Royal Opera House, LondonThe tenor broods eloquently in this revival of Benoît Jacquot's staging of the Massenet opera, while Edward Gardner successfully navigates the emotional complexities of the score Benoît Jacquot's unfussy 2004 staging of Massenet's Werther is back at Covent Garden for its third revival, conducted by Edward Gardner and handsomely cast, with Juan Diego Flórez in the title role, Isabel Leonard as Charlotte, and Jacques Imbrailo as Albert. On opening night, however, some o...
Werther review - Juan Diego Flórez hugely moving as obsessive romantic
The Guardian - 18 Sep 2019 16:09
Royal Opera House, LondonThe tenor broods eloquently in this revival of Benoît Jacquot's staging of the Massenet opera, while Edward Gardner successfully navigates the emotional complexities of the score Benoît Jacquot's unfussy 2004 staging of Massenet's Werther is back at Covent Garden for its third revival, conducted by Edward Gardner and handsomely cast, with Juan Diego Flórez in the title role, Isabel Leonard as Charlotte, and Jacques Imbrailo as Albert. On opening night, however, some o...
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