Name: Werther
Start: 2014-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2014-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Admin

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Lisette Oropesa

Sophie

Mezzo-soprano

Sophie Koch

Charlotte

Tenor

Jonas Kaufmann

Werther

Jean-François Borras

Baritone

David Bizic

Albert

Bass

Jonathan Summers

The bailiff

Tony Stevenson

Schmidt

Philip Cokorinos

Johann

Christopher Job

Bruhlmann

Maya Lahyani

Kathchen

Conductor

Alain Altinoglu

Stage director

Richard Eyre

Set designer

Rob Howell

Costume designer

Video designer

Wendall K Harrington

Lighting designer

Peter Mumford

Choreographer

Sara Erde

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

French

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann brings aching intensity and vocal charisma to the tortured title hero of Massenet’s Goethe adaptation. Sophie Koch, in her Met debut, is an appealing and elegant Charlotte, the object of Werther’s passionate affection that will lead to tragedy. Lisette Oropesa as Sophie, David Bižić as Albert, and Jonathan Summers as Le Bailli co-star. Richard Eyre’s atmospheric production is conducted by rising maestro Alain Altinoglu.

Production booklet

Further reading