2002/2003 Season Schedule of Opera & Dance

2002/2003 season schedule (September 2002 through June 2003) of Opera and Dance productions of New National Theatre Tokyo was announced on Thursday, 27 September 2001. We will present 10 productions of opera, 6 productions of ballet and 4 productions of contemporary dance in 2002/2003 season. The details of each production are as follows. We hope you will enjoy our future productions.

2002/2003 Season Opera
5(Thu)-15(Sun)
September 2002
7 performances
LA TRAVIATA
Music by G. Verdi (1853)
Libretto by F.M. Piave
Conductor: Bruno Campanella
Stage Director: Luca Ronconi
<Double Cast>
Violetta: Andrea Rost, Inva Mula
Alfredo: Massimo Giordano, Valter Borin
Germont: Anthony Micheales-Moore
 
OPERA HOUSE
11(Fri)-20(Sun)
October 2002
6 performances
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Music by G. Donizetti (1835)
Libretto by S. Cammalano
Conductor: Paolo Olmi
Stage Director: V.G. Travaglini
<Double Cast>
Lucia: Cinzia Forte, Victoria Loukianetz
Edgardo: Fabio Sartori
Enrico: Roberto Frontali
 
OPERA HOUSE
31(Thu) October
-10(Sun) November
5 performances
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (première in October 1998)
Music by G. Rossini (1816)
Libretto by C. Sterbini
Conductor: Anton Guadagno
Stage Director: Aguni Jun
Original Production: P. Maestrini
<Double Cast>
Figaro: Roberto De Candia, Alessandoro Battiato
Il Conte'd Almaviva: Antonino Siragusa, Marco Ferrato
Rosina: Joyce DiDonato, Paola Antonucci
Bartolo: Bruno Praticó
 
OPERA HOUSE
21(Thu) November
-1(Sun) December
5 performances
IL TROVATORE (première in January 2001)
Music by G. Verdi (1853)
Libretto by S. Cammalano
Conductor: Giuliano Carella
Stage Director: Alberto Fassini
<Double Cast>
Leonora: Norma Fantini, Amarilli Nizza
Manrico: Lando Bartolini, Antonino Interisano
Azucena: Barbara Dever, Anna Maria Chiuri
 
OPERA HOUSE
12(Thu)-16(Mon)
December 2002
4 performances
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
Music by R. Strauss (1912)
Libretto by H.F. Hofmannsthal
Conductor: Kodama Hiroshi
Stage Director: Hans-Peter Lehmann
Co-Production with Nikikai Opera Foundation
<Double Cast>
Ariadne: Mariana Zvetkova
Zerbinetta: Tina Schlenker
 
OPERA HOUSE
17(Fri)-19(Sun)
January 2003
3 performances
HIKARI
Music by Ichiyanagi Toshi (2002)
Libretto by Takahashi Yasunari
The Original by Hino Keizo
Conductor: Wakasugi Hiroshi
Stage Director: Matsumoto Shigetaka
<Double Cast>
To be announced.
 
OPERA HOUSE
31(Fri) January
-9(Sun) Febraury 2003
4 performances
ARABELLA (première in September 1998)
Music by R. Strauss (1932)
Libretto by H.F. Hofmannsthal
Conductor: Wakasugi Hiroshi
Stage Director: Suzuki Keisuke
<Double Cast>
Arabella: Cynthia Makris
 
OPERA HOUSE
27(Thu) March
-6(Sun) April 2003
6 performances
SIEGFRIED
Music & Libretto by R. Wagner (1876)
Conductor: Jun Maerkl
Stage Director: Keith Warner
<Double Cast>
Siegfried: Christian Franz, John Treleaven
Wanderer: Jukka Rasilainen, Donny Ray Albert
Mime: Gerhard Siegel, Uwe Eikoetter
 
OPERA HOUSE
19(Sat)-29(Tue)
April 2003
6 performances
LA BOHEME
Music by G. Puccini (1896)
Libretto by G. Giacosa, L. Illica
Conductor: Antonio Pirolli
Stage Director: Aguni Jun
Co-production: Japan Opera Foudation
<Double Cast>
Mimi: Fiorenza Cedolins
Rodolfo: Aquiles Machado
Marcello: Alberto Gazale
 
OPERA HOUSE
10(Tue)-18(Wed)
June 2003
6 performances
OTELLO
Music by G. Verdi (1887)
Libretto by Arrigo Boito
Conductor: Kikuchi Yoshinori
Stage Director: Alberto Fassini
<Double Cast>
Otello: Kristjan Johannsson, Vladimir Bogachov
Desdemona: Lucia Mazzaria
Iago: Juan Pons
 
OPERA HOUSE

2002/2003 Season Ballet
LA CHAUVE-SOURIS (choreographed by Roland Petit) (Ballet in 2 Acts)
New Production
22(Sun)-29(Sun) September, 2002 / OPERA HOUSE / 6 Performances
J-Ballet - Création de la danse
15(Fri)-17(Sun) November, 2002 / PLAYHOUSE / 3 Performances
THE NUTCRACKER (Ballet in 3 Acts)
21(Sat)-26(Thu) December, 2002 / OPERA HOUSE / 6 Performances
LA BAYADÈRE (Ballet in 3 Acts)
21(Fri) February - 2(Sun) March, 2003 / OPERA HOUSE / 5 Performances
SWAN LAKE (Ballet in 3 Acts)
16(Fri)-25(Sun) May, 2003 / OPERA HOUSE / 6 Performances
LA SYLPHIDE (Ballet in 2 Acts)
PAQUITA - From Ball Scen      New Production
27(Fri) June - 2(Wed) July, 2003 / OPERA HOUSE / 5 Performances

2002/2003 Season Contemporary Dance
Dance Planet No.11 "The Sound of Future SYNC" by Koike Hiroshi
20(Fri)-22(Sun) September, 2002 / THE PIT / 4 Performances
Dance Theatron No.8 "Raj Packet II" by Teshigawara Saburo
14(Sat)-15(Sun) December, 2002 / PLAYHOUSE / 2 Performaces
Dance Planet No.12DANCE EXHIBITION 2003
Programme A: "the edge" by Aki Nagatani & Danscapes
"DOROBO" by PROJECT FUKUROW
"Figninto - the torn eye" by Dance Company Salia nï Seydou
Programme B: [to be announced] by Dance Theatre LUDENS
"4×4" by Performance Theatre MIZUTO ABURA
"Figninto - the torn eye" by Dance Company Salia nï Seydou
14(Fri)-17(Mon) March, 2003 / THE PIT / 4 Performances
Dance Theatron No.9 "EXPECT" by Kisanuki Kuniko
"Tokyo Dancehall" by Nakamura Shinji
21(Sat)-22(Sun) June, 2003 / PLAYHOUSE / 2 Performances


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