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Opera Preview
B Y J UDY S CHWARTZ
A
fter its controversial
and often shocking
update of “Lucia di
Lammermoor,” the Royal
Opera House ends its 2015-
2016 season with a return to a
classic production of
“Werther” by Jules Massenet.
This opera will be presented at
City Lights Cinemas on
Wednesday, July 27, at 6 p.m.
with an encore performance on
Saturday, July 30, at 11 a.m.
Massenet’s opera is based
on “The Sorrows of Young
Werther,” written by Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe. The
novel, which is loosely autobi-
ographical, was completed in
1774 after six weeks of inten-
sive writing. It instantly put
Goethe among the first inter-
national literary celebrities,
and is the best known of his
works to the general public.
The loosely autobiographi-
cal novel was so affecting that
it started a wave of “copycat
suicides” due to the portrayal
of Werther’s passionate, sensi-
tive and suicidal nature.
The action takes place in a
small German town at the
home of the town bailiff, a
widower with two daughters,
20-year-old Charlotte and 15-
year-old Sophie. It is close to
Christmas and the young
women are being tutored by
their father to sing carols.
Charlotte is engaged to a man
named Albert, who happens to
be away, and she will be
escorted to a ball that night by
a visitor — a young poet
named Werther.
Werther is a very romantic
young man who is swept up in
the beauty of the evening and
his companion’s allure.
Following the ball, Werther
declares his love for Charlotte;
he learns that Albert has
returned and stoically accepts
that she’s promised to another,
yet continues to send her a
series of heartfelt letters.
Following Charlotte and
Albert’s marriage, Werther’s
hopes are dashed although he
secretly hopes that she will
reciprocate his feelings. She
later rereads his letters and
admits to herself that she still
has feelings for him. Passion,
pain and high drama follow
with Werther ultimately end-
ing his life as he and Charlotte
kiss for the first time.
Outside the house, children
sing Christmas songs as
Werther imagines the children
as angels granting him for-
giveness. The novel, “The
Sorrows of Young Werther,”
was important to the “Sturm
und Drang” (storm and stress)
period in German literature
and is certainly typical of liter-
ature’s Romantic movement.
This opera contains all the
elements of high romance and
passionate longing. In the role
of Werther is Vittorio Grigolo,
an internationally known tenor
whose appearances create a
stirring excitement. He’s
known in Italy as the Little
Pavarotti.
The role of Charlotte is
sung by Joyce DiDonato, a
lyric coloratura mezzo-sopra-
no, international star and one
of the Metropolitan Opera’s
reigning divas. A coloratura
adds elaborate ornamentation
to a melody and the music is
distinguished by agile runs,
leaps and trills.
This is another experience
not to be missed.
Tickets are $15 for City
Lights Cinemas members and
$19 for non-members. All pro-
grams are available for high
school screenings. Visit City
Lights for more information.
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Phillips was charged with
producing more than 24 new
paintings in less than four
months for her exhibit that
runs through Aug. 5.
The result was a profound
success and has nearly been a
sell-out exhibit for the gallery.
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she broke through old routines
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skills.
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from 1 to 2 p.m.
The Kenneth B Gallery Art
Studios is at 1458 First St. in
Old Town Florence, just one
block from Bay Street, next
door to Lovejoy’s Tea House.
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quarterly meeting
Florence Regional Arts
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at 4:30 p.m., at the FRAA Art
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members and sponsors.
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members, we also welcome
anyone interested in learning
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