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Music:Jules Massenet.Lyrics:Edouard Blau,PaulMilliet and Georges Hartmann,after Goethes"Die Leiden das junge Werthers".
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First performance at Hofoper in Vienna on 16 of February 1892.
| Role | Voicetype |
|---|---|
| Werther | tenor |
| Charlotte | mezzosoprano |
| Albert | baritone |
| Sophie | soprano |
| Amtsmannen | baritone |
| Johan | tenor |
| Schmidt | baritone |
Le Bailli is at home rehearsing Christmas carols with the children. His friends Johan and Schmidt visit, and are amused by this curious pastime. The death of Le Baililiīs wife has left Charlotte, their elder daughter, in charge of the younger children and bound by a promise to her mother to marry Albert, a conventional young man who has been away for several months as the opera begins.Charlotte prepares to attend a dance with the young poet Werther. While they are at the ball Albert returns and asks Sophie if was longed for during his absence. Sophie assures him that he was, and inthis way Albert feels that Charlotteīs love for him is confirmed. Charlotte and Werther return.Werther is by now completely absorbed by his feelings for Charlotte, but her thoughts of her late mother prevent her from giving vent to her feelings for him. Their mood is shattered when Le Bailli announces Albertīs return. Werther declares he will die if Charlotte marries Albert.
September.
Charlotte and Albert have been married for three months, but their happiness is not genuine. Werther is unable to forget the loss of his one sacred love, and Albertīs comforting words do not help - but make the wound even worse. Even Sophie, secretly in love and full of joie de vivre, cannot cheer up Werther. He is drawn irresistibly to Charlotte, but a short exchange of words makes it absolutely clear that Charlotte puts her duty before her love for Werther. She begs him to go away.
On Christmas Eve Charlotte, rereading Wertherīs letters, realizes that her suppressed feelings for him have at last emerged. Werther suddenly appears and evokes an expression of love from Charlotte who can no longer resist. They embrace, but Charlotte soon comes to her senses and once more puts duty before her true feelings. She bids Werther goodbye forever, and he leaves the house completely broken. Albert enters, and realizes that Charlotte in fact is in love with Werther. He finds a note from Werther, asking to borrow Albertīs pistols for a journey. Albert grants him his wish.
The same evening. Charlotte rushes to Wertherīs apartments only to find him dying. At last she admits her love for him as he dies in her arms. The children are heard singing their Christmas carols in the distance.
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