Werther

WERTHER

Opera by Jules Massenet
Libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann
Based on the novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther" by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
In French with German surtitles

The young poet Werther falls passionately in love with Charlotte, who, however, had sworn to her mother on her deathbed that she would marry the solid but unspectacular Albert. Despite her deep feelings for Werther, Charlotte feels obliged to keep her promise and marries Albert.

Werther sinks into a deep depression, his unhappy love becomes an obsession. After the wedding, Charlotte confesses to him that she loves him too, but clings to their marriage. Werther, completely desperate, asks Albert for his pistols under a pretext and things take their fateful course ...

Based on Goethe's epistolary novel, Massenet created a drama whose real heroine is Charlotte. With its magnificent orchestral colors and melodic richness, the opera is one of the most important works of the French reception of Goethe. Emotional intensity guaranteed!