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Massenet: Werther

Robert Lloyd

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Colin Davis' studio recording of Massenet's Werther, starring José Carreras and Frederica von Stade, won Gramophone's Engineering Award in 1981 for good reason; it is one of the best-sounding operatic recordings you'll ever hear. The sense of theatrical space, the warmth of tone, and the overall balance between voices and orchestra are as good as studio opera recordings get. Davis' conducting is just as fine, eliciting stunningly warm and vivid playing from the Royal Opera House orchestra. Just the third act, in which Frederica von Stade invests Charlotte's struggles over her feelings for Werther with amazing pathos and vocal beauty, is enough to make her recording of the role an all-time great performance. And the supporting contributions of Thomas Allen, Isobel Buchanan, and Robert Lloyd are good enough to make you wish this most couple-centric of operas gave them all more stage time. In the end, however, any Werther is judged by its tenor, and one's response to this recording is likely to hinge on the performance of José Carreras. His distinctively dark sound and heavy-footed style effuse anything but the youthfulness that would explain Werther's impetuous behavior. But they do lend the character more gravity, and more potency, than some of the more elegant tenors who have made a name in the role, like Alfredo Kraus (many people's favorite choice for this opera). And it could be argued that Carreras' approach, which often seems as much about him as about the drama, is the very embodiment of selfishness -- and who is more selfish in the end than Werther? Choosing a favorite Werther is a matter of taste. But as an overall representation of the opera, this has to be considered a top contender.

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Werther (Jules Massenet)

1
Prélude
Sir Colin Davis
00:04:00

Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

Werther / Act 1 (Jules Massenet)

2
"Assez! Assez!" - "Noël! Jésus vient de naître!" - "Bravo pour les enfants!"
Robert Lloyd
00:07:33

Malcolm King, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Crook, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Robert Lloyd, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Georges Hartmann, Author - Isobel Buchanan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Children From The Royal Opera House Production, Choir, MainArtist - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

3
"Je ne sais si je veille" - "O Nature, pleine de grâce
José Carreras
00:03:55

Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

4
"Jésus vient de naître!" - "Charlotte! Charlotte!" - "Ah! monsieur Werther!" - "Arriver donc, Brühlmann!"
José Carreras
00:05:41

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Robert Lloyd, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Georges Hartmann, Author - Isobel Buchanan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Children From The Royal Opera House Production, Choir, MainArtist - Linda Humphries, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donaldson Bell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

5
"O spectacle idéal d'amour et d'innoncence" - "Mon- sieur Werther!..." - "A ceux-là ne souhaitons rien!" "Vivat Bacchus!"
José Carreras
00:03:30

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Robert Lloyd, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Georges Hartmann, Author - Isobel Buchanan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

6
"Sophie!"
Thomas Allen
00:02:01

Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Allen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Isobel Buchanan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

7
"Elle m'aime..elle pense à moi" - "Quelle prière" - Interlude orchestral"
Thomas Allen
00:03:49

Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Allen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

8
"Il faut nous séparer" - "Ah! Pourvu que je voie ces yeux"
Frederica von Stade
00:03:46

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

9
"Mais vous ne saver rien de moi" - "Mon âme a recon- nu votre âme" - "Vous avez dit vrai!" - "Si vous l'a- viez connue"
Frederica von Stade
00:03:52

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

10
"Rêve! Extase! Bonheur!" - "Charlotte! Charlotte! Al- bert est de retour!"
José Carreras
00:03:49

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Robert Lloyd, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

Werther / Act 2 (Jules Massenet)

11
Prélude - "Vivat Bacchus! Semper vivat!"
Malcolm King
00:05:25

Malcolm King, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Crook, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

12
"Trois mois! Voici trois mois que nous sommes unis!"
Thomas Allen
00:02:22

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Allen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

13
"Un autre est son époux!" - "J'aurais sur ma poitrine" - "Si Kätchen reviendra"
José Carreras
00:04:46

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm King, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Crook, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Allen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Isobel Buchanan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

14
"Mais celle qui devint ma femme" - "Vous l'avez dit, mon âme est loyale"
Thomas Allen
00:03:09

Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Allen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

15
"Frère, voyez le beau bouquet!" - "Du gai soleil, plein de flamme" - "Heureux! Pourrai-je l'être encore? - "Du gai soleil"
Isobel Buchanan
00:05:23

