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Cyrano de Bergerac is an operetta composed by Victor Herbert with a libretto by Harry B. Smith. It is based on play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. It opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York on 18 September 1899.

Dramatis Personæ

CYRANO de BERGERAC Francis Wilson
COUNT de GUICHE Robert Broderick
RAGUENEAU   (a poetical baker) Peter Lang
CAPTAIN CASTEL-JALOUX John E. Brand
CHRISTIAN de NEUVILLETTE Charles H. Bowers
MONTFLEURY   (an actor) A. M. Holbrook
CAPTAIN OF THE CARDINAL'S GUARD Joseph M. Ratliff
LISE   (wife of Ragueneau) Josephine Knapp
A DUENNA Josephine Intropidi
1st. POET Karl Stall
2nd. POET Thomas De Vassey
3rd. POET H. L. Owen
A YOUNG LORD William Laverty
A DOORKEEPER Charles F. Dodge
ROXANE Lulu Glaser

MIDI Files

ACT I   -   Salon in the Hotel de Bourgogne.

ACT II   -   Ragueneau's Cook Shop.

ACT III   -   The French Camp.


External Links
Vocal Score at The Library of Congress
"Pocket Version" on YouTube

American Musical Theatre

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