Die Walküre is full of anxiety in Leipzig

Por Ako Imamura, 30 junio 2017

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Crítica hecha desde Oper Leipzig, Leipzig el 29 junio 2017

Wagner, Die Walküre

Oper Leipzig

Ulf Schirmer, Dirección

Rosamund Gilmore, Dirección de escena

Carl Friedrich Oberle, Diseño de escena

Nicola Reichert, Diseño de vestuario

Simon O'Neill, Siegmund

Runi Brattaberg, Hunding

Thomas Johannes Mayer, Wotan

Simone Schneider, Sieglinde

Iréne Theorin, Brünnhilde

Kathrin Göring, Fricka

Josefine Weber, Helmwige

Gal James, Gerhilde

Magdalena Hinterdobler, Ortlinde

Anja Schlosser, Waltraute

Sandra Maxheimer, Siegrune

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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.