Name: Werther
Start: 1999-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1999-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Tenore

Thomas Hampson

Werther

Mezzosoprano

Susan Graham

Charlotte

Ildikó Komlósi

Soprano

Rebecca Evans

Sophie

Joyce Guyer

Baritono

Christopher Robertson

Albert

Christopher Schaldenbrand

Basso

Michel Trempont

Il Borgomastro

Bernard Fitch

Schmidt

James Courtney

Johann

Mitchell Sendrowitz

Brühlmann

Lee Hamilton

Kätchen

Sandra Bush

Direzione d'orchestra

Donald Runnicles

Regia

Paul-Émile Deiber

Costumi

Rudolf Heinrich

Scenografia

The Metropolitan Opera

francese

New York

Stati Uniti

Metropolitan Opera House

Thomas Hampson offers a rare opportunity to hear the baritone version of this opera’s title part, as arranged by Massenet for the legendary Mattia Battistini. Werther’s tragedy, when performed by a baritone rather than a tenor, takes on an even darker hue. Hampson’s moving portrayal brings out all the idealism, melancholy, and eventual despair of the character over the loss of his beloved Charlotte, sung by Susan Graham. Graham gives an equally heart-rending performance as the young woman torn between her love for the romantic Werther and her promise to marry Albert (Christopher Robertson). Rebecca Evans is Charlotte’s innocent younger sister, Sophie, and Donald Runnicles conducts.

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