The Metropolitan Opera Werther (2014)

Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann brings aching intensity and vocal charisma to the tortured title hero of Massenets Goethe adaptation Sophie Koch in her Met debut is an appealing and elegant Charlotte the object of Werthers passionate affection that will lead to tragedy Lisette Oropesa as Sophie David Bižić as Albert and Jonathan Summers as Le Bailli costar Richard Eyres atmospheric production is conducted by rising maestro Alain Altinoglu