Trivia / Werther

• All-Star Cast: As Charlotte, Sophie, Werther, and Albert...
  • Audio Recordings:
    • 1959, conducted by Carlo Felice Cillario (in Italian): Leyla Gencer, Giuliana Tavolaccini, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Mario Borriello.
    • 1964, conducted by Jésus Etcheverry: Rita Gorr, Mady Mesplé, Albert Lance, Gabriel Bacquier.
    • 1968, conducted by Georges Prêtre: Victoria de los Ángeles, Mady Mesplé, Nicolai Gedda, Roger Soyer.
    • 1971, conducted by Antonino Votto (in Italian): Virginia Zeani, Valeria Mariconda, Alfredo Kraus, Domenico Trimarchi.
    • 1979, conducted by Michel Plasson: Tatiana Troyanos, Christine Barbaux, Alfredo Kraus, Matteo Manuguerra.
    • 1979, conducted by Riccardo Chailly: Elena Obraztsova, Arleen Auger, Plácido Domingo, Franz Grundheber.
    • 1998, conducted by Antonio Pappano: Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Petibon, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson.
    • 2012, conducted by Antonio Pappano: Sophie Koch, Eri Nakamura, Rolando Villazón, Audun Iversen.
  • Video Recordings:
    • 2005, conducted by Philippe Jordan at the Vienna State Opera: Elina Garanca, Ileana Tonca, Marcelo Álvarez, Adrian Eröd.
    • 2010, conduced by Michel Plasson at the Opéra National de Paris: Sophie Koch, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tézier.
• Dawson Casting: Sophie is supposed to be a fifteen-year-old girl, but good luck finding an actual fifteen-year-old to sing her role.