Werther - Juan Oncina Charlotte - Leyla Gencer Sophie - Sandra Ballinari Albert - Enzo Sordello Le Bailli - Marcello Cortis Johann - Nestore Catalani Schmidt - Mario Carlin
Conductor - Alfredo Simonetto Orchestra - RAI Milano Chorus - RAI Milano
Mille grazie. This is perhaps the rarest find ever for me on YouTube. Gencer and Oncine are, in my experience, topped only by Garanca and Alvarez in a recent Wiener Staatsoper production. The singing and emotion are heart-wrenching.
Juan Oncina is the greatest werther every thought every heartfelt dream is there for all to see ,it is an inspired performance and dramatically leaves much of todays interpreters floundering in his wake.
WERTHER is an opera in four acts by JULES MASSENET to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann based on the German epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Werther is regularly performed and has been recorded many times. Although written for a tenor, Massenet adjusted the role of Werther for a baritone, when Mattia Battistini sang it in Saint Petersburg in 1902.
It is three months later, and Charlotte and Albert are now married. They walk happily to church, pursued by the gloomy Werther. Sophie tries to cheer him up. When Charlotte exits the church, he speaks to her of their first meeting. Charlotte begs Werther not to try to see her again until Christmas Day. Werther contemplates suicide. Charlotte comforts the tearful girl who does not understand his cruel behavior. Albert now realizes that Werther loves Charlotte.
Mille grazie. This is perhaps the rarest find ever for me on YouTube. Gencer and Oncine are, in my experience, topped only by Garanca and Alvarez in a recent Wiener Staatsoper production. The singing and emotion are heart-wrenching.
operamark1 1 month ago
Juan Oncina is the greatest werther every thought every heartfelt dream is there for all to see ,it is an inspired performance and dramatically leaves much of todays interpreters floundering in his wake.
TheValdoro 1 month ago
WERTHER is an opera in four acts by JULES MASSENET to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann based on the German epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago in playlist More videos from MIlqar
Werther is regularly performed and has been recorded many times. Although written for a tenor, Massenet adjusted the role of Werther for a baritone, when Mattia Battistini sang it in Saint Petersburg in 1902.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago in playlist More videos from MIlqar
Act 2
It is three months later, and Charlotte and Albert are now married. They walk happily to church, pursued by the gloomy Werther. Sophie tries to cheer him up. When Charlotte exits the church, he speaks to her of their first meeting. Charlotte begs Werther not to try to see her again until Christmas Day. Werther contemplates suicide. Charlotte comforts the tearful girl who does not understand his cruel behavior. Albert now realizes that Werther loves Charlotte.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you !
MrGer2295 3 months ago in playlist More videos from MIlqar