Hamburg's Die Tote Stadt: excellent singing but muddled staging

By Ako Imamura, 14 October 2018

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Reviewed at Hamburgische Staatsoper: Main Hall, Hamburg on 13 October 2018

Korngold, Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)

Staatsoper Hamburg

Roland Kluttig, Conductor

Karoline Gruber, Director

Roy Spahn, Set Designer

Mechthild Seipel, Costume Designer

Klaus Florian Vogt, Paul

Allison Oakes, Marietta

Na'ama Shulman, Juliette

Marta Świderska, Brigitta

Gabriele Rossmanith, Lucienne

Alexey Bogdanchikov, Frank, Fritz

Dongwon Kang, Graf Albert

Sungho Kim, Victorin, Gaston

Hans Toelstede, Lighting Designer

Kerstin Schüssler-Bach, Dramaturgy

Eberhard Friedrich, Choirmaster / chorus director

Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

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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.