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Stupendous Tristan und Isolde in Cleveland with Stemme and Welser-Möst

By Ako Imamura, 01 May 2018
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Reviewed at Severance Music Center: Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland on 29 April 2018
Programme
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde
Performers
Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor
Gerhard Siegel, Tristan
Nina Stemme, Isolde
Ain Anger, King Marke
Okka von der Damerau, Brangäne
Markus Eiche, Kurwenal
Sean Michael Plumb, Melot
Matthew Plenk, Shepherd, Young seaman
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
The Cleveland Orchestra
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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.