WERTHER Le miroir a trois faces TV-Series France 1964 Michel Cadiou, Andrée Gabriel

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Werther  
• Composer: Massenet Jules  
• Libretto: Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet, Georges Hartmann    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: TV Studio, France  
• Recorded: 1964
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Michel Cadiou, Andrée Gabriel
• Conductor: Daniel Chabrun  
• Orchestra: Orchestre lyrique de l'ORTF  
• Choreographer: Michel Rayne  
• Stage Director: Guy Lessertisseur  
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: INA  
• Date Published: 1964  
• Format: Broadcast
• Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: madelen.ina.fr     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

This episode is dedicated to the Die Leiden des jungen Werther, written by Goethe in 1774.
It tells of Werther’s disappointed love for Charlotte, engaged to Albert.
More than 100 years later, Jules Massenet adapted the work into an opera.

For the dramatic version we find in particular Robert Etcheverry, Annie Siniglia, Michèle Persane, and Julien Bertheau.
Singers Michel Cadiou and Andrée Gabriel perform the lyrical version.
Guy Leonard and Giselle Adloff dance the choreographic version