Werther. Opera. French with English version by HUMPHREY PROCTER-GREGG. Paperbound

With its music composed by Jules Massenet Werther is a lyrical drama that became famous at the beginning of the 20th century. This really complete edition contains pictures text and scores of the opera for Voice and Piano. The text is written in French and in English. Composed in four acts the story is based on Goethe’s early life: a poet Werther falls in love with a girl Charlotte who is due to marry another man. The story revolves around these characters and the struggle of Werther to cope with his own love. Werther was performed more than 1 100 times at the Opera-Comique since it became famous.

Premiered in Vienna in February 1892 under the direction of Hans Richter Massenet's Werther has proven an enduring work one of the composer's most tightly constructed and dramatically urgent. The libretto was fashioned bywriters Georges Hartmann Edouard Blau and Paul Millet after Goethe's 'Sorrows of Young Werther'. Charlotte the eldest daughter of a baliff is engaged to Albert. In his absence she is escorted to the local ball by ayoung visiting poet Werther. Albert returns unexpectedly disappointed at not finding Charlotte he promises her sister he will return in the morning. At the ball Werther falls in love with Charlotte but realises that Alberthas returned and urges Charlotte not to break her promise to marry Albert. Three months later Charlotte and Albert now married walk across the town square on their way to church followed by Werther who is stilldistraught. Albert realizes that Werther must be in love with his wife and Charlotte tells him he must leave town until Christmas. Werther rushes away contemplating suicide.Alone at home on Christmas Eve as Charlotterereads the dejected love letters written to her by Werther he appears and reads to her a passage from a poem where the poet foresees his own death. Charlotte begs him to stop and he realises she loves him too. But she runs fromhis embrace and Werther leaves resolved to die. Albert enters and a message arrives from Werther asking to borrow Albert's pistol. Her reaction convinces him of her love for Werther. The pistols are dispensed and when Albert hasgone she hurries off arriving at his quarters to find him dying. She declares her love and he begs forgiveness and dies.This is the Schirmer edition of the Libretto in French and English.

Francais/Anglais. Par MASSENET JULES. Don Quichotte is a comedy in five acts by Henri Cain, after ; Le Lorrain, with a music by J. Massenet. This special edition features pictures of the Monte Carlo theatre in 1910, texts in French and music for Piano and Voice with French lyrics. The comedy lasts approximately 1 hour 10 minutes in total. The five acts depict the heroic story of Don Quixote de la Mancha: Act 1: A public square (Une place publique) Act 2: The windmills (Les moulins) Act 3: In the Sierra (Dans la Sierra) Act 4: The patio of the beautiful lady (Le patio de la belle Dulcinee) Act 5: DonQuixote's Death (La mort de Don Quichotte) This comedy was well-acclaimed when first played in Monte Carlo. It was then taken to Paris to be played at the Theatre of the Gaî ete Lyrique. J. Massenet wrote thirty famous operas which include 'Werther' and 'Thais', also edited as special collection by Alphonse Leduc. / Opéra-opérette / Répertoire / Chant et Piano