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Drame lyrique in four acts
Text Édouard Blau & Georges Hartmann & Paul Milliet
after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Language French

When young Werther sees how lovingly Charlotte, the daughter of an official, treats her little siblings, he falls madly in love with her.

Charlotte also develops feelings for him, but has to reject him. She has promised her dying mother that she will marry her fiancé Albert. Werther cannot accept his fate and confesses his love for Charlotte again after her marriage to Albert. The growing affection between the two culminates in a tragic end: Werther takes his own life, Charlotte can only profess her love in the face of the dying man.

Cast

Werther Juan Diego Flórez
Albert Attila Mokus
Charlotte Kate Lindsey
Sophie Sandra Hamaoui

Musical direction Marco Armiliato
Production Andrei Serban
Stage and costumes Peter Pabst
Costume design Petra Reinhardt

Subject to change without notice.