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Allen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Isobel Buchanan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

DISQUE 2

1
"Ah! qu'il est loin" - "N'est-il donc pas d'autre fem- me ici-bas"
José Carreras
00:07:12

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

2
"Lorsque l'enfant revient" - "Mais venez donc!"
José Carreras
00:03:34

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Allen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Isobel Buchanan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

Werther / Act 3 (Jules Massenet)

3
Prélude
Royal Opera House Orchestra
00:02:42

Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

4
"Werther! Werther!..qui m'aurait dit" - "Ces lettres ...ah!"
Frederica von Stade
00:07:14

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

5
"Bonjour, grande soeur!" - "Mais souffres-tu?" - "Ah le rire est béni!"
Isobel Buchanan
00:03:30

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Isobel Buchanan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

6
"Va! Laisse couler mes larmes" - "Les larmes qu'on ne pleure pas"
Frederica von Stade
00:04:13

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Isobel Buchanan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

7
"Ah! mon courage m'abandonne!"
Frederica von Stade
00:02:33

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

8
"Oui, c'est moi!" - "Pourqoi cette parole" - "Traduire ...Ah!"
Royal Opera House Orchestra
00:05:10

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

Werther / Act III (Jules Massenet)

9
"Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle du printemps?"
José Carreras
00:02:37

Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

Werther / Act 3 (Jules Massenet)

10
"N'achevez pas!" - "Ciel, ai-je compris?" - "Non, vous ne verrez plus"
Frederica von Stade
00:02:47

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

11
"Ah! Moi! Moi! Dans ses bras!" - "Mais non, c'est im- possible" - "Prends le deuil, ô nature!"
José Carreras
00:02:29

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

12
"Werther est de retour"
Thomas Allen
00:02:52

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Allen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

Werther / Act 4 (Jules Massenet)

13
La Nuit de Noël (orchestre)
Royal Opera House Orchestra
00:03:56

Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

14
"Werther!...Rien!.." - "Non, non c'est impossible!"
Frederica von Stade
00:01:33

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

15
"Qui parle?"
Sir Colin Davis
00:04:47

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

16
"Oui, du jour même"
Frederica von Stade
00:03:40

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

17
"Noël! Noël! Noël!" - "Oui, Noël c'est le chant de la délivrance"
José Carreras
00:01:43

Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Isobel Buchanan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Children From The Royal Opera House Production, Choir, MainArtist - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

18
"Ah! Ses yeux se ferment.." - "Là-bas, au fond du ci- metière" - "Jésus vient de naître"
José Carreras
00:04:32

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author, Original Text Author - Jose Carreras, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Georges Hartmann, Author - Children From The Royal Opera House Production, Choir, MainArtist - Edouard Stanislas Viateur Blau, Author - Paul Monchicourt Milliet, Author

℗ 1981 Universal International Music B.V.

Chronique

Colin Davis' studio recording of Massenet's Werther, starring José Carreras and Frederica von Stade, won Gramophone's Engineering Award in 1981 for good reason; it is one of the best-sounding operatic recordings you'll ever hear. The sense of theatrical space, the warmth of tone, and the overall balance between voices and orchestra are as good as studio opera recordings get. Davis' conducting is just as fine, eliciting stunningly warm and vivid playing from the Royal Opera House orchestra. Just the third act, in which Frederica von Stade invests Charlotte's struggles over her feelings for Werther with amazing pathos and vocal beauty, is enough to make her recording of the role an all-time great performance. And the supporting contributions of Thomas Allen, Isobel Buchanan, and Robert Lloyd are good enough to make you wish this most couple-centric of operas gave them all more stage time. In the end, however, any Werther is judged by its tenor, and one's response to this recording is likely to hinge on the performance of José Carreras. His distinctively dark sound and heavy-footed style effuse anything but the youthfulness that would explain Werther's impetuous behavior. But they do lend the character more gravity, and more potency, than some of the more elegant tenors who have made a name in the role, like Alfredo Kraus (many people's favorite choice for this opera). And it could be argued that Carreras' approach, which often seems as much about him as about the drama, is the very embodiment of selfishness -- and who is more selfish in the end than Werther? Choosing a favorite Werther is a matter of taste. But as an overall representation of the opera, this has to be considered a top contender.

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