Werther is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann .
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Werther is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Edouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann .
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Werther submitted it to Leon Carvalho, the director of the Paris Opera-Comique, that year, but Carvalho declined to accept it on the grounds that the scenario was too serious.
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Werther received its premiere on 16 February 1892 at the Imperial Theatre Hofoper in Vienna.
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Werther is still regularly performed around the world and has been recorded many times.
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Werther's drinking companions, Johann and Schmidt, arrive as Charlotte, the eldest daughter, dresses for a ball.
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Werther arrives, and watches as Charlotte prepares her young siblings' supper, just as her mother had before she died.
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Werther is unsure of Charlotte's intentions and disappointed not to find her at home, but is reassured and consoled by Charlotte's younger sister Sophie.
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Charlotte begs Werther to leave her, though she indicates that she would be willing to receive him again on Christmas Day.
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Suddenly Werther appears, and while he reads to her some poetry of Ossian, he realizes that she does indeed return his love.
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Werther sends a messenger to Albert, requesting to borrow his pistols, explaining he is going on an extended trip.
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