Refined Playing Keeps Werther’s Emotions in Check Until Climax

United StatesUnited States  Massenet, Werther (new production by Sir Richard Eyre and directed for live cinema by Gary Halvorson): soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, conducted by Alain Altinoglu. Broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 15.3.2014. (JPr)

Jonas Kaufmann and Sophie Koch in the Metropolitan Opera production of Massenet’s “Werther.” Photo: Ken Howard
Jonas Kaufmann and Sophie Koch in the Met’s production of Werther
(c) Ken Howard

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Ambrogio Maestri Gives Weighty Portrayal of Falstaff in Met Live in HD Broadcast

United StatesUnited States Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / James Levine. (conductor).  Met Live in HD (directed by Gary Halvorson) broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 14.12.2013. (JPr)

Act II Scene 2 Falstaff c Ken Howard
Falstaff (Act II, Scene 2) © Ken Howard

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