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Sunday 27.07. Nationaltheater (Opera) - Werther / 23.07.08
On Sunday in the Munich Nationaltheater: A romantic opera by Jules Massenet. The most famous suicide of world literature in...
On Sunday in the Munich Nationaltheater: A romantic opera by Jules Massenet The libretto has been written by Edouard Blau, Paul Milliet, Georges Hartmann and is based on the novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
The most famous suicide of world literature in a French operatic version: Werther loves Charlotte, she marries Albert. The lyrical and torn Werther becomes desperate - and shoots himself. Goethes novel „Die Leiden des jungen Werthers“ caused a series of suicides among young lovers in the 18th century...
Jules Massenets opera is one of the most beautiful works in the French repertoire. Great scenes and duets of the lovesick Tenor and his adored Charlotte: pure beauty. Sung in French with German supertitles.