Adèle Charvet
will sing the role of Charlotte, replacing Marianne Crebassa in the two concert performances of Jules Massenet’s Werther on 29 July and 1 August 2026.
(SF, 11 March 2026) To her greatest regret, Marianne Crebassa must cancel her appearance in the two concert performances of Werther on 29 July and 1 August 2026 under the baton of Alain Altinoglu, for personal reasons. The Salzburg Festival is grateful to the French mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet for taking on the role of Charlotte, performing alongside Benjamin Bernheim in the title role. In 2023, she made her Salzburg Festival debut as Ascagne in the concert performance of Hector Berlioz’ Les Troyens.
Marianne Crebassa will continue to perform as announced in Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem with the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Riccardo Muti on 15, 16 and 18 August 2026.
The French mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet performs all repertoires, from Early to New Music, working with renowned ensembles and conductors such as Marc Minkowski, Raphaël Pichon, Lahav Shani, Vincent Dumestre and Julien Chauvin. Since 2015, she has formed a duo with the pianist Florian Caroubi, with whom she won the Prix de Mélodie du Concours International Nadia et Lili Boulanger as well as several prizes in the International Vocal Competition in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
Her album Teatro Sant’ Angelo, which features first recordings of works by Vivaldi, Chelleri and Ristori, won several awards. Her repertoire also includes the title role in Carmen, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Idamante in Idomeneo, Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Further information:
https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/a/adele-charvet
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
WERTHER
Drame lyrique in four Acts
(composed 1885-1887, world premiere in 1892)
Libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann
based on the novel Die Leiden des jungen Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Concert performance
Wed, 29. July and Sat, 1 August
Großes Festspielhaus
Cast
Benjamin Bernheim Werther
Adèle Charvet Charlotte
Sandra Hamaoui Sophie
Andrey Zhilikhovsky Albert
Manuel Winckhler Le Bailli
Tomislav Jukić Schmidt
As well as participants of the Young Singers Project
Alain Altinoglu Conductor
Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie / Symfonieorkest van de Munt
Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor
Wolfgang Götz, Regina Sgier Chorusmasters
Purchased tickets remain valid.