Die Walküre is full of anxiety in Leipzig

By Ako Imamura, 30 June 2017

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Reviewed at Oper Leipzig, Leipzig on 29 June 2017

Wagner, Die Walküre

Oper Leipzig

Ulf Schirmer, Conductor

Rosamund Gilmore, Director

Carl Friedrich Oberle, Set Designer

Nicola Reichert, Costume Designer

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

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Oper Leipzig Chorus

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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.