Gran Teatre del Liceu: AuditoriumLa Rambla, 51-59, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08002, Spain
Dates/times in Madrid time zone
Programme
| Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) | Werther |
Performers
| Gran Teatre del Liceu | |||
| Alain Altinoglu | Conductor | ||
| Willy Decker | Director, Set Designer | ||
| Wolfgang Gussmann | Costume Designer | ||
| Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu | |||
| Piotr Beczała | Tenor | Werther | 2017 Jan 15, 18, 23, 25, 28, 31, Feb 03 |
| José Bros | Tenor | Werther | 2017 Jan 17, 19, 24, 27, 29, Feb 01, 04 |
| Anna Caterina Antonacci | Soprano | Charlotte | 2017 Jan 15, 18, 23, 25, 28, 31, Feb 03 |
| Nora Gubisch | Soprano | Charlotte | 2017 Jan 17, 19, 24, 27, 29, Feb 01, 04 |
| Joan Martín-Royo | Bass | Albert | 2017 Jan 15, 18, 23, 25, 28, 31, Feb 03 |
| Carlos Daza | Baritone | Albert | 2017 Jan 17, 19, 24, 27, 29, Feb 01, 04 |
| Elena Sancho Pereg | Soprano | Sophie | 2017 Jan 15, 18, 23, 25, 28, 31, Feb 03 |
| Sonia de Munck | Soprano | Sophie | 2017 Jan 17, 19, 24, 27, 29, Feb 01, 04 |
| Stefano Palatchi | Bass | Le Bailli | |
| Antoni Comas | Tenor | Schmidt | |
| Marc Canturri | Baritone | Johann |
Wetzlar, Germany. Werther is in love with Charlotte but when she becomes engaged to another man he has to give her up. After her marriage, Charlotte sends him away. Driven to despair by his impossible love, Werther commits suicide and expires in his beloved Charlotte's arms.
In this opera based on Goethe's novel, Massenet paints a faithful portrait of a personage who embodies the Romantic concept of melancholy caused by disappointed love.
Willy Decker's Romantic-Expressionist production has already won acclaim in various opera houses. The contrasting colours and impossible shapes match the different states of mind evoked by the plot.
