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| Composer | Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1892 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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BarcelonaWerther
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Massenet: Werther
Henrik Nánási; Christof Loy; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Johannes Leiacker; Robby Duiveman; Roland Edrich; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
TokyoWerther
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Massenet: Werther
Andriy Yurkevych; Nicolas Joël; New National Theatre; Emmanuelle Favre; Katia Duflot; Vinicio Cheli; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
ParisWertherNew production
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Massenet: Werther
Nathalie Stutzmann; Robert Carsen; Opéra national de Paris; Radu Boruzescu; Luis F Carvalho; Peter van Praet; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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Implacable Werther at Opéra-Comique from Pichon and Huffman
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Tight orchestral playing, minimalist stage design: the conductor and director are perfectly in tune with each other, transforming Massenet's work into an intimate and timeless drama.
Christof Loy’s understated Werther at the TCE
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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.
Werther in the sky at Opernhaus Zürich
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Benjamin Bernheim leads a very good cast in a revival of Tatjana Gürbaca's interesting 2017 production.
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ParisWertherNew production
Massenet: Werther
Raphaël Pichon; Ted Huffman; Opéra-Comique; Astrid Klein; Bertrand Couderc; Ensemble Pygmalion; Maîtrise Populaire de l'Opéra-Comique
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Pure agilità: Aya Wakizono returns to Tokyo
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The Japanese mezzo soprano is returning to the New National Theatre, Tokyo for her role debut in Massenet’s Werther. We talk about her love for Rossini, and expansions into later Romantic opera.