Werther | Jules Massenet

Concert Romantic Opera
Dates

November 21 to 29, 2026

4 performances

Coproduced with the Canadian Opera Company and Vancouver Opera, Werther features an exceptional cast, marking the grand return of Julie Boulianne to the Opéra de Montréal and the Montreal debut of the rising French tenor Julien Dran.

Werther, a soul consumed by poetry and longing, falls deeply in love with Charlotte — though she’s already promised to another. Unable to silence his feelings, trapped in a world where social duty outweighs personal truth, he spirals into an all-encompassing melancholy. In this refined bourgeois universe, where emotions are neatly tucked away, an impossible love story unfolds — tender as a memory, sharp as a final goodbye.

  • Language French, subtitled in French and English
  • Werther

    Julien Dran

    Charlotte

    Julie Boulianne

    Sophie

    Sophie Naubert

    Albert

    Hugo Laporte 

    Le Bailli

    Tomislav Lavoie

    Schmidt

    Jeremy Scinocca

    Johann

    Dante Mullin Santone

  • Musical direction

    Jacques Lacombe

    Stage direction

    Alain Gauthier

    Scenography

    Olivier Landreville

    Lighting Design

    Michael Kangas

    Costumes

    Leïlah Dufour Forget

  • Production / Presentation

    Opéra de Montréal

    Co-production

    Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver Opera

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