Organization

Singer

Tenor

Gerard Schneider

Werther

Bass

Iain MacNeil

Johann

Franz Mayer

The bailiff

Stage director

Willy Decker

Set designer

Wolfgang Gussmann

Lighting designer

Joachim Klein

Costume designer

Conductor

Elias Grandy

Chorus master

Álvaro Corral Matute

Mezzo-soprano

Cecelia Hall

Charlotte

Soprano

Florina Ilie

Sophie

Baritone

Sebastian Geyer

Albert

Andrew Bidlack

Schmidt

Ioan Hotea

Pere Llompart

Bruhlmann

Jianhua Zhu

Kathchen

Oper Frankfurt

Orchestra

Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester

Others

Kinderchor der Oper Frankfurt

French

Frankfurt am Main

Germany

Opernhaus

Werther Massenet

Public

German

English

Approved

Werther suffers under social conventions and longs for freedom. No human relationships make him feel secure until he meets Charlotte, who‘s engaged to be married ... Goethe’s The Sufferings of Young Werther is regarded as the main work which went down in the history of literature as a byword for »sensitivity« during a wide-spread craze. Written in the form of letters, which ends in him committing suicide, it caused a scandal in the 18th century - and an entire generation started wearing the Werther’ish colours of yellow and blue. This Drame lyrique in four acts, which gives us a glimpse, in its dramatic climax, of “verismo” to come, is one of the most impressive adaptations of Goethe’s book. Director Willy Decker explores the discrepancy between the lovers' longings and reality, between hope and resignation in Wolfram Gussmann's abstract set.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble