Organization

Conductor

Antonio Pappano

Stage director

Benoît Jacquot

Set designer

Charles Edwards

Costume designer

Christian Gasc

Lighting designer

Singer

Tenor

Jonas Kaufmann

Werther

Mezzo-soprano

Aigul Akhmetshina

Charlotte

Baritone

Gordon Bintner

Albert

Soprano

Sarah Gilford

Sophie

Bass

Alastair Miles

The bailiff

Christophe Mortagne

Schmidt

James Cleverton

Johann

Gabrielė Kupšytė

Kathchen

Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Others

Chorus of the Royal Opera House

French

London

United Kingdom

Werther Massenet

Public

English

Approved

Antonio Pappano conducts Massenet's opera of grand passion and devastating tragedy. Werther returns to the Royal Opera House stage for Summer 2023. #RoyalOpe...

Werther – 'Air des lettres' aria (Joyce DiDonato, The Royal Opera)

It was her mother’s dying wish that Charlotte marry Albert. But when she meets the poet Werther, she is plunged into a world of love – and pain – that she never knew existed. Torn between family duty and an overwhelming passion, will she be true to her husband – or her heart’s desire?

Massenet’s music contrasts heady Romanticism with elegant restraint, while Benoît Jacquot’s production delivers period-perfect moonlit trysts, stolen glances and gunfire at dawn. Antonio Pappano conducts an all-star cast including Jonas Kaufmann and Aigul Akhmetshina.

Werther by Massenet, From (2023/2023), Directed by Benoît Jacquot,, Conductor Antonio Pappano, Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom

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