Organization

Dirigat

Jacques Lacombe

Videogestaltung

Eirini Vianelli

Children's Chorus Mistress

Konstantina Pitsiakou

Regie

Spyros A Evangelatos

Bühnenbild

Yorgos Patsas

Kostümbild

Sänger

Tenor

Francesco Demuro

Werther

Mezzosopran

Anita Rachvelishvili

Charlotte

Revival director

Ion Kessoulis

Set and Costume design revival

Tota Pritsa

Bariton

Nikos Kotenidis

Albert

Nicolas Maraziotis

Schmidt

Bass

Marinos Tarnanas

Johann

Sopran

Chrissa Maliamani

Sophie

Lichtgestaltung

Melina Mascha

Ioannis Kontellis

Brühlmann

Emily Tsimidaki

Kätchen

Yanni Yannissis

Der Amtmann

Greek National Opera

Orchestra

GNO Orchestra

Others

Greek National Opera Children's Chorus

Athen

Griechenland

SNFCC

Main Stage

Public

Genehmigt

Werther by Jules Massenet –one of the most popular operas in the French repertoire– was written around a century after the epistolary novel by Goethe upon which it is based. The opera tells the story of a doomed love affair between the young Werther and Charlotte. When it dawns on Werther that there is no hope for their love, he takes his own life. Charlotte, who has realised the urgency of the situation, rushes to be by his side, reaching him a little before he breathes his last.

Just like Goethe’s Faust (which in opera form became best known in the version by Gounod), so too did Werther win over the opera world, set to music by Jules Massenet, the great French composer. Massenet’s opera –which skilfully captures both the poetic nature of the idealistic Werther and the prisoner to social convention that is Charlotte– enjoyed huge success in its own day; translated into numerous languages, the work would go on to influence everything from the mores to the fashions of its time.

English

Aufführungskredite (Besetzung & Produktionsteam )

Besetzung

Produktionsteam

Ensemble