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Werther is an opera ( drame lyrique) in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann (who used the pseudonym Henri Grémont). It is loosely based on Goethe's epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, which was based both on fact and on Goethe's own early life.
Aug 24, 2007 · Massenet's Werther is thrilling, tuneful, and one of the saddest operas ever composed — it ends with a suicide on Christmas Eve.
Jan 20, 2016 · Relatives and friends arrive to take Charlotte to a ball in the country. Among them is Werther – a sensitive, solitary, melancholic, nature-loving artist – a stranger to the little town. Werther watches Charlotte as she takes care of her younger brothers and sisters and falls under her spell.
Sep 11, 2022 · Jules Massenet's opera Werther from London's Covent Garden. Michel Plasson leads the musical forces in this performance, with Alfredo Kraus in the title role, Josephine Veasey (Charlotte),...
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Converted to monochrome, cropped, de-skewed and optimized. Alder also wrote a fantasy on motives from Werther for piano trio, which has been recorded. A piano solo arrangement, made by Raoul Pugno, had earlier been issued by Heugel in 1892, likewise a fantasie-transcription by Neustedt.
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Jul 2, 2024 · The opera Werther by Jules Massenet, on stage at La Scala from 10 June to 2 July 2024. Conductor is Alain Altinoglu, staging by Christof Loy. Cast: Benjamin Bernheim, Jean Sébastien Bou, Armando Noguera, Rodolphe Briand, Alfonso Antoniozzi, Victoria Karkacheva, Francesca Pia Vitale.
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Feb 19, 2014 · Werther, Massenet’s masterpiece, was written in German, in Vienna, and reprised the following year at the Opéra Comique in French. The libretto was inspired by Goethe’s epistolary novel, The Sufferings of Young Werther, whose intense romanticism perfectly suited Massenet’s temperament.
