Carefully calculated, deliberately executed

By Ako Imamura, 28 December 2015

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Reviewed at Landestheater, Linz on 27 December 2015

Verdi, La traviata

Landestheater Linz

Daniel Spaw, Conductor

Takeshi Moriuchi, Conductor

Robert Wilson, Director, Set Designer, Lighting Designer

Yashi, Costume Designer

Seho Chang, Giorgio Germont

Tito You, Giorgio Germont

Myung-Joo Lee, Violetta Valéry

Mari Moriya, Violetta Valéry

Jacques la Roux, Alfredo Germont

Iurie Ciobanu, Alfredo Germont

Pedro Velázquez Díaz, Alfredo Germont

Kathryn Handsaker, Flora Bervoix

Martha Hirschmann, Flora Bervoix

Matthäus Schmidlechner, Gastone de Letorières

Hans-Günther Müller, Gastone de Letorières

Martin Achrainer, Baron Douphol

Till von Orlowsky, Baron Douphol

Kerstin Eder, Annina

Cheryl Lichter, Annina

Michael Wagner, Marquis d'Obigny, Dr Grenvil

Nikolai Galkin, Marquis d'Obigny

Dominik Nekel, Dr Grenvil

Nicola Panzer, Director

Stephanie Engeln, Set Designer

John Torres, Lighting Designer

Georg Leopold, Choirmaster / chorus director

Konrad Kuhn, Dramaturgy

Wolfgang Haendeler, Dramaturgy

Chor des Landestheaters Linz

Bruckner Orchester Linz

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Ako Imamura, 25th December

25 years after its creation in Bayreuth, Director Heiner Müller's legendary production of Tristan und Isolde was recreated and presented in Linz with committed performers with great success.

****1

Hindemith's Die Harmonie der Welt in Linz

Hugo Shirley, 11th April

Hindemith's opera, based on the life and theories of Johannes Kepler, is impressively realised by the Landestheater

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Terra Nova larger than life at the Landestheater Linz

Chanda VanderHart, 26th May

I can certainly attest that this was the closest I have ever felt to watching a 3-D thriller in Dolby Surround Sound whilst at the opera.

****1

Bolcolm’s McTeague enjoys a gilded European première in Linz

Chanda VanderHart, 6th February

Bolcom’s McTeague, a two-act opera based on the 1899 novel McTeague: A Story of San Francisco by Frank Norris, is warmly received at its European première with the Landtheater Linz.

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Reaching for the light: Arvo Pärt and Robert Wilson's Adam's Passion

Alissa Balocco, 31st March

For the first time in Italy the opera that brings together the spiritual music of the Estonian composer and the minimalist direction of Robert Wilson.

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Classic Robert Wilson: Turandot opens Canadian Opera Company season

John Gilks, 28th September

Director Robert Wilson and conductor Carlo Rizzi combine effectively to create a visually striking and musically memorable Turandot that emphasizes the hieratic and the mythical with a notable absence of unnecessary histrionics.

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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.

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