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Flawed masterpiece: Missy Mazzoli's Breaking the Waves opens in Philadelphia

By Ako Imamura, 25 September 2016
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“strong music, effective staging and, above all, committed performances”
Reviewed at Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia on 22 September 2016
Programme
Mazzoli, Breaking the Waves
Performers
Opera Philadelphia
Steven Osgood, Conductor
James Darrah Black, Director
Adam Rigg, Set Designer
Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko, Costume Designer
Kiera Duffy, Bess McNeill
John Moore, Jan Nyman
Eve Gigliotti, Dodo McNeill
David Portillo, Dr Richardson
Patricia Schuman, Bess' Mother
Zachary James, Terry
Marcus DeLoach, Church Councilman
Pablo Santiago, Lighting Designer
Adam Larsen, Video
Elizabeth Braden, Choirmaster / chorus director
Emily May Sung, Choirmaster / chorus director
Amanda Console, Director
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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.