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Organization

Singer

Bass

Matthias Jacquot

Johann

Tenor

Léo Thiéry

Bruhlmann

Mezzo-soprano

Emma De La Selle

Kathchen

Costume designer

Leslie Travers

Set designer

Mario Chang

Werther

Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Charlotte

Baritone

Jérôme Boutillier

Albert

Julien Véronèse

The bailiff

Soprano

Pauline Texier

Sophie

Yoann Le Lan

Schmidt

Conductor

Jean-Marie Zeitouni

Stage director

Bruno Ravella

Lighting designer

Linus Fellbom

Chorus master

Vincent Recolin

Noëlle Gény

Revival Director

José Darío Innella

Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier

Others

Chœur Dames Opéra national Montpellier Occitanie

Chœur Opéra Junior

Orchestra

French

Montpellier

France

Opéra Comédie

Charlotte only married Albert out of duty but continues to love Werther without admitting it to herself and even less to him. The young man despairs at seeing his advances rejected and will not taste the love that the young woman comes to confess too late.

Adapted from Goethe's novel, Jules Massenet's opera Werther is a jewel of French lyric repertoire. Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie shares the sober and elegant staging by Bruno Ravella – his Rosenkavalier was recently enjoyed on OperaVision – and invites the famous Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux to sing Charlotte for the first time, alongside a young and almost exclusively French-speaking cast conducted by Jean-Marie Zietouni.

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