Splendid performance of Parsifal amid Audi's bleakness in Munich

By Ako Imamura, 16 April 2022

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Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 14 April 2022

Wagner, Parsifal

Bavarian State Opera

Marek Janowski, Conductor

Pierre Audi, Director

Georg Baselitz, Set Designer

Florence von Gerkan, Costume Designer

Urs Schönebaum, Lighting Designer

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

Anja Kampe, Kundry

Stuart Skelton, Parsifal

Christian Gerhaher, Amfortas

Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Klingsor

Christof Fischesser, Gurnemanz

Deanna Breiwick, First Flowermaiden / First Group, First squire

Eliza Boom, First Flowermaiden / Second Group

Jessica Niles, Second Flowermaiden / First Group

Mirjam Mesak, Second Flowermaiden / Second Group

Daria Proszek, Third Flowermaiden / First Group

Yajie Zhang, Third Flowermaiden / Second Group, A voice from on high

Daniel Noyola, Second squire, Second knight of the Grail

Kevin Conners, First knight of the Grail

Joel Williams, Fourth squire

Caspar Singh, Third squire

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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.

Splendid performance of Parsifal amid Pierre Audi's bleakness and desolation in Munich