Cyrano De Bergerac - Edouard Baer

Cyrano de Bergerac at Radiant-Bellevue

Radiant-Bellevue is delighted to welcome Edouard Baer and his free-spirited take on Cyrano de Bergerac, a meeting of classic panache and contemporary stagecraft that feels tailor-made for our theatre. From our vantage point, this production’s blend of language, music, and movement thrives on proximity: the quicksilver shifts between bravado and tenderness, the duels that crackle with wit as much as with steel, and the suspended hush of the balcony all gain intensity in our hall’s enveloping acoustics and balanced sightlines. We have prepared our stage to accommodate fluid scene changes and a living, breathing ensemble around Baer’s charismatic presence, encouraging the text to bloom in the moment—sharp, playful, and poignant. Expect the mischievous glint that has long defined Baer’s artistry: a conversational ease with the audience, a taste for surprise, and a devotion to the poetry that makes Cyrano’s plume dance. In our house, his troupe’s camaraderie becomes tangible; the audience, drawn close, can feel the grain of voice and the spark of irony that turn this legendary work into a night alive with discovery.

As a venue that follows the artist’s trajectory as closely as we curate the works we host, we see Cyrano de Bergerac as the natural extension of Edouard Baer’s recent creative momentum. His acclaimed stage piece Les Élucubrations d’un homme soudain frappé par la grâce affirmed his appetite for intimate confessionals and spontaneous storytelling, while his films, from Ouvert la nuit to Adieu Paris, refined a cinematic sensibility that values ensemble energy, musical cadence, and urban melancholy. On the airwaves, his time with Plus près de toi honed that unmistakable Baer tone—literate, wry, unhurried—which he now threads into the fabric of Cyrano’s contradictions: swagger and doubt, bravado and bruised sincerity. From our perspective at Radiant-Bellevue, this heritage translates into a Cyrano that listens as much as it declaims. Baer’s talent for improvisational nuance keeps the classic text responsive to the room; his affection for his partners elevates the chorus of characters around him; and his musician’s ear—so evident across his stage and screen work—gives Rostand’s alexandrines a conversational pulse. The result is not a museum piece but a living encounter, shaped by the night and by the audience that gathers here.

Your night at Radiant-Bellevue

Hosting Cyrano de Bergerac with Edouard Baer, Radiant-Bellevue puts all its resources to work so the show’s romance and bravura unfurl with clarity and warmth. Our technical teams sculpt light that moves from candlelit intrigue to moonlit confession, while sound design preserves the grain of a whisper and the resonance of the ensemble’s choruses. The stage is configured to let the action spill forward and draw you in—swordplay etched in clean lines, entrances and exits that breathe, and musical interludes that find their echo deep in the hall. Offstage, we craft an atmosphere that invites conversation before curtain and lingers after the applause: a rendezvous point for theatre lovers, curious first-timers, and devoted admirers of Edouard Baer’s unmistakable voice. Programming at Radiant-Bellevue is about encounters of this caliber—artists who bring the classics into the present with style and generosity. When Baer dons Cyrano’s plume here, our role is to amplify the dialogue between artist and audience, ensuring every seat can taste the swagger, the laughter, and the fragile courage that make this story evergreen. Join us for a performance where tradition meets the thrill of now, carried by an artist who thrives on the electricity of the room.