The Washington National Opera has produced Jules Massenet’s great late romantic opera “Werther” only four times in its 56-year history. But even if you have previously seen a WNO “Werther,” you ...
There is great merit in an opera that exists for sheer pleasure. An opera whose music washes over you, bathes you in sweet melody while it amplifies the emotional quotient. An opera without much of a ...
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Benoït Jacquot’s Royal Opera production, here revived by Andrew Sinclair, is now 15 years old, but it ain’t broke and doesn’t need fixing. Large, striking sets capture lighting effects by Charles ...
The Metropolitan Opera HD broadcast of the French composer Massenet’s opera “Werther,” based on Goethe’s novel, “The Sorrows of Young Werther,” will be shown at Colorado Mountain College in ...