Werther by Jules Massenet

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Goethe's unhappy love story comes on a French visit to Copenhagen. Experience the suffering of young Werther firsthand at Gamle Scene When Goethe published his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther in the latter half of the 18th century, an entire generation was exposed to an ideal of manhood that could encompass vulnerability, powerlessness and the sorrows of love. Men were no longer just soldiers, rulers, and servants. They had the right to flirt, write poetry, show weakness, and yes, be unhappily in love. It is precisely this vulnerability and unrequited love that is most exquisitely translated into music by the French composer Jules Massenet in the opera based on Goethe's immortal novel. With his sensitive melodies, Massenet manages to give young Werther's love for the already estranged Charlotte a glimmer of possible happiness. - Date: 8 October 2026 - Time: 19:00–21:45 - Venue: Det Kongelige Teater - Gamle Scene - Address: Kongens Nytorv 9, Copenhagen K, Denmark - Admission: From DKK 875