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Wotan and his women: Family drama of Die Walküre in Frankfurt

By Ako Imamura, 12 July 2016
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Reviewed at Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main on 10 July 2016
Programme
Wagner, Die Walküre
Performers
Oper Frankfurt
Sebastian Weigle, Conductor
Vera Nemirova, Director
Jens Kilian, Set Designer
Ingeborg Bernerth, Costume Designer
Frank van Aken, Siegmund
Ain Anger, Hunding
James Rutherford, Wotan
Amber Wagner, Sieglinde
Rebecca Teem, Brünnhilde
Claudia Mahnke, Fricka
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Fricka
Karen Vuong, Gerhilde
Britta Stallmeister, Ortlinde
Jenny Carlstedt, Waltraute
Bernadett Fodor, Schwertleite
Hanna Herfurtner, Helmwige
Jessica Strong, Siegrune
Maria Pantiukhova, Grimgerde
Opera Frankfurt Orchestra
Olaf Winter, Lighting Designer
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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.