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Massenet - Werther | Decca 0743406

Massenet - Werther

Label: Decca

Cat No: 0743406

Barcode: 0044007434062

Format: DVD - NTSC

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 25th October 2010

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Contents

Artists

Jonas Kaufmann
Sophie Koch
Ludovic Tezier
Anne-Catherine Gillet
Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opera National de Paris

Conductor

Michel Plasson

Works

Massenet, Jules

Werther

Artists

Jonas Kaufmann
Sophie Koch
Ludovic Tezier
Anne-Catherine Gillet
Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opera National de Paris

Conductor

Michel Plasson

About

Hard on the heels of a triumphant Lohengrin, Decca follows up with an equally astonishing debut performance from Jonas Kaufmann: Goethe’s love-lorn hero Werther, in Massenet’s romantic opera.  His premiere appearance in the role, in Paris in January 2010, took the French operatic world by storm, his performance being hailed by Le Monde: “Werther is portrayed by the tenor of the moment, the German Jonas Kaufmann. He brings to the part a sublime timbre (warm, at times “baritonal” and musky), exceptional musicality, a very wide palette of tonal shadings and immaculate diction. Add to that his histrionic gifts and matinée-idol appeal and you’ve got a cocktail of qualities that rarely all come together at the opera.

He was supported by a superb French cast, including Sophie Koch as Charlotte and Ludovic Tézier as Albert, with the venerable Michel Plasson giving an expansive, lyrical interpretation from the pit. Film director Benoît Jacquot’s attractive, straight-forward production, first seen at the Royal Opera House in London, focuses successfully on the various personal dramas of the opera.

Filmed in high definition widescreen.

Format: NTSC
Region: 0

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