This week on Saturday Matinee, we hear Jules Massenet's Werther performed by the Lyric Opera Of Chicago. It's probably Massenet's most familiar work to American audiences and is based on the German novel The Sorrows Of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goeth.
The cast includes Matthew Polenzani as Werther, Sophie Koch as Charlotte, Kiri Deonarine as Sophie, Craig Verm as Albert and Philip Kraus as Bailiff.
Sir Andrew Davis conducts.
Listen Saturday at 1 p.m.
The Lyric Opera Of Chicago Spring Schedule for Saturday Matinee
