Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) unleashes Jules Massenet's melodic, romantic French opera Werther from its late 18th Century German source material, bringing it to an early-20th-Century arrondissement ...

The Boston Public Library’s Abbey Room filled with song Thursday night as cast members from Boston Lyric Opera’s upcoming production of “Werther” performed short excerpts from the opera for a packed ...

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Massenet's "Werther," which returned to the War Memorial Opera House on Wednesday night for the first time in 25 years, is not so much tragic as gloom laden, a fraught tale of missed connections and ...

Jules Massenet’s “Werther” is a staple of the European opera house repertory, but its Goethe-inspired protagonist remains an infrequent visitor to American shores. Despite the fact that the opera ...

This is full-blown, classic opera downsized for the road. Whatever else gets scaled back for touring, such as the orchestra and stage sets, the downsizing can’t include emotional impact. In this way, ...

Listen to our quick overview of this week's opera broadcast of Jules Massenet's Werther, airing Saturday at noon. This week, Classical 91.7’s program director St.John Flynn, and opera expert, Eric ...

He loves her; she’s already betrothed to someone else and holding to her promise to her mother to marry that man. Over four acts our title character’s depression deepens while his frustration grows.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Who said that Puccini and Tchaikovsky gave us the height of operatic passion? Try the later stages of this revival of ...

THE story of Werther began life as a hugely successful 18th century tragic novel by Goethe His story, The Sorrows of Young Werther, told of a man who is consumed by his love for a married woman. A ...