Werther [videorecording] / Jules Massenet ; libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet, Georges Hartmann, after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ; ARTE France, Idéale Audience, Opéra national du Paris present.
Program notes and synopsis in English in container. Jonas Kaufmann (Werther) ; Sophie Koch (Charlotte) ; Ludovic Tezier (Albert) ; Anne-Catherine Gillet (Sophie) ; supporting soloists ; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris ; Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine-Choeur d'enfants de l'Opéra national de Paris ; Michel Plasson, conductor. Recorded in performance Jan. 2010, Opéra Bastille.
Summary:
The astonishing debut performance from Jonas Kaufmann as Goethe's love-lorn hero in Massenet's romantic opera. Kaufmann is supported by a superb cast including Sophie Koch, and Ludovic Tezier.
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