WERTHER BY JULES MASSENET

Irish National Opera presents
Werther

SAT 6 MAY
Live at The Everyman

Irish National Opera brings to The Everyman a production of Werther by Jules Massenet, performed in a new orchestration by Richard Peirson.

A masterly and nuanced portrayal of hopeless love.

Werther, the young poet. Charlotte, the woman he loves. And his best friend Albert, to whom she is engaged. Massenet transforms the triangle of Goethe’s hugely influential novel of impossible love into a hauntingly gentle and lyrical opera that sensitively traces the unfolding of a hopeless passion. So hopeless that, when Charlotte’s hot and cold feelings cause her to turn away from Werther yet again, tragedy cannot be averted.

Sung in French with English surtitles.

Performed in a new orchestration by Richard Peirson.

“This piece has everything” – mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato

“all but steals the show” – BBC Music Magazine on Paride Cataldo

CAST

Werther Paride Cataldo
Charlotte Niamh O’Sullivan
Albert Charles Rice
Sophie Sarah Shine
Le Bailli Wyn Pencarreg
Schmidt Eamonn Mulhall
Johann Owen Gilhooly-Miles

CREATIVE TEAM

Conductor Philipp Pointner
Director Sophie Motley
Set & Costume Designer Sarah Bacon
Lighting Designer Sarah Jane Shiels
Assistant Director Chris Kelly
Répétiteur Richard Peirson
Language Coach Caroline Moreau

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