Werther

Werther is a lyric drama in three acts and five tableaux with a score by Jules Massenet and a libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Milliet, and Georges Hartmann. It had its world premiere on 16 February 1892 at the Imperial Opera of Vienna, and it was given its Paris premiere at the Opéra-Comique on 16 January 1893, but only its third act was staged at the Garnier Palace on 28 April 1912. This presentation of an excerpt from Massenet’s work on a gala program for the benefit of French Aviation was the…