The Metropolitan Opera: Werther

The Metropolitan Opera: Werther

142 mins | Drama, Music | March 15, 2014

Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann brings aching intensity and vocal charisma to the tortured title hero of Massenet’s Goethe adaptation. Sophie Koch, in her Met debut, is an appealing and elegant Charlotte, the object of Werther’s passionate affection that will lead to tragedy. Lisette Oropesa as Sophie, David Bižić as Albert, and Jonathan Summers as Le Bailli co-star. Richard Eyre’s atmospheric production is conducted by rising maestro Alain Altinoglu.

The Metropolitan Opera: Werther

142 mins | Drama, Music | March 15, 2014

The Metropolitan Opera: Werther
Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann brings aching intensity and vocal charisma to the tortured title hero of Massenet’s Goethe adaptation. Sophie Koch, in her Met debut, is an appealing and elegant Charlotte, the object of Werther’s passionate affection that will lead to tragedy. Lisette Oropesa as Sophie, David Bižić as Albert, and Jonathan Summers as Le Bailli co-star. Richard Eyre’s atmospheric production is conducted by rising maestro Alain Altinoglu.
Producers The Metropolitan Opera
Original title The Metropolitan Opera: Werther
Directors Gary Halvorson, Richard Eyre
Writers Georges Hartmann, Paul Milliet, Edouard Blau, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Cast

Jonas Kaufmann

as Werther

Sophie Koch

as Charlotte

Lisette Oropesa

as Sophie

David Bizic

as Albert

Jonathan Summers

as Le Bailli