Organization

Conductor

Jacques Lacombe

Video designer

Eirini Vianelli

Children's Chorus Mistress

Konstantina Pitsiakou

Stage director

Spyros A Evangelatos

Set designer

Yorgos Patsas

Costume designer

Singer

Tenor

Francesco Demuro

Werther

Mezzo-soprano

Anita Rachvelishvili

Charlotte

Revival Director

Ion Kessoulis

Set and Costume design revival

Tota Pritsa

Baritone

Nikos Kotenidis

Albert

Nicolas Maraziotis

Schmidt

Bass

Marinos Tarnanas

Johann

Soprano

Chrissa Maliamani

Sophie

Lighting designer

Melina Mascha

Ioannis Kontellis

Bruhlmann

Emily Tsimidaki

Kathchen

Yanni Yannissis

The bailiff

Greek National Opera

Orchestra

GNO Orchestra

Others

Greek National Opera Children's Chorus

Athens

Greece

SNFCC

Main Stage

Public

Approved

Stavros Niarchos Hall

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

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble