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Emma De La Selle

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Mario Chang

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Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Charlotte

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Jérôme Boutillier

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Julien Véronèse

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Pauline Texier

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Yoann Le Lan

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Charlotte only married Albert out of duty but continues to love Werther without admitting it to herself and even less to him. The young man despairs at seeing his advances rejected and will not taste the love that the young woman comes to confess too late.

Adapted from Goethe's novel, Jules Massenet's opera Werther is a jewel of French lyric repertoire. Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie shares the sober and elegant staging by Bruno Ravella – his Rosenkavalier was recently enjoyed on OperaVision – and invites the famous Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux to sing Charlotte for the first time, alongside a young and almost exclusively French-speaking cast conducted by Jean-Marie Zietouni.

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Charlotte only married Albert out of duty but continues to love Werther without admitting it to herself and even less to him. The young man despairs at seeing his advances rejected and will not taste the love that the young woman comes to confess too late.

TEASER | WERTHER Massenet – Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier

Acclaimed Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux sings the role of Charlotte for the first time at Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier.

‘Massenet always knew exactly what he wanted. When you look at a score by Massenet, he is almost as demanding of his performers as Verdi because he notes absolutely everything. In just two pages of the aria, Va, laisse couler mes larmes, he writes as many tips as possible for the singer and it is a real challenge to follow all these annotations. And as I am something of a 'good girl’ with a total respect for the score, I am often dissatisfied by certain editions which gloss over all these instructions. Massenet is very demanding in this way, and when you do everything as instructed, it works perfectly. Maybe he didn't trust his singers completely? We can for sure say that Massenet must have loved female voices passionately; just think of Charlotte, Manon or Cinderella!’ (Marie-Nicole Lemieux)

‘Va ! Laisse couler mes larmes’ from WERTHER Massenet – Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier

Werther by Massenet, From (2021/2021), Directed by Bruno Ravella,, Conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Opéra Comédie, Montpellier, France

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