Vienna is the true heroine in Kupfer's new Der Rosenkavalier

By Ako Imamura, 14 August 2014

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“the Vienna Philharmonic... plays music that seems to be in their DNA”

Reviewed at Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg on 11 August 2014

Strauss R., Der Rosenkavalier

Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor

Harry Kupfer, Director

Hans Schavernoch, Set Designer

Yan Tax, Costume Designer

Krassimira Stoyanova, Feldmarschallin

Mojca Erdmann, Sophie

Sophie Koch, Octavian

Adrian Eröd, Herr von Faninal

Günther Groissböck, Baron Ochs

Stefan Pop, Italian Singer

Tobias Kehrer, Police inspector

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Daniele Gatti is the winner of the night, managing to draw an astounding outcome from a far from ideal cast.

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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.

Vienna is the true heroine in Kupfer's new Salzburg staging of Der Rosenkavalier