[Playlist] Werther: music that makes you want to (re)visit the Opéra-Comique

A playlist to explore Massenet's romantic universe and inspire you to discover Werther at the Opéra-Comique

Published on 21 November 2025
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Before entering the Salle Favart, this selection offers a glimpse of the passionate impulses, tenderness and melancholy that run through Werther, echoing this lyrical drama that comes into its own on stage.

The playlist offered here highlights the richness of Massenet's orchestral writing and musical expression, serving as an audio introduction to the show. It conveys the tension between passion and duty, the hero's journey and Charlotte's presence, inviting listeners to discover this story in the setting of the Salle Favart.

Ideal for getting into the mood or prolonging the discovery.

With

Musical direction, Raphaël Pichon  Staging, Ted Huffman With Pene Pati, Adèle Charvet, John Chest, Julie Roset, Jean-Christophe Lanièce, Carl Ghazarossian, Paul-Louis Barlet, Flore Royer, Christian Immler  Children's choir and soloists, Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra-Comique Orchestra, Pygmalion

Werther

Jules Massenet

January 19 to 29, 2026

Werther is a young idealistic artist, sensitive and fervent in spirit. From the moment he arrives in Wetzlar, where he hopes to settle, he is dazzled by a vision of familial bliss, at the heart of which shines Charlotte. A shared love of poetry draws them together at once. Yet Charlotte has made a solemn vow to her dying mother to marry Albert...

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