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Outstanding performances in brothel-based Pique Dame at Baden-Baden Easter Festival

By Ako Imamura, 13 April 2022
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“Stikhina expressed the heroine’s conflicted loyalties with superb control... a triumph”
Reviewed at Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden on 12 April 2022
Programme
Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame)
Performers
Kirill Petrenko, Conductor
Moshe Leiser, Director
Christian Fenouillat, Set Designer
Agostino Cavalca, Costume Designer
Christophe Forey, Lighting Designer
Berliner Philharmoniker
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Patrice Caurier, Director
Etienne Guiol, Video
Arsen Soghomonyan, Herman
Elena Stikhina, Lisa, Prilepa
Doris Soffel, The Countess
Aigul Akhmetshina, Polina, Masha, Milovzor
Vladislav Sulimsky, Tomsky, Zlatogor
Boris Pinkhasovich, Yeletsky
Margarita Nekrasova, The Governess
Evgeny Akimov, Chekalinsky
Anatoli Sivko, Surin
Mark Kurmanbayev, Narumov
Christophe Poncet de Solages, Chaplitsky
Beate Vollack, Choreography
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Opernhaus Zürich presents a Salzburg Festival production of Rossini’s first masterpiece, with a stellar cast and an orchestra on original instruments, under the baton of Gianluca Capuano.

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Agostino CavalcaAigul AkhmetshinaAnatoli SivkoArsen SoghomonyanBeate VollackBerliner PhilharmonikerBoris PinkhasovichChristian FenouillatChristophe ForeyChristophe Poncet de SolagesDoris SoffelElena StikhinaEtienne GuiolEvgeny AkimovKirill PetrenkoMargarita NekrasovaMark KurmanbayevMoshe LeiserPatrice CaurierPhilharmonisches Streichquintett der Berliner PhilharmonikerPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskySlovak Philharmonic ChoirThe Queen of Spades (Pique Dame)Vladislav Sulimsky
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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.