Cyrano De Bergerac Trivia

Cyrano de Bergerac Trivia

Actors José Ferrer and Gérard Depardieu have both portrayed Cyrano de Bergerac on film. What legendary Italian screen actress portrayed Aida in a film version of Verdi’s opera? (Sophia Loren appeared in the 1953 film version of Aida with the singing voice of Renata Tebaldi)

Identify operatic characters that are cousins, like Roxane and the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac (valid answers, though not a comprehensive list, include: the Marschallin and Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier; Lescaut and title role in Massenet’s Manon; Cio-Cio-San and her cousin in Act I of Madama Butterfly; Juliet and Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette; Susanna and Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro; Beatrice and brothers Marco & Rodolpho in William Bolcom’s A View from the Bridge; Agathe and Ännchen in Der Freischütz; Lady Harriet and Sir Tristam in Flotow’s Marthe; Guadalena, Mastrilla, and Berginella are all cousins in Offenbach’s La Périchole; Zita and Simone are Buoso’s cousins in Gianni Schicchi)