WERTHER

WERTHER:Massenet
Original Air Date: 03/04/1972
Behr; Corelli, Elias, Boky, Cossa
SID.19220315
As much as I love Corelli, I’m afraid the best thing about him in Werther are his press pics. Werther and Romeo come at the end of his Met career and give one no idea of what he had to offer. I don’t even mind his Faust recording with the Bonynges, but this is too late. The Met has other Werthers which are more interesting. This is the second of Corelli’s two Werther broadcasts (both with Elias). It is also available on MOoD (Metropolitan Opera on Demand, formerly Met Player) Corelli looked great as Werther, but when one is just listening, I think one does better with Kraus or Carreras, or these days, Kaufmann.