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Opera on 3: Massenet's Werther from the Royal Opera House

Massenet's Werther from the Royal Opera House

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Massenet's Werther from the Royal Opera House

With superstar tenor Juan Diego Florez in the title role, conducted by Edward Gardner.

Juan Diego Florez takes the title role of Werther by Massenet, with Isabel Leonard as his love interest Charlotte, conducted by Edward Gardner in a tragic drama inspired in Goethe.

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Massenet's Werther, recorded earlier this month. The superstar tenor Juan Diego Flórez takes the title role as the doomed, iconic romantic hero, with the mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as his love interest Charlotte, in a tragic drama by Jules Massenet, inspired in Goethe's ground-breaking masterpiece 'The Sorrows of Young Werther'. The Royal Opera House orchestra is conducted by Edward Gardner.
Presented by Flora Willson.

Werther.....Juan Diego Flórez (Tenor)
Albert.....Jacques Imbrailo (Baritone)
Charlotte.....Isabel Leonard (Mezzo-soprano)
Sophie.....Heather Engebretson (Soprano)
The Bailli.....Alastair Miles (Bass)
Schmidt.....Vincent Ordonneau (Tenor)
Johann.....Michael Mofidian (Bass Baritone)
Kathchen.....Stephanie Wake-edwards (Mezzo-soprano)
Bruhlmann.....Byeongmin Gil (Bass Baritone)

Royal Opera House Orchestra
Edward Gardner (Conductor)

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