Opera Explained: MASSENET - Werther

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JULES MASSENET
Opera Explained: MASSENET - Werther
Narrated by David Timson

[ Naxos Educational Opera Explained / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 27 June 2005

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Massenet's Werther combines a deeply tender story with music of beauty and eloquence. One act alone contains two of the greatest arias in the repertoire: the mezzo-soprano aria 'Va! Laisse couler mes larmes' and the tenor's 'Pourquoi me rèveiller'. In their sentimental power and melodic richness these arias encapsulate the qualities that account for the universal popularity of this great work.

Written by Thomson Smillie, with extracts from the Naxos recording of the complete opera.