Massenet: Werther
Alfredo Kraus (Werther), Tatiana Troyanos (Charlotte), Christine Barbaux (Sophie), Matteo Manuguerra (Albert), Jules Bastin (Le Bailli), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Johann), Philip Langridge (Schmidt), Lynda Richardson (Kätchen), Michael Lewis (Brühlmann)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Plasson
[Kraus] enters into the soul of the character
Massenet: Werther
Alfredo Kraus (Werther), Tatiana Troyanos (Charlotte), Christine Barbaux (Sophie), Matteo Manuguerra (Albert), Jules Bastin (Le Bailli), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Johann), Philip Langridge (Schmidt), Lynda Richardson (Kätchen), Michael Lewis (Brühlmann)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Plasson
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[Kraus] enters into the soul of the character
About
Bonus Disc contains synopsis and libretto with translation.
Three new releases in the new mid-price opera packaging. Verdi's Attila with Riccardo Muti and 2 Massenet operas, Werther and Don Quichotte with idiomatic cast and orchestras under the direction of Michel Plasson.
Each opera appears in a multipack with separate booklet of 16 pages. New introduction in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. Original booklet material with extensive notes and complete libretto with translations is on a separate bonus disc (CDROM).
Contents and tracklist
- Jules Bastin (bass), Philip Langridge (tenor), Jean-Philippe Lafont (baritone), Christine Barbaux (soprano), Lynda Richardson (soprano), Michael Lewis (baritone), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Matteo Manuguerra (baritone)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra, Covent Garden Singers
- Michel Plasson
- Recorded: 1979-09-01
- Recording Venue: 23 August - 1 September 1979. No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Awards and reviews
April 2010
[Kraus] enters into the soul of the character
April 2014
Two magnetic Spanish principals come together with consummate style and volatility on this 1979 recording under Michel Plasson: Werther was the great Alfredo Kraus's signature role, and at over 50 he still exudes youthful fervour in spades. Tatiana Troyanos captures all of Charlotte's maternal warmth and barely-restrained passions like no-one else I've ever heard on disc.
