Massenet: Werther (2-CD) – Matthew Polenzani, Isabel Leonard
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Massenet: Werther (2-CD) – Matthew Polenzani, Isabel Leonard
Composer: Jules Massenet
Artists: Matthew Polenzani, Isabel Leonard, Jasmine Habersham, Sean Michael Plumb, Houston Grand Opera
Conductor: Robert Spano
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Euroarts
Release Date: October 17, 2024
“The first staging of this opera in 43 years is powerful, thanks to the voices of Matthew Polenzani and Isabel Leonard.” – Houston Chronicle
Premiered in 1892 and based on Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther, this tragic opera about unrequited love returns to Houston Grand Opera for the first time since 1979 with this production from French director Benoît Jacquot, making his HGO debut. This opera features four artists making their long-anticipated Houston debuts: three-time Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, as Charlotte; tenor Matthew Polenzani, one of the most gifted performers of his generation, as Werther; soprano Jasmine Habersham, as Charlotte’s sister Sophie; and baritone Sean Michael Plumb, a 2021 Tucker Grant recipient.
History
Jules Massenet's Werther
Massenet’s adaptation of Goethe’s landmark novel The Sorrows of Young Werther had its premiere in Vienna in 1892 in a German translation and was seen at Paris’s Opéra Comique the following year. The Met gave the first American performance on tour in Chicago in March 1894. Together with Manon and Thaïs, Werther remains the only of Massenet’s almost 40 operas to hold a permanent place in the repertoire. A new production, directed by Richard Eyre and starring Jonas Kaufmann and Sophie Koch, opens in the Met’s 2013–14 season.
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