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Brilliant double bill of Swan Lake and Bluebeard's Castle in Philadelphia

By Ako Imamura, 05 March 2017
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Reviewed at Kimmel Center: Marian Anderson Hall, Philadelphia on 3 March 2017
Programme
Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: excerpts
Bartók, Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Performers
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor
Michelle DeYoung, Judith
John Relyea, Bluebeard
The Philadelphia Orchestra
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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.