NEW YORK Ever since its 1971 production with Christa Ludwig and Franco Corelli Werther has been the most frequently performed Massenet opera at the Metropolitan. Production title.
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Jonas kaufmann werther metropolitan opera. Maybe Richard Eyres new production of WERTHER for the Metropolitan Opera with strong performances by German tenor Jonas Kaufmann and French mezzo Sophie Koch should have been called WERTHER. More from this artist. With the popular German tenor Jonas Kaufmann singing the title role and the French mezzo Sophie Koch delivering a lovely Met debut as Charlotte the Met has given Massenets romantic opera based on Goethes youthful epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther a fresh staging that employs imaginative use of video to set scenes and convey moods that are.
Jonas Kaufmann in his role debut is simply smashing as Werther vocally as well as dramatically a role he was born to sing with his classical look of the romantic hero. Werther - The Metropolitan Opera 2014 Work - Composer. Together with Manon and Thaïs Werther remains the only of Massenets almost 40 operas to hold a permanent place in the repertoire.
Werther - The Metropolitan Opera 2014 Siegmund Die Walküre. The tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars in Richard Eyres production of Werther Massenets 19th-century opera at the Met. La Fanciulla del West - The Metropolitan Opera 2018 Don Alvaro.
The Met gave the first American performance on tour in Chicago in March 1894. A beautiful tenor voice with gravitas and lightness good looks and superb acting ability. Werther - Jules Massenet.
Find The Metropolitan Opera on Instagram opens new window. In spite of its flaws its worth tuning in. Massenets Werther is a difficult opera to stage at the Met.
The Metropolitan Opera will be streaming Werther for free this Sunday Sept. I cannot recommend it enough. Soprano Lisette Oropesa is perfectly cast as Charlottes sister Sophie.
The cast is stellar. Production photos by Ken Howard Metropolitan Opera By George Loomis. Metropolitan Opera House Lincoln Center NY.
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Werther Live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera Saturday March 15 1pm at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. I remember the reports from Paris in 2010 speaking of electrified audiences and sold-out performances. Erin Morley sings an excerpt from Eurydices Act II aria in a rehearsal for Matthew Aucoins spellbinding new opera.
It is an intimate piece in its waythe lonesome young poet Werther intrudes into. Werther Metropolitan Opera 28. Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann brings aching intensity and vocal charisma to the tortured title hero of Massenets Goethe adaptation.
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Description New production Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of Massenets sublime adaptation of Goethes revolutionary and tragic romance opposite Sophie Koch as Charlotte. Tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the tortured poet in the Mets new production of Jules Massenets Werther on Great Performances at the Met Sunday July 20. Those are among the best words to describe what transpired on the Metropolitan Opera stage of Friday Feb.
Opens November 23 2021. Jonas Kaufmann recounts Werther. Die Walküre - MET 2011 by Robert Lepage.
Pure Genius from Jonas Kaufmann Sophie Koch Cast Production in Revival of Massenets Masterpiece. Werther at the Metropolitan Opera showcases Jonas Kaufmann and Sophie Koch Feb. The poet Werther Jonas Kaufmann is smitten with Charlotte Sophie Koch but she is bethrothed to Albert.
At the Met Kaufmann in WERTHER Is to Die For. He had already sung it in Paris Vienna and Mannheim but in this city he highlights his success to a point in which he politely sends other. Mets Werther variable yet Sophie Koch proves a Charlotte to die for.
Often considered the most personal and sensitive of Massenets works Werther whose libretto is freely inspired by The Sufferings of the Young Werther Goethes epistolary novel stands as one of the landmarks of 19th century French Romanticism. Massenets Werther debuted at the Metropolitan in 1894a mere two years after its world premierewith an illustrious lead romantic duo of tenor Jean de Reszke and soprano Emma EamesIn fact what success it received was that of the singers rather than the opera itself and only two performances were given that year with one more three seasons later in 1897. Singing of flower bouquets and happiness the character is nearly the sole ray of sunshine in the piece and Oropesas sweet agile soprano is one as well.
February 18 2014 The Mets new production of Massenets weepy Werther is its first in 42 years. Maybe Richard Eyres new production of WERTHER for the Metropolitan Opera with strong performances by German tenor Jonas Kaufmann and French mezzo Sophie Koch should have been called WERTHER. Sophie Koch in her Met debut is an appealing and elegant Charlotte the object of Werthers passionate affection that will lead to tragedy.
THE BACKSTORY or WERTHER. He is stepping into shoes worn by Franco Corelli Placido Domingo Alfredo Kraus Neil Shicoff and Roberto Alagna and he shines brightly and. A new production directed by Richard Eyre and starring Jonas Kaufmann and Sophie Koch opens in the Mets 201314 season.
Jonas Kaufmann in the leading role has everything a tortured romantic hero should. Jonas Kaufmann Werther Sophie Koch Charlotte. Werther Metropolitan Opera 7.
A melancholy work imbued with a resolutely tragic aspect. Jonas Kaufmann Private Secretariat Postfach 210 119 - D80671 München E-Mail. Alfredo in La Traviata 2006.
MAR 15 2014 MASSENET. One of the best opera DVDs ever released. Werther Metropolitan Opera Vorstellung 7.
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