The Metropolitan Opera: Werther
(2014)
★ 9 IMDb · 1 votes
Year: 2014
Runtime: 142 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Gary Halvorson, Richard Eyre
Cast: Jonas Kaufmann, Sophie Koch, David Bizic, Lisette Oropesa, Jonathan Summers, Tony Stevenson, Philip Cokorinos, Maya Lahyani, Christopher Job, Alain Altinoglu
Plot
Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann brings aching intensity and vocal charisma to the tortured title hero of Massenet’s Goethe adaptation. Sophie Koch, in her Met debut, is an appealing and elegant Charlotte, the object of Werther’s passionate affection that will lead to tragedy. Lisette Oropesa as Sophie, David Bižić as Albert, and Jonathan Summers as Le Bailli co-star. Richard Eyre’s atmospheric production is conducted by rising maestro Alain Altinoglu.