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A Nose by Any Other Name: Franco Alfano's 'Cyrano de Bergerac'

A Nose by Any Other Name: Franco Alfano's 'Cyrano de Bergerac'

Update: 2017-05-03

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Soprano Jennifer Rowley is singing the role of Roxane in Franco Alfano's Cyrano de Bergerac, and she says that there's a little bit of Cyrano in all of us. This week, we discuss the sentimental story about love, self-doubt, and the disproportionately large facial feature that has captured our imagination for more than a century.

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A Nose by Any Other Name: Franco Alfano's 'Cyrano de Bergerac'

A Nose by Any Other Name: Franco Alfano's 'Cyrano de Bergerac'

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