Imaginative Tannhäuser at Deutsche Oper Berlin

By Ako Imamura, 12 November 2017

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“Bell’s entrance aria was sung with restrained but gleaming beauty”

Reviewed at Deutsche Oper, Berlin on 11 November 2017

Wagner, Tannhäuser

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Michael Boder, Conductor

Kirsten Harms, Director

Bernd Damovsky, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Andreas Schager, Tannhäuser

Markus Brück, Wolfram von Eschenbach

Emma Bell, Elisabeth, Venus

Albert Pesendorfer, Landgraf Hermann

Gideon Poppe, Heinrich der Schreiber

Clemens Bieber, Walther von der Vogelweide

Seth Carico, Biterolf

Andrew Harris, Reinmar von Zweter

Nicole Haslett, Shepherd Boy

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin

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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.

Rousing musical success in imaginative Tannhäuser at Deutsche Oper Berlin