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Werther

Music by Jules Massenet
Libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet, and Georges Hartmann

Friday, Mar 11, 7:30pm
Sunday, Mar 13, 3pm
Wednesday, Mar 16, 7:30pm
Friday, Mar 18, 7:30pm
Sunday, Mar 20, 3pm
Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre

Sung in French with projected English translation.

Irresistibly melodic and extraordinarily romantic, this new production of Massenet’s Werther is set in an arrondissement outside Paris and a cinematic dreamscape inspired by the poetic realism of film director Jean Renoir. Based on Goethe’s heartbreaking novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, the story unfolds as a dying artist recounts the love he cannot forget.

Creative Team

Conductor David Angus
Stage Director Crystal Manich
Set Designer John Conklin
Costume Designer Deborah Newhall
Lighting Designer Paul Hackenmueller
Projection Designer Greg Emetaz
Wig And Makeup Designer Jason Allen
Surtitle Designers John Conklin & Allison Voth

Cast

Alex Richardson as Werther
Sandra Piques Eddy as Charlotte
Rachele Gilmore as Sophie
John Hancock as Albert
With Jon Jurgens, David McFerrin, and James Demler

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA

More about BLO’s 2015 production of Werther

(l.-r) Jon Jurgens, David McFerrin, Rachele Gilmore, James Demler in Boston Lyric Opera's “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater – Photo: T. Charles Erickson

(l.-r) Jon Jurgens, David McFerrin, Rachele Gilmore, James Demler in Boston Lyric Opera’s “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater – Photo: T. Charles Erickson

Sandra Piques Eddy as Charlotte in Boston Lyric Opera's “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater -- Photo: T. Charles Erickson

Sandra Piques Eddy as Charlotte in Boston Lyric Opera’s “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater — Photo: T. Charles Erickson

(l.-r.) Alex Richardson and Sandra Piques Eddy in Boston Lyric Opera's “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater -- Photo: T. Charles Erickson

(l.-r.) Alex Richardson and Sandra Piques Eddy in Boston Lyric Opera’s “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater — Photo: T. Charles Erickson

(l.-r.) John Hancock and Sandra Piques Eddy in Boston Lyric Opera's “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater -- Photo: T. Charles Erickson

(l.-r.) John Hancock and Sandra Piques Eddy in Boston Lyric Opera’s “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater — Photo: T. Charles Erickson

Alex Richardson as the title character in Boston Lyric Opera's “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater -- Photo: T. Charles Erickson

Alex Richardson as the title character in Boston Lyric Opera’s “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater — Photo: T. Charles Erickson

(l.-r.) Sandra Piques Eddy and Alex Richardson in Boston Lyric Opera's “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater -- Photo: T. Charles Erickson

(l.-r.) Sandra Piques Eddy and Alex Richardson in Boston Lyric Opera’s “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater — Photo: T. Charles Erickson

(l.-r.) Sandra Piques Eddy and Rachele Gilmore in Boston Lyric Opera's “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater -- Photo: T. Charles Erickson

(l.-r.) Sandra Piques Eddy and Rachele Gilmore in Boston Lyric Opera’s “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater — Photo: T. Charles Erickson

(l.-r.) Sandra Piques Eddy and Alex Richardson in Boston Lyric Opera's “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater (2) -- Photo: T. Charles Erickson

(l.-r.) Sandra Piques Eddy and Alex Richardson in Boston Lyric Opera’s “Werther,” running March 11-20 at the Citi Shubert Theater (2) — Photo: T. Charles Erickson`

Photos by Eric Antoniou