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An unforgettable Good Friday Parsifal in Mannheim's historic production

By Ako Imamura, 31 March 2018
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“simple and straightforward, yet the whole performance was mesmerizing and moving”
Reviewed at Nationaltheater: Opernhaus, Mannheim on 30 March 2018
Programme
Wagner, Parsifal
Performers
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Alexander Soddy, Conductor
Hans Schüler, Director
Paul Walter, Set Designer
Gerda Schulte, Costume Designer
Thomas Berau, Amfortas
Joachim Goltz, Klingsor
Angela Denoke, Kundry
Frank van Aken, Parsifal
Sung Ha, Gurnemanz
David Lee, First knight of the Grail
Patrick Zielke, Titurel
Julia Faylenbogen, A voice from on high, Second squire
Amelia Scicolone, First Flowermaiden / First Group, First squire
Pascal Herington, Fourth squire
Uwe Eikötter, Third squire
Valentin Anikin, Second knight of the Grail
Estelle Kruger, Second Flowermaiden / First Group
Nationaltheater Orchestra Mannheim
Opernchor des Nationaltheaters Mannheim
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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.