Name: Werther
Start: 2017-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Admin

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Anna Christy

Sophie

Mezzo-soprano

Isabel Leonard

Charlotte

Veronica Simeoni

Tenor

Vittorio Grigolo

Werther

Jean-François Borras

Baritone

David Bizic

Albert

David Pershall

Bass

Maurizio Muraro

The bailiff

Tony Stevenson

Schmidt

Philip Cokorinos

Johann

Christopher Job

Bruhlmann

Sarah Larsen

Kathchen

Conductor

Edward Gardner

Stage director

Richard Eyre

Set designer

Rob Howell

Video designer

Wendall K Harrington

Lighting designer

Peter Mumford

Choreographer

Sara Erde

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

French

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Werther, the impassioned title character of Massenet’s operatic adaptation of Goethe’s classic epistolary novel, seems a perfect fit for the exuberant Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo. Beloved by audiences for his glowing timbre and intense dedication to whichever character he portrays, Grigolo throws himself into this performance with the kind of romantic abandon befitting the deeply poetic character. As Charlotte, the conflicted object of Werther’s affections, mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard offers one of her most emotionally rich and vocally shattering performances to date. David Bizic brings a robust baritone to his role as Albert, Charlotte’s stern yet generous husband, and soprano Anna Christy sings with shimmering beauty as Charlotte’s kid sister Sophie. Edward Gardner conducts a plush performance of one of opera’s most expressive scores.

Production booklet

Further reading