| Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) | Werther |
| Croatian National Theatre Opera | ||
| Pier Giorgio Morandi | Conductor | |
| Dante Ferretti | Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer | |
| Daniele Nannuzzi | Lighting Designer | |
| Croatian National Theatre Zagreb Orchestra | ||
| Zvjezdice Children's Opera Choir | ||
| Dijana Rogulja Deltin | Choirmaster / chorus director | |
| Marija Anđela Biondić | Choirmaster / chorus director | |
| Pavel Valuzhin | Tenor | Werther |
| Emilia Rukavina | Mezzo-soprano | Charlotte |
| Marija Kuhar Šoša | Soprano | Sophie |
| Leon Košavić | Baritone | Albert |
| Ozren Bilušič | Baritone | Le Bailli |
| Ivo Gamulin | Tenor | Schmidt |
| Marin Čargo | Baritone | Johann |
Charlotte only married Albert out of duty but continues to love Werther without admitting it to herself and even less to him. The young man despairs at seeing his advances rejected and will not taste the love that the young woman comes to confess too late.
One of opera’s greatest depictions of impossible love, Werther is based on Goethe’s epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther. Massenet thought long and hard about adapting Goethe’s story of a melancholy poet whose love for a married woman and general disaffection with the world lead to his suicide. Initially declined Opéra Comique, Werther had its premiere in Vienna in 1892. The portrayal of an artistic, brilliant and doomed young man rebelling against the establishment has resonated through the ages in music, literature, theatre and film. Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb’s new production is in safe and cinematic hands: Pier Giorgio Morandi, chief conductor Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, and the stage director, set and costume designer is Dante Ferretti. With Oscars to his credit, Ferretti has worked with some of the greatest names in cinema including Pasolini, Fellini, Zeffirelli, Scorsese to name just a few.
Recorded on: 06.03.2025
