[Met Performance] CID:224580
New Production
Werther {11} Metropolitan Opera House: 02/19/1971.
(Debut: Norma Taubert
Franco Corelli cancellation)
Metropolitan Opera House
February 19, 1971
Benefit sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera Guild
for the production funds
New Production
WERTHER {11}
Massenet-É. Blau/Milliet/G. Hartmann
Werther.................Enrico Di Giuseppe
Charlotte...............Christa Ludwig
Albert..................John Reardon
Sophie..................Judith Blegen
Bailiff.................Fernando Corena
Schmidt.................Nico Castel
Johann..................Andrij Dobriansky
Käthchen................Norma Taubert [Debut]
Brühlmann...............Charles Kuestner
Conductor...............Alain Lombard
Production..............Paul-Emile Deiber
Designer................Rudolf Heinrich
[This production was planned for Franco Corelli who cancelled the first performance and was replaced by Enrico Di Giuseppe in the title role. Corelli sang the remaining sixteen performances.]
Production a gift of Mrs. DeWitt Wallace
Werther received seventeen performances this season.