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Artikel von Ako Imamura

Ako Imamura
Ako Imamura
Atsuko (Ako) Imamura is a retired investment banker in New York City. Born in Japan, she trained as cultural anthropologist in the US before turning to finance. She now spends her time attending opera and classical music concerts in New York and in Europe. Wagner is her favorite opera composer.
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A satisfying Otello starring Jonas Kaufmann at the Wiener Staatsoper

Von Ako Imamura, 26 Oktober 2023
A revival of Adrian Noble’s abstract and dark production of Verdi’s Otello fields a strong cast led by Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tézier and Rachel Willis-Sørensen. 
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Christian Thielemann presides over a triumphant Die Frau ohne Schatten in Vienna

Von Ako Imamura, 18 Oktober 2023
Vincent Huguet's 2019 production of Richard Strauss‘ masterpiece is given a stupendous revival at the Wiener Staatsoper with an excellent ensemble of soloists.
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Beauty and courage in Bayerische Staatsoper's Tristan und Isolde

Von Ako Imamura, 11 April 2023
Bayrischer Staatsoper’s revival of Warlikowski’s static production of Tristan und Isolde featured a sensational role debut of Elena Pankratova as Isolde.
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Andris Nelsons conducts splendid Tannhäuser excerpts in Boston with magnificent soloists

Von Ako Imamura, 06 Februar 2023
Soloists Klaus Florian Vogt, Christian Gerhaher, Amber Wagner and Marina Prudenskaya star in Act 3 of Tannhäuser.
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An extraordinary Krassimira Stoyanova elevates Vienna’s revival of Der Rosenkavalier

Von Ako Imamura, 24 Dezember 2022
Stoyanova’s extraordinary performance as the Feldmarschallin made 394th revival of Otto Schenk’s 1968 production of Der Rosenkavalier an occasion to savor.
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Spellbinding Parsifal caps Oper Leipzig's massive Wagner 22 Festival

Von Ako Imamura, 15 Juli 2022
Ulf Schirmer bows out as General Music Director as the last of Wagner's 13 operas completes a successful Festival Wagner 22 in Leipzig.
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Stölzl's Berlin Turandot brings out human darkness with a puppet and a surprise ending

Von Ako Imamura, 24 Juni 2022
Philipp Stölzl depicts Turandot as a tragedy of a lonely princess who pays dearly for her cruelty in his fascinating new production at the Staatsoper Berlin.
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New Meistersinger at Deutsche Oper Berlin succeeds musically despite the muddled production

Von Ako Imamura, 20 Juni 2022
Set in a 1930s music school, Sergio Morabito, Jossi Wieler and Anna Viebrick's new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Deutsche Oper Berlin has some inspirational ideas but they often get in the way of the music.
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The Met’s new Lucia di Lammermoor: a good idea poorly executed by Simon Stone

Von Ako Imamura, 27 April 2022
The Met unveils Simon Stone’s new production is set in a working class American town in decline... an interesting concept that ultimately fails to overcome its own cluttered ideas.
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Splendid performance of Parsifal amid Pierre Audi's bleakness and desolation in Munich

Von Ako Imamura, 16 April 2022
The Bayerische Staatsoper's revival of a controversial production containing Georg Baselitz’s artwork succeeds with strong musical performances led by veterans of Wagnerian operas.
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Outstanding performances in brothel-based Pique Dame at Baden-Baden Easter Festival

Von Ako Imamura, 13 April 2022
The Baden-Baden Easter Festival offers a memorable production of Pique Dame with excellent musical performances convincing in Leiser and Caurier's updating of the plot.
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Nina Stemme and Lise Davidsen shine in a lyrical Elektra at the Met

Von Ako Imamura, 03 April 2022
Two sopranos bring intensity and tenderness to Strauss’ powerful opera in a revival of the timeless production by Patrice Chéreau.
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Lohengrin as chamber opera in Patrick Bialdyga's expanded Leipzig production

Von Ako Imamura, 27 März 2022
A new production of Lohengrin at Oper Leipzig is conceived as an intimate chamber opera and succeeds with brilliant musical performances.
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Musical excellence mired by stale new McVicar production in the Met's first French Don Carlos

Von Ako Imamura, 01 März 2022
The Metropolitan Opera performs the original French version of Don Carlos for the first time with a distinguished ensemble of soloists, but the static production offers no new insights into the depth of Verdi's masterpiece.
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Claus Guth presents The Makropulos Case as tragicomedy in Berlin

Von Ako Imamura, 14 Februar 2022
Director Claus Guth's new production for the Staatsoper Berlin is a bit of a mixed bag but the evening succeeds more on its musical merits, with a splendid ensemble of singers and orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
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The Met revives its legendary Turandot to mixed musical performances

Von Ako Imamura, 13 Oktober 2021
Franco Zeffirelli’s spectacular production of Turandot gets another revival with Christine Goerke and Yusif Eyvazov as the ice princess and Calaf.
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Moving out of the darkness: a poignant concert at the Teatro alla Scala

Von Ako Imamura, 11 Mai 2021
The Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala excel in a thrilling concert conducted by Riccardo Chailly with a magnificent contribution from soprano Lise Davidsen.
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A cruel world with no salvation: Don Carlo in Budapest paints a dark picture of humanity

Von Ako Imamura, 21 Februar 2021
The Hungarian State Opera presents a new modern production of Don Carlo by a director who depicts the historical cruelty as very much present in our world today.
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Tcherniakov's new Freischütz a brilliant piece of theater in Munich

Von Ako Imamura, 13 Februar 2021
Dmitri Tcherniakov updates the "German Romantic Opera" into a modern-day thriller with interesting twists in a musically splendid performance in Munich.
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Beethoven's Fidelio as fervent prayer in Leeds

Von Ako Imamura, 12 Dezember 2020
Opera North performed a semi-staged and shortened Fidelio with a committed group of soloists, chorus and orchestra led by Mark Wiggelsworth.  With a pared Orchestra, the opera came across as a hymn of hope.
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