A stunning musical achievement: Die Walküre

Por Ako Imamura, 13 junio 2016

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Crítica hecha desde Schillertheater: Großer Saal, Berlín el 12 junio 2016

Wagner, Die Walküre

Staatsoper Berlin

Daniel Barenboim, Dirección

Guy Cassiers, Dirección de escena

Enrico Bagnoli, Diseño de escena, Diseño de iluminación

Tim Van Steenbergen, Diseño de vestuario

Simon O'Neill, Siegmund

Falk Struckmann, Hunding

Iain Paterson, Wotan

Anja Kampe, Sieglinde

Iréne Theorin, Brünnhilde

Ekaterina Gubanova, Fricka

Susan Foster, Helmwige

Vida Miknevičiūtė, Gerhilde

Ivonne Fuchs, Waltraute

Julia Rutigliano, Siegrune

Simone Schröder, Roßweiße

Anna Lapkovskaja, Grimgerde

Anna Danik, Schwertleite

Arjen Klerkx, Videoarte

Kurt D'Haeseleer, Videoarte

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Coreografía

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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.

A stunning musical achievement: Die Walküre in Berlin