Summer Festival Opera 2019-20 Japan↔Tokyo↔World
"Turandot" and "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" Joint Press Conference


On the 21st of December, the New National Theatre Tokyo and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan have announced co- production opera "TURANDOT" in 2019 and "DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG" in 2020 as part of a project called "Summer Festival Opera 2019-20 Japan↔Tokyo↔World".

These new productions will be presented at other prominent theatres in Japan.
It has already been decided that "Turandot" will be staged at Biwako Hall Center for the Perfoming Arts in Shiga and Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater "Hitaru" in Hokkaido after its premiere in Tokyo (at The New National Theatre Tokyo and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan) .

Details of this project
are as below.



■Summer Festival Opera 2019-20 Japan↔Tokyo↔World
The Summer Festival Opera 2019-20 Japan↔Tokyo↔World is a 2-year international opera project developed by the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan and the New National Theatre, Tokyo, in cooperation with the leading theaters in the regions, in line with the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.
In 2019, we will present TURANDOT(Puccini) which is set in Asia (China). It will be directed by Àlex OLLÉ, the artistic director of La Fura dels Baus, the theatre company that directed the opening ceremony of the Barcelona Olympics. The project was conceived by Maestro ONO Kazushi, musical director of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. It is also a big topic that this orchestra will visit Japan for the first time in 24 years and play in the pit.
In 2020, We will venture to present DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG (Wagner), a grand opera fit to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Summer Festival Opera 2019-20 Japan↔Tokyo↔World
Puccini
Turandot

Date : 18, 20, 21, 22 July, 2019
Venue: Opera House

Conductor:  ONO Kazushi

Production:  Àlex OLLÉ
Set Design:  Alfons FLORES
Costume Design:  Lluc CASTELLS
Lighting Design:   Urs SCHÖNEBAUM
Associate Director:   Susana GÓMEZ

Turandot:  Irene THEORIN / Jennifer WILSON
Calaf:    Simon WILSON / TBA
Liù:     NAKAMURA Eri / SUNAKAWA Ryoko
Timur:    Riccardo ZANELLATO / TSUYAMA Hidekazu
L'imperatore:  Altoum MOCHIKI Hiroshi
Ping:    MASU Takashi / MORIGUCHI Kenji
Pang:    Yogi Takumi / AKITANI Naoyuki
Pong:    MURAKAMI Toshiaki / ITOGA Shuhei
Un mandarino:   TOYOSHIMA Yuichi / NARITA Makoto

Chorus:    New National Theatre Tokyo, Fujiwara Opera Chorus Group
Orchestra:   Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

Produced by New National Theatre, Tokyo / Tokyo Bunka Kaikan



Summer Festival Opera 2019-20 Japan↔Tokyo↔World
Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Date: 21, 24, 27, 30 June, 2020
Venue: Opera House

Conductor:    ONO Kazushi

Hans Sachs:    Thomas Johannes MAYER
Veit Pogner:    Kwangchul YOUN
Sixtus Beckmesser:   Adrian ERÖD
Fritz Kothner:   AOYAMA Takashi
Walther von Stolzing:  Tomislav MUZEK
David:    MOCHIZUKI Tetsuya
Eva:     HAYASHI Masako


Chorus:   New National Theatre Chorus, Nikikai Chorus Group
Orchestra:   Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Produced by New National Theatre, Tokyo / Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

2018/2019 Season Line-up including "TURANDOT" will be announced on the 11st of January 2018.

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(from the left)
HATAKEYAMA Shigefusa, Executive Director, Sapporo Cultural Arts Foundation
YAMANAKA Takashi, President/Chief Executive Director, BIWAKO HALL FOUNDATION
MURATA Naoki, Executive Director, New National Theatre Foundation
ONO Kazushi, General Producer/Conductor/Next Artistic Director of Opera of the New National Theatre, Tokyo
HIGUCHI Kei, Managing Director of Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
HORIGOSHI Yaeko, Senior Director for Culture Coordination, Bureau of Citizens and Cultural Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government