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MET On-Demand: Massenet’s Werther

Goethe’s 1774 novel about a lovesick poet’s infatuation with a married woman took Europe by storm and inspired countless adaptations. Yet it is in the hands of Jules Massenet that this literary classic found its most sensuous and charged theatrical form. With soaring melodies, voluptuous orchestrations, and scenes that represent both the vastness of love and the cramped claustrophobia of the hero’s mind, this opera is the very essence of a love story told through music.

Nightly Opera Stream - Available for 23 hours!

Download the app at the IOS or Android Store, click on “Explore The App” and click on “Free Preview”. That entire opera is available for 23 hours.

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MET On-Demand: Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci

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May 13

MET On-Demand: Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos