2016/17 Season at the New National Theatre, Tokyo

We are pleased to announce the 2016/17 Season at the New National Theatre, Tokyo.

Further information updates will be posted on this website.


OPERA☞

BALLET☞

DANCE☞

DRAMA

OPERA

9 PRODUCTIONS IN TOTAL including 3 NEW PRODUCTIONS

Die Walküre

(Production:Finnish National Opera

Photographer:©Karan Stuke)

"Der Ring des Nibelungen"

Die Walküre(The Valkyrie) / Richard WAGNER  

[New Production]

2, 5, 8, 12, 15, 18 October 2016  Sung in German

Conductor : IIMORI Taijiro/ Production : Götz FRIEDRICH

Set & Costume Design : Gottfried PILZ

Lighting Design : Kimmo RUSKELA

Siegmund : Stephen GOULD/ Hunding : Albert PESENDORFER

Wotan : Greer GRIMSLEY/ Sieglinde: Josefine WEBER

Brünnhilde : Iréne THEORIN/ Fricka : Elena ZHIDKOVA

Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra


La Bohème / Giacomo PUCCINI

17, 20, 23, 26, 30 November 2016  Sung in Italian

Conductor : Paolo ARRIVABENI/ Production : AGUNI Jun

Set Design : Pasquale GROSSI

Costume Design : Alessandro CIAMMARUGHI

Lighting Design : KASAHARA Toshiyuki

Mimi : Aurelia FLORIAN/ Rodolfo : Gianluca TERRANOVA

Marcello : Fabio Maria CAPITANUCCI/ Musetta : ISHIBASHI Emi

Schaunard : MORIGUCHI Kenji/ Colline : MATSUI Hiroshi

Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus

Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Gioachino Antonio ROSSINI

27 November, 1, 4, 7, 10 December 2016  Sung in Italian

Conductor : Francesco ANGELICO/ Production : Josef E. KÖPPLINGER

Set and Costume Design : Heidrun SCHMELZER

Lighting Design : YAGI Maki

Il Conte d'Almaviva : Maxim MIRONOV/ Rosina : Lena BELKINA

Bartolo : Luciano di PASQUALE/ Figaro : Dalibor JENIS

Don Basilio : TSUMAYA Hidekazu/ Berta : KANOH Etsuko

Fiorello : MASU Takashi

Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus

Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Carmen / Georges BIZET

19, 22, 25, 28, 31 January 2017  Sung in French

Conductor : Yves ABEL/ Production : UYAMA Hitoshi

Set Design : SHIMA Jiro/ Costume Design : OGATA Kikuko

Lighting Design : SAWADA Yuji

Carmen : Elena MAXIMOVA/ Don José : Massimo GIORDANO

Escamillo : Gábor BRETZ/ Micaëla : SUNAKAWA Ryoko

Zuniga : TSUMAYA Hidekazu

Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus

Orchestra : Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Madama Butterfly / Giacomo PUCCINI

2, 5, 8, 11 February 2017  Sung in Italian

Conductor : Philippe AUGUIN/ Production : KURIYAMA Tamiya

Set Design : SHIMA Jiro/ Costume Design : MAEDA Ayako

Lighting Design : KATSUSHIBA Jiro

Madama Butterfly : ANDO Fumiko/ Pinkerton : Marcelo PUENTE

Sharpless : KAI Eijiro/ Suzuki : YAMASHITA Makiko

Goro : MATSUURA Ken/ Lo zio Bonzo : SHIMAMURA Takeo

Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus

Orchestra : Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Lucia di Lammermoor / Gaetano DONIZETTI  [New Production]

14, 18, 20, 23, 26 March 2017  Sung in Italian

Conductor : Giampaolo BISANTI/ Production : Jean-Louis GRINDA

Set Design : Rudy SABOUNGHI/ Costume Design : Jorge JARA

Lighting Design : Laurent CASTAINGT

Lucia : Olga PERETYATKO/ Edgardo : Ismael JORDI

Enrico : Artur RUCINSKI/ Raimondo : TSUMAYA Hidekazu

Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus

Orchestra : Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Otello / Giuseppe VERDI

9, 12, 15, 19, 22 April 2017  Sung in Italian

Conductor : Paolo CARIGNANI

Production, Lighting Design : Mario MARTONE

Set Design : Margherita PALLI/ Costume Design : Ursula PATZAK

Otello : Carlo VENTRE/ Desdemona : Serena FARNOCCHIA

Iago : Vladimir STOYANOV

Cassio : YOGI Takumi/ Emilia : SHIMIZU Kasumi

Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus

Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Le Nozze di Figaro / Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

20, 23, 26, 29 April 2017  Sung in Italian

Conductor : Constantin TRINKS/ Production : Andreas HOMOKI

Set Design : Frank Philipp SCHLÖSSMANN

Costume Design : Mechthild SEIPEL

Lighting Design : Franck EVIN

Il Conte Almaviva : Pietro SPAGNOLI/ La Contessa : Aga MIKOLAJ

Figaro : Markus WERBA/ Susanna : NAKAMURA Eri

Cherubino : Jana KURUCOVÁ/ Marcellina : TAKEMOTO Setsuko

Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus

Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

"Der Ring des Nibelungen"

Siegfried / Richard WAGNER  [New Production]

1, 4, 7, 10, 14, 17 June 2017  Sung in German

Conductor : IIMORI Taijiro/ Production : Götz FRIEDRICH

Set and Costume Design : Gottfried PILZ

Lighting Design : Kimmo RUSKELA

Siegfried : Stephen GOULD/ Mime : Andreas CONRAD

Der Wanderer : Greer GRIMSLEY/ Alberich : Thomas GAZHELI

Fafner : Christian HÜBNER/ Erda : Christa MAYER

Brünnhilde : Ricarda MERBETH

Orchestra : Tokyo Symphony Orchestra


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BALLET

6 PRODUCTIONS including 5 FULL LENGTH NARRATIVE BALLETS


Romeo and Juliet

(from 2011 performance)

Romeo and Juliet

29, 30 October, 2, 3, 4, 5 November 2016

Music : Sergei PROKOFIEV/ Choreography : Sir Kenneth MACMILLAN

Set & Costume Designer : Paul ANDREWS/ Lighting Designer : SAWADA Yuji

Conductor : Martin YATES

Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Cinderella

17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25 December 2016

Music : Sergei PROKOFIEV/ Choreography: Sir Frederic ASHTON

Production Director and Supervisor : Wendy Ellis SOMES

Set & Costume Designer : David WALKER

Lighting Designer : SAWADA Yuji

Conductor : Martin YATES

Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Valentine's Ballet  [New Production]

17, 18 February 2017

Conductor : Paul MURPHY

Orchestra: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

< Theme and Variations >

Music : Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

Choreography : George BALANCHINE

Set Designer : MAKINO Ryozo

Costume Designer : OOI Masako

Lighting Designer : ISONO Mutsumi

< Don Quixote, Grand Pas de deux >

Music : Léon MINKUS

Choreography : Marius PETIPA / Alexandr GORSKY

< Black Swan, Pas de deux >

Music : Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

Choreography : Marius PETIPA

< Soirée de Ballet >

Music : Alexandr GLAZUNOV

Choreography : FUKAGAWA Hideo

< Tarantella >

Music : Louis Moreau GOTTSCHALK

Choreography : George BALANCHINE

< Troy Game >

Music : Bob DOWNES, and Selections from Batucada

Choregraphy : Robert NORTH

Coppélia

24, 25, 26 February 2017

Music : Music by Léo DELIBES

Choreography : Roland PETIT

Artistic Advisor / Staging : Luigi BONINO

Set & Costume Designer : Ezio FRIGERIO

Lighting Designer : Jean-Michel DÉSIRÉ

Conductor : Paul MURPHY

Orchestra : Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

The Sleeping Beauty

5, 6, 7, 12, 13 May 2017

Music:Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

Choreography (after Marius PETIPA) : Wayne EAGLING

Set Designer : KAWAGUCHI Naoji

Costume Designer : Toer van SCHAYK

Lighting Designer : SAWADA Yuji

Conductor : TBA

Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Giselle

24, 25, 30 June, 1 July 2017

Music : Adolphe ADAM

Choreography : Jean CORALLI, Jules PERROT, Marius PETIPA

Production : Konstantin SERGEYEV

Libretto :

Theophile GAUTIER, Vernoy de SAINT-GEORGES, Jean CORALLI

Set & Costume Designer : Vyacheslav OKUNEV

Lighting Designer : SAWADA Yuji

Conductor : Alexei BAKLAN

Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Swan Lake for Children  [New Production]

21, 22, 23, 24 July 2017

Music : Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

Choreography : Marius PETIPA / Lev IVANOV

Production : OHARA Noriko


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DANCE

4 PRODUCTIONS IN TOTAL

JAPON dance project 2016 (from 2014 performance)

JAPON dance project 2016

27, 28 August 2016

Choreography and Performance :

(Member of JAPON dance project)

ENDO Yasuyuki/ KOIKE Mimoza/

YANAGIMOTO Masahiro

AOKI Naoya/ KODAMA Hokuto

Special Appearance :

ONO Ayako/ YAHATA Akimitsu/

YONEZAWA Yui

(from The National Ballet of Japan)

SHIMAJI Yasutake/ OOMIYA Daisuke

Set Designer : HARIU Shizuka

Lighting Designer : KUSHIDA Akiyo

DANCE to the Future 2016 Autumn

18, 19, 20 November 2016

< NBJ Choreographic Group >

Choreography and Performance :

The National Ballet of Japan

Nakamura Megumi×The National Ballet of Japan

"Beethoven Sonata"

18, 19 March 2017

Music : Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Choreography : NAKAMURA Megumi

Cast : SHUTO Yasuyuki and

The National Ballet of Japan

Onodera Shuji Company Derashinera

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

3, 4, 9, 10, 11 June 2017

Direction and Choreography : ONODERA Shuji

Cast : Company Derashinera


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DRAMA

8 PRODUCTIONS IN TOTAL including A JAPAN PREMIERE

The Flick / Annie BAKER  [JAPAN PREMIERE]

October 2016

Translation in Japanese : HIRAKAWA Daisaku

Director : MAKINO Nozomi

Henry IV Part1 & Part2 / William SHAKESPEARE

November-December 2016

Translation in Japanese : ODASHIMA Yushi

Director : UYAMA Hitoshi

The Nest of the White Ants / MISHIMA Yukio

March 2017

Director : TANI Kenichi

The Fortress / ABE Kobo

April 2017

Director : KAMIMURA Satoshi

The Head of Mary: Nagasaki as Theophany / TANAKA Chikao

May 2017

Director : OGAWA Eriko

The Time of Your Life / William SAROYAN

June 2017

Translation in Japanese : URABE Chizuru

Director : MIYATA Keiko

Look Back in Anger / John OSBORNE

July 2017

Translation in Japanese : MIZUTANI Hachiya

Director : CHIBA Tetsuya


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