The best of Werther in 3'44 from Opéra de Lyon!

I loved this swift explosion of happiness, the white banner, the children running through the stage, the flowers popping out, and above all, all that in music! I said 'paper flowers' in my previous post, but they are decorative (perhaps) silk flowers. It is great to find this selection of some key musical passages. Sophie is really vocally and physically just what you dream of in this role. (Anne Catherine Gillet).
The anti- climax is in the music, and this new setting makes this bleak drama more attractive without any distortion of what is inside. Karine Deshayes's rich and vibrant vocal colours express intense remorse and torments. Arturo Chacon Cruz is also very involved and passionate. They are separated, the long agony is therefore more credible. He is saying all that in his letters, and she has not joined him yet.
The short sentence sung in one voice 'Oublions tout'is a striking musical peaceful breath.
So they did unite through music after all!
It is here heartbreaking:
The simple gestures, so simple and moving, they did facing each other while singing, will never be forgotten.

All these details make the show unique and full of meanings.
I forgot how much I resented the characters of Charlotte and Albert during this new Werther.
The two clowns( Schmidt and Johann) now appear to be a critical vision of the society. But I have not a clear idea what the couple of mimes actually did and what they meant.
When le bailli locks the white clown in the cage while singing 'Klopstock', le divin Klopstock'' cela me paraît l'extase magnétique',
I need a clue to get the meaning of this gesture. Klopstock is a poet, lyrical poet. Werther is a poet too. That's it!
Could I make it a second time to Lyon to see what I missed ?

Who said Massenet's music was too sugary and too attractive to women?