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DESCRIPTION:May 2-17\, 2026\nAt our remove\, Goethe’s runaway Sturm und D
 rang best-seller of 1774 looks like it was always an opera waiting to happ
 en. Werther\, you’ll recall\, is your classic manic-depressive Romantic\
 , gloomily chanting Ossian as his inamorata drifts into the arms of a stic
 k named Albert\, whom her dying mother made her promise to marry. In the e
 nd\, Werther shoots himself\, as did a shocking number of Goethe’s early
  readers. But when Jules Massenet finally gave Werther a singing voice\, t
 he Opéra Comique in Paris rejected his adaptation as “too dismal.” Ha
 ppily\, the tastemakers in Vienna thought otherwise\, launching Massenet
 ’s melodious Werther in 1892 to great applause. Since then\, its fortune
 s have fluctuated\, partly\, no doubt\, in reaction to the tenors who have
  attempted the title role. The heart-broken rhapsody “Pourquoi me révei
 ller” can hardly fail. But without a singing actor of the utmost artistr
 y\, his wrenching death scene can try the public’s patience sorely. In B
 arcelona this season\, there’s little chance of that as the skyrocketing
  superstar Xabier Anduaga alternates with Matthew Polenzani\, a seasoned m
 aster in the glow of his prime. Brace for dueling ovations.
LOCATION:Gran Teatre del Liceu\, La Rambla\, 51-59\, 08002 Barcelona\, Spai
 n
SUMMARY:Werther\, by Jules Massenet
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