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Eine Frau zwischen zwei Männern, ein Mann zwischen zwei Frauen: Goethes Werther als musikalisch hochklassiges und fein ausgestattetes Spiel im Münchner Gärtnerplatztheater.

Massenet’s take on Goethe’s blockbuster novella of unrequited love and suicide is handled with great subtlety by Christof Loy and Marc Leroy-Calatayud. Benjamin Bernheim and Marina Viotti lead a starry vocal cast.

Andrei Şerbans Inszenierung überzeugt einmal mehr am Haus am Ring.

Robert Carsen und sein Team befreien Jules Massenets Werther von jedem Opernstaub und inszenieren konsequent modern. Das Balthasar-Neumann-Orchester unter der Leitung von Thomas Hengelbrock vereint intensive Klangrede mit romantischer Klangfülle.

The star tenor is clearly under the weather, but the young house-favourite mezzo shines in an impressive role debut in a revival of Benoît Jacquot's cinematic staging. 

John Doyle's emotional staging of Werther gets to the heart of Massenet's engagement with Goethe in memorable performances.      

In their role debuts, Tassis Christoyannis and Véronique Gens make for an incredible pair in this concert performance of Massenet's opera.

Le ténor confirme qu'il est taillé pour le grand opéra français, et l'Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine se révèle sous la baguette de Pierre Dumoussaud.

L’Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier rouvre ses portes au public le 20 mai pour une production de Werther singulière, avec un orchestre investissant tout le parterre de l'Opéra Comédie !

Enea Scala and Rihab Chaieb impress in a concert performance of Massenet's Werther in Ghent. 

Edward Gardner brings out the Wagner influence in Massenet's opulent score, Juan Diego Flórez give a persuasive performance in the title role.

Avec Werther, le Théâtre du Capitole revient à des tonalités connues mais non moins agréables. La mise en scène de Nicolas Joël, reprise par Frédérique Lombart, éclaire parfaitement cette oeuvre romantico-tragique.  

The real triumph of Michael Fabiano's role debut as Werther lay in controlling the bold intensity of his voice in favour of a sweet and lower-key level of passion – a match for Massenet's frequent choice of the cello.

Présenté dans une remarquable production de l'Opéra national de Lorraine, Werther est servi sur un plateau d'argent à Québec par une distribution entièrement francophone. 

Willy Decker's enduring production gets smart treatment in a handsome revival.

Edgaras Montvidas et Stéphanie d’Oustrac rayonnent dans les premiers rôles, entourés de seconds tout à fait à la hauteur.

Juan Diego Flórez stars as Goethe’s archetypal Romantic poet in Massenet's Werther in Zurich. 

From the moment he stepped on stage as our ill-fated title character, Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo seemed as if he may burst at the seams. 

Beczała's "Pourquoi me réveiller" stops the show in Willy Decker's thoughtful Werther at the Liceu, expertly conducted by Alain Altinoglu.

Juan Diego Flórez plays the role for the first time on stage and it's a vocal triumph 

Vittorio Grigolo and Joyce DiDonato live up to their starry reputations in the Royal Opera's latest revival of Massenet's tale of unrequited love and suicide.

This new production of Massenet’s Werther in Tokyo suffered multiple personnel changes even before it opened... 

A complex portrait of obsessive and destructive passion.

Pour cette deuxième reprise de la désormais célèbre production de Werther de Massenet mise en scène par Benoît Jacquot, c’est un tout nouveau plateau qui succède aux deux précédents

A superbly-sung title role from Ed Ballard is the best part of this otherwise patchy, well-sung but ultimately unmoving Werther from English Touring Opera. 

Matthew Polenzani zeigt an der Bayerischen Staatsoper einen vielschichtigen und abgründigen Werther, der den Zuschauer bis an den äußersten Rand der Verzweiflung führt.

Angela Gheorghiu als leidende Charlotte, Jean-Francois Borras als leidenschaftlicher Werther und das melancholische Dirigat von Frederic Chaslin sorgten zwar nicht für einen perfekten, aber hochemotionalen Abend an der Wiener Staatsoper.

Aylin Bozok's modern and minimalist Werther, beautifully realised and superbly acted with the innovative addition of a silent character, is utterly heartbreaking.

Vittorio Grigolo and Ekaterina Gubanova star in Massenet's Werther in concert form with the Deutsche Oper Berlin. 

Goethe’s epistolary novel Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (“The Sorrows of Young Werther”) hit the 1774 zeitgeist not only because it brought back emotion to the rather sober Age of Enlightenment, but because the tragic title hero sports a multi-faceted character that lends itself to various interpretations and projections, therefore making it easy to feel sympathy or even partly identify with the

The world of opera can sometimes be hard for the newcomer to love as there are often fiendishly complicated and frequently unbelievable plots to get to grips with. Jules Massenet’s opera Werther is happily none of these: it is a straightforward story of unrequited love.

In Francisco Negrin’s production of Massenet’s Werther, currently at the Lyric Opera, the opera’s first scene appears through a semi-transparent screen upon which an image of a row of houses is projected. Then the screen rises, and we enter fully into the dream.

When I heard that Washington National Opera’s upcoming production of Jules Massenet’s romantic and beautifully tragic opera Werther would be set in the 20th century, I was intrigued.

Boy falls in love with girl. Girl marries another man. Boy kills himself. The plot of Massenet's Werther isn't exactly complex or taxing, but then, in all great stories, it's the way you tell them that counts.The story certainly worked for its author. When it was published in 1774, The Sorrows of Young Werther propelled the young Goethe to fame and caused a literary sensation.