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Composer(s): Not Applicable, na
Artist(s): Timson, David
Label: Naxos Educational
Series: Naxos Opera Explained
Genre: Music Education
Catalogue No: 8.558173
Barcode: 636943817322
Release Date: 07/2005
Opera Explained: MASSENET - Werther (Smillie)
Massenet’s Werther combines a deeply tender story with music of beauty and eloquence. One act alone contains two of the greatest arias in the repertoire: the mezzo-soprano aria ‘Va! Laisse couler mes larmes’ and the tenor’s ‘Pourquoi me réveiller’. In their sentimental power and melodic richness these arias encapsulate the qualities that account for the universal popularity of this great work.
Tracklist
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Timson, David (reader)
|  | 1 | Introduction | 04:25 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 2 | Ballet in French opera | 03:47 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 3 | French opera in the 1800s | 03:59 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 4 | Other French opera composers | 05:12 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 5 | Goethe and the plot of Werther | 05:17 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 6 | Prelude and opening of Act I | 07:24 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 7 | Charlotte enters | 04:13 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 8 | Charlotte and Werther return from the ball | 06:31 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 9 | Act II, three months later | 05:12 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 10 | Albert confronts Werther | 05:38 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 11 | Charlotte discourages Werther | 03:13 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 12 | Act III: Prelude and "Letter Scene" | 05:39 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 13 | Sophie comes to cheer up Charlotte | 04:44 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 14 | Charlotte and Werther | 05:45 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 15 | Act IV, Werther's apartment | 04:26 |
Timson, David (reader)
| | 16 | "Tout est fini" | 03:49 |
Timson, David (reader)
Total Playing Time: 01:19:14