" The opera is in French, and hints of Massenet are splashed around, including the Christmas carol from "Werther.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1774 classic "The Sorrows of Young Werther" triggered a spate of copycat suicides all over Europe.

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That's when some new Goethe will write his Young Werther, and the Digital Romantic Age will begin...and the Mensurstube will look like home.

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New York-based security expert and retired New York Police Detective Thomas Werther owns Sector Mike Security systems and spends his days protecting musicians, actors, actresses and sports stars.

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