A gripping Carmélites at Caramoor

By Ako Imamura, 27 July 2015

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Reviewed at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts: Venetian Theater, Katonah on 25 July 2015

Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmélites

Will Crutchfield, Conductor

Victoria Crutchfield, Director

Deborah Polaski, Madame de Croissy, the prioress

Hei-Kyung Hong, Madame Lidoine, the new prioress

Jennifer Larmore, Mère Marie

Jennifer Check, Blanche de la Force

Alisa Jordheim, Sœur Constance

Daniel Mobbs, Marquis de la Force

Noah Baetge, Chevalier de la Force

Scott Brunscheen, Le Père confesseur

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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.

Veterans shine in a gripping concert performance of Poulenc's Dialogues des carmélites at Caramoor