Massenet / Vashegyi - Werther (Baritone Version) [New CD]

Description: Massenet / Vashegyi - Werther (Baritone Version) [New CD] Artist: Massenet / Vashegyi / Christoyannis Title: Werther (Baritone Version) Condition: Format: CD Release Date: 2024 Label: Bru Zane UPC: 8055776010168 Genre: Classical Artists Massenet's Werther is one of those masterpieces that were rejected or shunned at the time of their creation. Sketched in the 1880s, the score was turned down by the director of the Opera-Comique and had to make do with a premiere in German, far from Paris, before finally being heard in Paris in 1893. It gradually established itself as one of the composer's most personal works, in which he showed himself to be as fine a colourist as he was a master of the art of the 'motif de rappel'. In adapting Goethe's novel, Massenet and his librettists gave greater prominence to the character of Charlotte, thus placing the struggle between duty and passion at the centre of the narrative. The role of Werther, originally assigned to a tenor, was also sung by the baritone Mattia Battistini with the composer's approval. Provided the singer makes skilful use of voix mixte, this version gives the work a melancholy colouring ideal for portraying it's hero's suicidal temperament. Tassis Christoyannis follows this approach in exemplary fashion, opposite the reserved yet moving Charlotte of Veronique Gens. Both singers give the text the preponderant role allotted to it by French operatic tradition.Copyright DirectToU LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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