Bergerac is ready to support him by writing poetry in his place. The handsome Christian von Neuvillette, who is considered a "bad fool", serves in the same regiment as de Bergerac with the Gascon cadets .
In order to satisfy the romantic demands of the beloved, de Bergerac lends his rival his poetic talent, so that von Neuvillette enjoys success alone. Finally, de Bergerac convinces the two of them to step in front of the altar, thus withdrawing Roxane from Count Guiche, who wants to make her his lover. Guiche is angry and takes revenge by sending the Gascogner cadets, including de Bergerac and von Neuvillette, to the front line of war.
Although starved and encircled by the Spanish besiegers, de Bergerac smuggled two letters a day to Roxane through the enemy lines on behalf of Neuvillette. Because of these letters, Roxane rushes to her husband in the middle of the army camp, to whom she now confesses that she no longer loves him for his "outer shell", but for the beauty of his soul. Christian von Neuvillette is appalled because he knows he has not been honest with Roxane. But shortly before de Bergerac can tell their mutual lover the true author of the letters, the death report arrives: von Neuvillette has fallen and de Bergerac is silent in order to receive the memory of the love hero from the grieving Roxane. It was only 14 years later that Roxane, who had retired to a monastery, discovered the truth. However, shortly before the obligatory Saturday visit to his cousin, de Bergerac was seriously wounded in an attack, so that he died in her arms, weakened by blood loss and feverish delusions.
Cyrano de Bergerac is often used as an example for the motifs of the ghostwriter and the "good core behind a less attractive facade".
Settings and stage arrangements
- The Dutch composer and organist Johan Wagenaar wrote an overture in 1905 entitled Cyrano de Bergerac .
- Franco Alfano's opera Cyrano de Bergerac , composed in 1936, was performed again at the Kiel Opera in 2002 , in Montpellier in 2003 and at the Metropolitan Opera , New York in 2004/05 , here with Plácido Domingo in the title role. Productions in Paris, at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe and in Valencia followed.
- Another opera Cyrano de Bergerac , in Estonian, was composed by Eino Tamberg .
- Walter Damrosch's opera Cyrano was released in 1913 at the Metropolitan Opera , New York .
- Marius Constant wrote a ballet called Cyrano in 1959 .
- The music for the film adaptation of Cyrano by Bergerac by Jean-Paul Rappeneau with Gérard Depardieu in the leading role was written by Jean-Claude Petit .
- Jack Beeson's opera Cyrano premiered in 1994 at the Hagen Theater.
- David DiChiera's opera Cyrano premiered in Michigan in 2007.
- A musical of the same name with music by Marc Schubring and texts by Wolfgang Adenberg premiered in 1995 at the Saarbrücken State Theater. The role of Christian was interpreted by Jonas Kaufmann .
- Hal Shaper and David Reeves wrote an English musical in 1996: Cyrano - The Musical .
- Another musical came out in 1999: Cyrano - The musical by Ad van Dijk and Koen van Dijk, the German texts are by Curt Werner (Dutch original title from 1992: Cyrano - De Musical ).
- Another English-language musical under the title Cyrano comes from Anthony Burgess and Michael J. Lewis .
- English-language musical Maltby & Shire's Cyrano by Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire .
- Venezuelan film version 2007: Cyrano Fernandez , in which the plot is moved to Caracas in the modern era.
- The choreographer Anna Vita brought out a ballet version under the title Cyrano de Bergerac at the Mainfrankentheater Würzburg in 2013 .
- There is also a three-person version by Horst Kiss, which u. a. at the Fritz Theater Chemnitz.
- The choreographer Goyo Montero brought out a ballet version under the title Cyrano at the State Theater Nuremberg in 2014 .
- The 2018 American youth comedy Sierra Burgess Is a Loser is a modern retelling of the story of Cyrano de Bergerac .
- The French-Belgian film production Curtain up for Cyrano (O: Edmond) tells a fictional version of the genesis of the play.
Film adaptations
- 1900: Cyrano by Bergerac , by Clement Maurice .
- 1922: Cyrano of Bergerac by Augusto Genina .
- 1950: The Last Musketeer , feature film with José Ferrer in the title role.
- 1990: Cyrano von Bergerac by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Further
- 1987: The American comedy film Roxanne relocated the subject to modern times and gave it a happy ending.
- 1996: The film comedy Lies Have Long Legs is a variant of the theme.
- 2007: A modern Venezuelan implementation in the slums of Caracas is Cyrano Fernandez .
- 2018: The German film The Most Beautiful Girl in the World transfers the theme to the modern age, with students in the leading roles.
- 2018: The American film Sierra Burgess is a Loser deals with a variant of this theme.
- 2018: Curtain up for Cyrano , a Franco-Belgian film about the making of the play.
- 2020: The Netflix movie The Half of It is a homosexual modification of the original love triangle.
literature
- Philippe Bisson: Cyrano de Bergerac, de Rostand. Series: Balises oeuvres. Fernand Nathan, Paris 1994 a. ö., ISBN 2091807559 .
Web links
- Ludwig Fulda : Edmond Rostand: Cyrano von Bergerac , German translation for the Gutenberg.de project
- Cyrano de Bergerac in the repertoire of German-speaking theaters
Footnotes
- ↑ On this day Jules Renard , who has been friends with Rostand since around 1895, noted in his diary (extract of ideas, dipped in ink , Munich 1986): “Flowers, nothing but flowers, but all flowers for our great poet and playwright! “Now there is one more masterpiece in the world. Renard confesses his feeling of inferiority to his friend's "genius". (Page 136) Almost 15 years later, Renard's enthusiasm for Rostand has weakened. “The artificial is enough for him to the point that he can get excited about it as if it were the truth. / He does not investigate, he accepts. "(Page 339)
- ↑ The historical model for Count Guiche is Antoine III. de Gramont , Comte de Guiche and Marshal of France
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