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Truly, madly, but not quite deeply enough: Massenet's Werther from English Touring Opera

By Charlotte Valori, 09 November 2015
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“more prosaic than profound”
Reviewed at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge on 5 November 2015
Programme
Massenet, Werther (Arr Iain Farrington; sung in English)
Performers
English Touring Opera
Iain Farrington, Conductor
Oliver Platt, Director
Oliver Townsend, Set Designer
Ed Ballard, Werther
Carolyn Dobbin, Charlotte
Lauren Zolezzi, Sophie
Simon Lasker Wallfisch, Albert
Michael Druiett, Le Bailli
Jeff Stewart, Schmidt
English Touring Opera Orchestra
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Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.