Jonas Kaufmann sings 'Werther' by Massenet at the Paris Opera

Werther
'Drame lyrique' in four acts and five tableaux by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Millet and Georges Hartmann after Goethe
First performance in Viena, Hofoper, 16 February 1892

Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris Michel Plasson (Conductor)
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Choeur d'enfants de l'Opéra National de Paris

Benoit Jacquot (Stage direction)
Charles Edwards, André Diot (sets, lighting), Christian Gasc (Costumes)

Jonas Kaufmann (Werther)
Sophie Koch (Charlotte)
Ludovic Tézier (Albert)
Anne-Catherine Gillet (Sophie)
Alain Vernhes (Le Bailli)
Andreas Jaggi (Jean Schmidt)
Christian Tréguier (Johann)

Directed by Benoit Jacquot and Louise Narboni
Paris, Opéra National de Paris, (Opéra-Bastille), 2010