Organization

Direction d'orchestre

Jacques Lacombe

Video

Eirini Vianelli

Children's Chorus Mistress

Konstantina Pitsiakou

Mise en scène

Spyros A Evangelatos

Décors

Yorgos Patsas

Costumes

Chanteur

Ténor

Francesco Demuro

Werther

Mezzo-soprano

Anita Rachvelishvili

Charlotte

Revival director

Ion Kessoulis

Set and Costume design revival

Tota Pritsa

Baryton

Nikos Kotenidis

Albert

Nicolas Maraziotis

Schmidt

Basse

Marinos Tarnanas

Johann

Soprano

Chrissa Maliamani

Sophie

Lumières

Melina Mascha

Ioannis Kontellis

Bruhllman

Emily Tsimidaki

Käthchen

Yanni Yannissis

Le Bailli

Greek National Opera

Orchestra

GNO Orchestra

Others

Greek National Opera Children's Chorus

Athènes

Grèce

SNFCC

Main Stage

Public

Valide

Werther by Jules Massenet –one of the most popular operas in the French repertoire– was written around a century after the epistolary novel by Goethe upon which it is based. The opera tells the story of a doomed love affair between the young Werther and Charlotte. When it dawns on Werther that there is no hope for their love, he takes his own life. Charlotte, who has realised the urgency of the situation, rushes to be by his side, reaching him a little before he breathes his last.

Just like Goethe’s Faust (which in opera form became best known in the version by Gounod), so too did Werther win over the opera world, set to music by Jules Massenet, the great French composer. Massenet’s opera –which skilfully captures both the poetic nature of the idealistic Werther and the prisoner to social convention that is Charlotte– enjoyed huge success in its own day; translated into numerous languages, the work would go on to influence everything from the mores to the fashions of its time.

English

Crédits de représentation (Distribution et équipe de production )

Distribution

Équipage

Ensemble