"Cyrano" with Christopher Plummer

[MCfan2]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 9:28pm

Is anyone familiar with the recording of this show? I'm just back from a New York trip (my family and I had a great time at "Chicago"! First time seeing it onstage), where I saw this recording at the Colony. I decided not to get it as I had already loaded up on other CDs, but I've been regretting it ever since. I like Christopher Plummer and I REALLY like Cyrano. Any of you who know this one, do the two together make a good combination? I see that I can get it on Amazon, so would like to know if anyone would recommend it. Thanks.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 10:09pm

I not only have the recording, but I saw this CYRANO in previews and loved it. The song "You Have Made Me Love" stands out in my mind as being melodic and lyrical.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 10:11pm

I saw the Plummer version & have the CD & the LP signed by him

It deserved a better fate than it had.

[DrTheatre]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 10:11pm

I like it very much. But, I have to say the most wonderful CYRANO recording (I like) is something completely different, the one I like is a concept recording.

I wish they made a recording in English of the CYRANO musical that was done in a while back with, Bill van Dijk as Cyrano, Anne Runolfsson as Roxane, and Paul Anthony Stewart as Christian, with James Barbour and Jeff Gardner in supporting roles.

I wish they made a recording of this, I heard it was very well done, but poorly viewed.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 10:13pm

Yes it is a shame it never got recorded.

It should prove interesting to hear Wildhorns version of it.

[roquat]

Posted: 2/19/08 at 11:36pm

I've heard the Bill van Dijk early 1990s version--or all I could stand of it. It's like an opera without arias--all recitative.

As I've posted in another thread, there's a new musical version of the play, entitled "Bring Me Giants", being workshopped presently at a college in Maryland, and after seeing some of the rehearsals, I think it might be on to something. There have been numerous operas, operettas, and musicals made of the play, but none have succeeded. I think it's partly the fact that the title seems so uninvolving as a musical title. Think of it--would MY FAIR LADY have been a hit if it had been called "PYGMALION!"

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 2/20/08 at 1:57am

I have the CD and it is worth getting. I second that "You Have Made Me Love" is a wonderful ballad, beautifully sung by Leigh Barry. Plummer is a decent singer, but an even better actor, and the recording luckily preserves much of the dialogue. Enjoy!

[MCfan2]

Posted: 2/20/08 at 7:32am

Thank you for the recommendations!

[FrontRowCenter2]

Posted: 2/20/08 at 8:16am

Totally agree with the above posts, saw it as well and find myself listening to the CD more frequently than I thought.

[roquat]

Posted: 2/20/08 at 1:55pm

Plummer took the role of Captain von Trapp as a sort of audition for the "Cyrano" producers, to convince them he could sing--then he was crushed when his singing in SOUND OF MUSIC was dubbed!

[PUPPETMAN]

Posted: 2/20/08 at 3:19pm

One of my favorite cast albums. Plummer if excellent and Leigh Berry is fantastic. I have both the double LP and the CD.

CYRANO is also one of my favorite plays.