Event listing: Werther | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Thu 5 May 2011 at 19:30

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Royal Opera House, Covent GardenBow Street, Covent Garden, London, Greater London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom

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Programme

Massenet, Jules (1842-1912)

Performers

The Royal Opera
Sir Antonio Pappano	Conductor
Benoît Jacquot	Director
Rolando Villazón	Tenor	Werther
Sophie Koch	Mezzo-soprano	Charlotte
Audun Iversen	Baritone	Albert
Eri Nakamura	Soprano	Sophie
Alain Vernhes	Bass	Le Bailli

Reviews of Werther directed by Benoît Jacquot

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Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, June 2023

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Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, September 2019

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Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, June 2016

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Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, January 2016 (Français)

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Villazón returns to form in the Royal Opera's Werther

David Karlin, 6th May

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.

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