Werther
Music by
Jules Massenet
Cast
Werther | Jonas Kaufmann | |
Sophie | Lisette Oropesa | |
Charlotte | Sophie Koch | |
Albert | David Bižić | |
Le Bailli | Jonathan Summers |
Conductor
Alain Altinoglu
ProductionRichard Eyre
Set DesignerRob Howell
CostumesRob Howell
LightingPeter Mumford
VideographerWendall Harrington
ChoreographySara Erde
About
Director Richard Eyre returns to the Met with a new staging of Massenet’s tragic romance Werther, starring Jonas Kaufmann and Elīna Garanča in their first Met performances as the brooding poet Werther and his unattainable love, Charlotte. Lisette Oropesa sings the role of Sophie, Charlotte’s sister; David Bižić makes his Met debut as Charlotte’s fiancé, Albert; and Jonathan Summers is Charlotte’s father, Le Bailli. Alain Altinoglu conducts the first new Met production of the opera in more than forty years.