Massenet: Werther

Massenet: Werther

Massenet: Werther
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Composer: Jules Massenet
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden
Performer: Frederica Von Stade
Performer: Sir Thomas Allen
Performer: Malcolm King
Performer: José Carreras
Performer: Donaldson Bell
Performer: Isobel Buchanan
Performer: Linda Humphries
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Philips
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Prelude . Vorspiel. Prelude - Massenet, Jules
  2. Act One . Erster Akt.Premier Acte: Assez! Assez! - Noel! Jesus vient de naitre/Bravo pour les enfant - Robert Lloyd/Children from the Royal Opr House Production/Malcolm King/paul Crook/Isobel Buchanan
  3. Act One . Erster Akt.Premier Acte: Je ne sais si je veille - Jose Carreras
  4. Act One . Erster Akt.Premier Acte: Jesus vient de naitre!/Charlotte! Charotte!/Ah! monsieur Werther! - Children from the Royal Opr House production/Jose Carreras/Frederica Von Stade/Isobel Buchanan
  5. Act One . Erster Akt.Premier Acte:O spectacle ideal d' amour et d' innocence/Monsieur Werther! - Robert Lloyd/Frederica von stade/Isobel Buchanan/Jose Carreras
  6. Act One . Erster Akt.Premier Acte: Sophie! - Thomas Allen/Isobel Buchanan
  7. Act One . Erster Akt.Premier Acte: Elle m' aime....elle pense a moi - Thomas Allen
  8. Act One . Erster Akt.Premier Acte: Il faut nous separer - Ah! Pourvu que je voie ces yeux - Frederica von Stade/Jose Carreras
  9. Act One . Erster Akt.Premier Acte: Mais vous ne savez rien de moi - Jose Carreras/Frederica von Stade
  10. Act One . Erster Akt.Premier Acte: Reve! Exase! Bonheur!/Charlotte! Charlotte! Albert est.... - Jose Carreras/Frederica von Stade/Robert Lloyd
  11. Act Two. Zweiter Akt. Deuxieme Acte: Prelude.Vorspiel.Prelude - Vivat Bacchus! Semper vivat! - Malcolm King/Paul Crook
  12. Act Two. Zweiter Akt. Deuxieme Acte: Trois mois! Voici trois mois que nous sommes unis! - Thomas Allen/Frederica von Stade
  13. Act Two. Zweiter Akt. Deuxieme Acte: Un autre est son epoux!/J' aurais sur ma poitrine - Jose Carreras/Malcolm King/Paul Crook/Thomas Allen
  14. Act Two. Zweiter Akt. Deuxieme Acte: Mais celle qui devint ma femme - Jose Carreras/Thomas Allen
  15. Act Two. Zweiter Akt. Deuxieme Acte: Frere, voyez le beau bouquet!/Du gai soleil, plein de flamme - Isobel Buchanan/Thomas Allen/Frederica von Stade/Jose Carreras
Music CD 2
  1. Act Two. Zweiter Akt. Deuxieme Acte:Ah! qu'il est loin ce jour plein d'intime douceur - Isobel Buchanan/Frederica von Stade
  2. Act Two. Zweiter Akt. Deuxieme Acte: Lorsque l'enfant revient d'un voyage avant l' heure/Mais... - Isobel Buchanan/Thomas Allen/Frederica von Stade/Jose Carreras
  3. Act Three - Dritter Akt . Troisieme Acte: Prelude. Vorspiel. Prelude - Massenet, Jules
  4. Act Three - Dritter Akt . Troisieme Acte:Werther! Werther...Qui m' aurait dit la place/Ces lettres.. - Frederica Von Stade
  5. Act Three - Dritter Akt . Troisieme Acte: Bonjour, grande soeur!/Mais souffres-tu? - Frederica von Stade/Isobel Buchanan
  6. Act Three - Dritter Akt . Troisieme Acte: Va! Laisse couler mes larmes/Les larmes qu' on ne.... - Frederica von Stade/Isobel Buchanan
  7. Act Three - Dritter Akt . Troisieme Acte: Ah! mon Courage M' Abandonne! - Frederica Von Stade
  8. Act Three - Dritter Akt . Troisieme Acte: Oui C'est Moi!/Pourquoi cette parole amere?Traduire... - Jose Carreras/Frederica von Stade
  9. Act Three - Dritter Akt . Troisieme Acte: Pourquoi me reveiller, o souffle du printemps? - Jose Carreras
  10. Act Three - Dritter Akt . Troisieme Acte: N'achevez pas! - Ciel, ai-je compris? - Jose Carreras/Frederica von Stade
  11. Act Three - Dritter Akt . Troisieme Acte: Ah! Moi! Moi! Dans ses bras!/Mais non, c'est impossible - Jose Carreras/Frederica von Stade
  12. Act Three - Dritter Akt . Troisieme Acte: Werther est de retour - Thomas Allen/Frederica von Stade
  13. Act Four . Vierter Akt . Quatrieme Acte: The Night before Christmas(Orch) Weihnachtsnacht(Orch) - Massenet, Jules
  14. Act Four . Vierter Akt . Quatrieme Acte: Werther!..Rein!/Non! non! c'est... - Frederica Von Stade
  15. Act Four . Vierter Akt . Quatrieme Acte: Qui parle? - Jose Carreras/Frederica von Stade
  16. Act Four . Vierter Akt . Quatrieme Acte: Oui, du jour meme - Jose Carreras/Frederica von Stade
  17. Act Four . Vierter Akt . Quatrieme Acte: Noel! Noel! Noel! - Oui Noel, c'est... - Children From The Royal Opr House production/Jose Carreras/Isobel Buchanan
  18. Act Four . Vierter Akt . Quatrieme Acte: Ah! Ses Yeux se ferment/ La-bas, au fond du cimetiere - Jose Carreras/Frederica von Stade/Children from the Royal Oper...

