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Massenet: Werther, Metropolitan Opera, 18. Februar 2014 |
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The Met: “Werther”
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When the superstar tenor Jonas Kaufmann was last featured in the French
repertory here, it was in Des McAnuff’s uninspired “Faust.” But his
baritonal sound and noble stage presence in the title role are ideal for
Richard Eyre’s new staging of “Werther,” which has a mellow, sostenuto
quality appropriate for the most warmly lyrical of Massenet’s operas. The
French mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch, as Charlotte, and the Serbian
bass-baritone David Bižić, as Albert, make respectable Met débuts, but the
house favorite Lisette Oropesa lights up the stage as Sophie; Alain
Altinoglu draws out the ebb and flow of the score with exquisite subtlety,
and the orchestra seems grateful for his expertise.
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