Name: Werther
Start: 2008-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2008-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: The National Theater Opera Belgrade

Organization

Conductor

Đorđe Stanković

Dorian Wilson

Stage director

Nebojša Bradić

Set designer

Miodrag Tabački

Costume designer

Bojana Nikitović

Assistant Director

Ivana Dragutinović

Tenor

Dejan Maksimović

Werther

Janko Sinadinović

Hon Li

Baritone

Vladimir Andrić

Albert

Predrag Milanović

Bass

Aleksandar Stamatović

The bailiff

Nenad Jakovljević

Mezzo-soprano

Dragana Yugovic

Charlotte

Nataša Jović Trivić

Aleksandra Angelov

Soprano

Sofija Pižurica

Sophie

Aleksandra Stamenković

Ivanka Raković

Branislav Kosanić

Johann

Nebojša Babić

Darko Đorđević

Schmidt

Ljubodrag Begović

Milan Prosen

Bruhlmann

Gavrilo Rabrenović

Olivera Krljević

Kathchen

Chorus master

National Theatre Belgrade

Belgrade

Serbia

The National Theater Opera Belgrade

Werther Massenet

Public

Approved

In his autobiography From my life, Goethe, a great German poet, wrote about his Werther: “The impact of this book was great, in fact it was enormous, principally because it appeared at just the right time. And as a slight spark is necessary to initiate the explosion of a giant bomb, reaction among the audience was strong as an explosion because young people had already become painfully aware of their inabilities  …”
The whole generation was delighted with the novel. Young men were dressed in Werther’s manner: blue frock coats and yellow vests. Werther provoked more suicides than did the most beautiful woman, stated French poetess Madame de Stahl. Character of Werther includes many autobiographical elements; Goethe found inspiration for Werther in destiny of his friend, Wilhelm Jerusalem, who committed suicide after an unhappy love. Werther appeared in the literary epoch known in history of German literature as Sturm und Drang, the time in which progressive people raised their voices against feudalism, provincial spirit and puritanism. Jules Massenet, a French composer, who was above all love poet, was inspired by the tale of Young Werther.  In his opus, he treated all aspects of love: mystical, sensual, platonic and romantic. Massenet provided Werther with his artistic soul and conscience. In this opera, the composer wrote his best and the most touching love lines. The novel had to be very much modified to get the form of libretto. To adjust scenically epistolary novel that includes so many materials and a wide variety of personal histories was neither easy nor simple job. The main principles of every opera libretto, conciseness and shortness, were to be strictly followed. Differently from the novel, central and the only opera theme is Werther’s love for Charlotte. (…)
(…) Opera Werther is marked with all the characteristic elements of the French lyric style. Music is soft, often sweetly oversentimental, and easily accepted by the audience. For this type of music, the most suitable context is love and love scenes in a variety of its manifestations.  Success of Massenet’s opera career lies exactly in his knowledge of treating this subject.

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