I have to confess that I was not much looking forward to Cyrano de Bergerac. I was looking forward to going to Paris, and looking forward to seeing Plácido, but CdeB isn't and I doubt ever will be in my top twenty of operas. But a couple of interviews he's given this week have reminded me what a gorgeous compelling story it is, and how I was in buckets of tears on each of the five times I saw it three years ago.
And these photos, even with the watermarks, have just whetted my appetite even more! (oh, those thighs!)
and one from last Monday's Press Conference
How does he do it? (I know I wasn't the only person thinking he wasn't looking great earlier in the year, and now look at him, the old charmer!)
