Let's Talk Opera! — Werther

In collaboration with l’Opéra de Montréal.

The Let's Talk Opera! series offers a friendly and dynamic introduction to various operas presented throughout the season.

Hosted by a musicologist, in the presence of singers and a pianist, Let's Talk Opera! dives deep into the heart of the works in 75 minutes to discuss the history, music, voices, cultural context, composer, style, etc., and offers musical excerpts by opera singers.

Werther—Jules Massenet

The production, true to late-18th-century Germany, is built around a central scenic element: an engraving of the city of Wetzlar, where the story unfolds. It is the perfect showcase for this emblematic French opera, one of the most beloved in the repertoire.

Werther, a soul consumed by poetry and longing, falls deeply in love with Charlotte — though she’s already promised to another. Unable to silence his feelings, trapped in a world where social duty outweighs personal truth, he spirals into an all-encompassing melancholy. In this refined bourgeois universe, where emotions are neatly tucked away, an impossible love story unfolds — tender as a memory, sharp as a final goodbye. (operademontreal.com)

A pair of tickets to a showing of choice of Werther will be raffled.

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