Name: Werther
Start: 2020-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2020-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Wiener Staatsoper

Organization

Singer

Tenor

Piotr Beczała

Werther

Mezzo-soprano

Gaëlle Arquez

Charlotte

Soprano

Daniela Fally

Sophie

Baritone

Clemens Unterreiner

Albert

Stage director

Andrei Serban

Conductor

Bertrand de Billy

Set designer

Peter Pabst

Costume designer

Bass

Hans Peter Kammerer

The bailiff

Andrea Giovannini

Schmidt

Michael Rakotoarivony

Johann

Wiener Staatsoper

Orchestra

Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

Others

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper

Vienna

Austria

Werther
'Drame lyrique' in four acts and five tableaux by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Millet and Georges Hartmann after Goethe
First performance in Viena, Hofoper, 16 February 1892

Recording: December 10 2020 - Staatsoper | Vienna
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Duration: 02:09

While most opera houses across Europe have to remain closed for the public for weeks to come, we are thrilled to present you a fully-staged production of a Romantic masterpiece, Massenet's dramatic Werther, live from the legendary Wiener Staatsoper!

The poet Werther is consumed by his passion for young Charlotte, daughter of the local magistrate—but she is engaged to his friend Albert. After several months on the road, Albert’s unexpected return will seal the tragic destiny of the troubled title character… Inspired by Goethe’s epistolary novel titled The Sorrow of Young Werther, Massenet’s operatic masterpiece returns to Vienna, the city that saw its premiere in 1892. The fabulous Bertrand de Billy leads the storied Wiener Staatsoper in a memorable performance, with Piotr Beczała—a tenor with "the kind of voice you want to hang medals on" (Opera News)—in the lead role.

Werther Massenet

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