Werther at Opéra national de Paris - Opéra Bastille

Dates: (1/19/2014 - 2/12/2014 )

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Opéra national de Paris - Opéra Bastille

120 rue de Lyon
Paris,Île-de-France 75 012

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Phone: + 33 (0)1 71 25 24 23

Tickets: €5,00 - €180.00

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In Massenet's masterpiece, from the moment the moonlight idyll is revealed and then shattered, the tears never cease to flow. "My entire being weeps", says Werther. This is a far cry from the furtive tears or the violent sobbing usually associated with opera. These tears fall slowly and inexorably, one by one, in "patient drops", as Charlotte says: in four acts, they will accomplish their work. Charlotte cannot hold back her tears when she rereads Werther's letters and her tears are the only part of her, the only sacrifice that Werther dares to ask of her. She weeps before Sophie, her angel of consolation; her tears flow again on reading Ossian; they fall once more over Werther's blood-soaked body. These final tears he refuses, however, for he is now free and happy. Werther is a long requiem, a "lacrimose dies illa", truly a day of tears and, without doubt, the most personal of all Massenet's works. Roberto Alagna and Karine Deshayes portray the two unhappy lovers in the now legendary production by Benoît Jacquot, conducted by Michel Plasson.

Cast and Creative team for Werther at Opéra national de Paris - Opéra Bastille

Michel Plasson Conductor
Benoît Jacquot Stage Director
Charles Edwards Sets
Christian Gasc Costumes
André Diot Lighting (after Charles Edwards)

Roberto Alagna ? NN (12 Févr.) Werther
Jean-François Lapointe Albert
Jean-Philippe Lafont Le Bailli
Luca Lombardo Schmidt
Christian Tréguier Johann
Karine Deshayes Charlotte
Hélène Guilmette Sophie

Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine? Paris Opera children's Chorus

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