March 01

MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: WERTHER

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JULES MASSENET

2013-2014 HD OPERA SEASON

MARCH 1, 2014 @ 12:55 PM

RUN TIME: 3 HRS 15 MIN

Two of opera’s greatest artists—Jonas Kaufmann and Elīna Garanča—appear together for the first time at the Met in Massenet’s sublime adaptation of Goethe’s revolutionary and tragic romance. It is directed and designed by Richard Eyre and Rob Howell, the same team that created the Met’s recent hit production of Carmen. Rising young maestro Alain Altinoglu conducts.

Text courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera website:  http://www.metopera.org

CONDUCTOR: Alain Altinoglu

PRODUCTION: Richard Eyre and Rob Howell

CAST:  Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča

CAST SHEET & SYNOPSIS:

 https://www.metoperafamily.org/uploadedFiles/MetOpera/8_live_in_hd/cast sheets/Werther.synopsis.US.pdf

VIDEO: Video courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera

PHOTOS: Brigitte Lacombe/Metropolitan Opera

onas Kaufmann makes his Met role debut as the title character in a new production of Massenet's "Werther," conducted by Alain Altinoglu and directed by Richard Eyre, which opens at the Met on February 18, 2014. Photo: Brigitte Lacombe/Metropolitan Opera

Jonas Kaufmann makes his Met role debut as the title character.
Photo: Brigitte Lacombe/Metropolitan Opera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSSE PHOTOS:

HD Ambassador Table

HD Ambassador Table

Layla setting up the theatre

Layla setting up the theatre