Music reviews of Massenet: Werther

Music Review: A Werther that will break your heart
Rating: 5 Stars

I bought this opera after having heard Carreras singing "Porquoi me reveiller" in a concert. I've never heard anyone sing this aria so "devastatingly well". Carreras sings the part of the "head-over-heels-in-love-Werther" and he sounds every bit the heartbroken young man who kills himself when he realizes that he can't have the woman he loves because she promised her mother on her death-bed to marry another. His final aria takes me to the verge of a complete breakdown. He asks Charlotte to be buried in Christian ground, but if that's refused (because of him killing himself) he will rest in a solitary dale where a certain woman will come to visit and shed a tear on his grave. The aria is sung in a voice that contains so much emotions and sweetness that you can't help but being choked up.

Frederica Von Stade, one of the top mezzos of our time sings the part of Charlotte. Von Stade has a beautiful voice and she gives a wonderful portrait of a woman torn between two men; the one she's in love with and the one she's married to..... She keeps Werther at a distance to not give in to him. Still he guesses that she loves him, but when she refuses to admit it; it actually drives him to committing suicide. Charlotte finds him before he dies and at last she tells him that she loves him. But it's too late. Werther dies and leaves both Charlotte and the listener completely devastated.

I just loved Robert Lloyd in the role as the bailiff (Charlotte's father). It's always a pleasure listening to him singing and he really sounds like a loving father.

Isobel Buchanan who is Charlotte's sister Sophie is the one in this opera who maintains that one has to be happy. She has a lovely voice which sounds like that of a young woman and she gives a convincing performance throughout the entire opera.

Thomas Allen beautifully portrays Charlottes' husband Albert who goes from being a man that's understanding towards Werthers' love for his wife to a man who obviously has lost his patience with the infatuated young man. And I guess he also suspects that his wife reciprocates Werthers' feelings.

The opera is highly recommendable if you're prepared for the devastating experience it is. Not because of the singers; they are superb, but for the sake of the young love that's doomed right from the beginning. Keep lots of tissues at hand!
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Description of Massenet: Werther

If there is a single word to describe the singing of mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, it is "luminous," and she shines with clear radiance in this classic recording, bringing rare depths of emotion to the role of Charlotte. If José Carreras is not her dramatic equal, he sings well, sounding believable as an ardent suitor so smitten that he kills himself when he believes that all hope is lost. Isobel Buchanan has a bright and youthful voice that makes Sophie sound sweet and young, avoiding the pitfalls of twitishness into which some interpreters of the role drop, while Thomas Allen makes Albert far more than the cipher that he so often becomes. Sir Colin Davis's sensitive conducting makes this the preferred set by a wide margin. --Sarah Bryan Miller

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