Contents
Werther: Character Map
Werther: Roles
| Werther | a young poet | tenor |
| Charlotte | mezzo-soprano |
| Albert | betrothed to Charlotte | baritone |
| Sophie | Charlotte’s sister | soprano |
| Le Bailli | Charlotte’s father | bass |
| Schmidt | a friend of the Bailli | tenor |
| Johann | a friend of the Bailli | baritone |
| Children of the Bailli | Fritz, Max, Hans, Karl, Gretel, Clara | |
| Brühlmann | a young man | tenor |
| Käthchen | Brühlmann’s fiancée | mezzo-soprano |
- Native title: Werther
- Composers: Jules Massenet
- Librettist: Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet, Georges Hartmann
- Based on: Die Leiden des jungen Werther by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
- Language: French
- Premiere: February 16, 1892, Hofoper, Vienna
- Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes (Act 1: 45 minutes, Act 2: 35 minutes, Act 3: 30 minutes, Act 4: 20 minutes)
Werther: Short Synopsis
Welter, a poet, fell in love with Charlotte at first sight. She takes care of her family in place of her deceased mother. She has a fiancée whom her late mother has decided to marry. She refuses Welter’s confession of love and marries her fiancé. Welter, pessimistic by nature, chooses death.