Name: Werther
Start: 2016-06-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Opera House

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Vittorio Grigolo

Werther

Mezzo-soprano

Joyce DiDonato

Charlotte

Baritone

David Bizic

Albert

Soprano

Heather Engebretson

Sophie

Bass

Jonathan Summers

Le Bailli

Yuriy Yurchuk

Johann

François Piolino

Schmidt

Emily Edmonds

Kätchen

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Antonio Pappano

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Benoît Jacquot

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Christian Gasc

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Charles Edwards

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Verenigd Koninkrijk

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Joyce DiDonato as Charlotte and Vittorio Grigolo as Werther sing 'Clair de lune' from Jules Massenet's opera Werther, with Antonio Pappano conducting the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House for The Royal Opera, recorded in 2016. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/werther


Jules Massenet began thinking about making an opera from Goethe’s Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (1774; The Sorrows of Young Werther) as early as 1880, before he started work on Manon – though in his memoirs he claimed inspiration came in 1886 during a visit to Bayreuth to see Wagner’s Parsifal. He began the score in 1885 and finished it in 1887, but Werther’s premiere did not come until 1892, when the Vienna Hofoper requested another Massenet work after the success of the local premiere of Manon. It has been a permanent part of the international repertory since 1903. Werther and Manon have proved Massenet’s most enduringly popular works.

The excellent libretto, prepared by Edouard Blau and Paul Milliet, distills Goethe’s Romantic masterpiece – their shortened version intensifies Goethe’s depiction of two passionate people each intent on hurting the other. Its spareness affords Massenet the opportunity to make his music not only delve into the psyches of the central couple but also describe the damage they cause to Sophie and Albert. The score displays Massenet’s gift for melody, with the ‘Clair de lune’, ‘Lied d’Ossian’ and Charlotte’s ‘Prière’ now some of his most loved music. Director Benoît Jacquot’s 2004 production for The Royal Opera, with elegant set designs by Charles Edwards, makes manifest the opera’s theme of keeping up appearances while torrid passions rage beneath.

Werther – 'Clair de lune' (Joyce DiDonato and Vittorio Grigolo, The Royal Opera)

Werther by Massenet, zo. 19 jun 2016, Van (2016/2016), Geregisseerd door Benoît Jacquot,, Dirigent Antonio Pappano, Royal Opera House, Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk

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