Operas come together in all sorts of ways. Companies usually plan their seasons years in advance, but there are exceptions. Jules Massenet’s “Werther,” onstage at Houston Grand Opera between Jan. 27 ...

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He loves her; she’s already betrothed to someone else and holding to her promise to her mother to marry that man. Over four acts our title character’s depression deepens while his frustration grows.

The lovesick yearnings of the tortured young poet Werther lead to his tragic fate in Massenet’s lush opera, which returns to HGO for the first time in 40 years with this production from French ...

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Houston Grand Opera has a gift for opera lovers. But these roses have thorns. HGO’s current production of Jules Massenet’s “Werther,” onstage at Wortham Center ...

There is great merit in an opera that exists for sheer pleasure. An opera whose music washes over you, bathes you in sweet melody while it amplifies the emotional quotient. An opera without much of a ...

After last year’s Covid-cancelled role in Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci, international opera superstar Jonas Kaufmann returns to the Royal Opera House as the eponymous sadboy in Massenet’s opera ...

The Opera Circle singers captured those emotions, acting with simple gestures and using their voices as if engaged in inner monologues or conversation. In the snug space of Tucker Hall, no one had to ...

When Massenet wrote Werther he was still reeling from the experience of visiting Bayreuth. Wagner inspired him more than any other composer (with the possible exception of Berlioz) and the German's ...