Werther - DVD

When medieval England was ruled by a usurper king, timid minstrel Hubert Hawkins (Danny Kaye) found himself conscripted by a rebel band protecting the throne's true infant heir-and thrust into comically dangerous intrigues when he was sent to infiltrate the palace in the guise of the crown's newly hired fool. Colorful Kaye costume vehicle marked by the Inchvessel with the pestle-chalice from the palaceInch and other classic bits co-stars Glynis Johns, Angela Lansbury, Basil Rathbone, Mildred Natwick. 101 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.

Werther is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann (who used the pseudonym Henri Grémont). It is loosely based on the German epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which was based both on fact and on Goethe's own early life. In this recording from the Opernhaus Zurich, Juan Diego Florez, Anna Stephany, Cornelius Meister, and Tatjana Gurbaca, along with the orchestra of the Opernhaus Zurich, bring a new and modern flair to this dramatic work.

Werther [BLU-RAY] Released 2018 product/publication from Accentus