WERTHER Massenet – Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier

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. Adapted from Goethe's novel, Jules Massenet's opera Werther is a jewel of French lyric repertoire. Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie shares the sober and elegant staging by Bruno Ravella – his Rosenkavalier was recently enjoyed on OperaVision – and invites the famous Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux to sing Charlotte for the first time, alongside a young and almost exclusively French-speaking cast conducted by Jean-Marie Zietouni. Streamed on OperaVision on 24 December 2021 at 19:00 CET and available until 24 June 2022: https://operavision.eu/en/library/per... CAST Werther: Mario Chang Charlotte: Marie-Nicole Lemieux Albert: Jérôme Boutillier Le Bailli: Julien Véronèse Sophie: Pauline Texier Schmidt: Yoann Le Lan Johann: Matthias Jacquot Kätchen: Emma de La Selle Brühlmann: Léo Thiéry Maid: Lisa Martin Children: Gabriel Bertrand, Marina Gallant, Charlotte Gleize, Naomi Renoir, Brunelle Sauvegrain, Nina Sauvegrain Chorus: Chœur Dames Opéra national Montpellier Occitanie Orchestra: Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie Music: Jules Massenet Text: Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet, Georges Hartmann Conductor: Jean-Marie Zeitouni Director: José Darío Innella, original staging by Bruno Ravella Set Designer: Leslie Travers Costume Designer: Leslie Travers Lighting Designer: Linus Fellbom Stage director assistant: Diane Clément Production manager: Xavier Bouchon Stage managers: Mireille Jouve, Anaïs Pélaquier Chorus manager: Maya Lehec