2007/2008 Season Opera Line-up

We are pleased to announce that New National Theatre,Tokyo 2007/2008 season Opera line-up was decided as follows. The 10 grand operas (including 5 new productions) will be staged during this season.


2007/2008 Season Opera Line-up
New National Theatre,Tokyo 10th Anniversary Festival
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg
[
New Production]
8, 11, 14, 17, 21, 24 October 2007 at Opera House
Music by : Richard Wagner
Conductor : Philippe Auguin
Production : Hans-Peter Lehmann
Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
<Main Cast>
Tannhäuser : Wolfgang Millgramm
Hermann : Hans Tchammer
Wolfram von Eschenbach : Martin Gantner
Elisabeth : Ricarda Merbeth
Venus : Linda Watson
Le Nozze di Figaro
18, 20, 23, 27 October 2007 at Opera House
Music by : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor : Numajiri Ryusuke
Production : Andreas Homoki
Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
<Main Cast>
Il Conte Almaviva : Detlef Roth
La Contessa : Maija Kovalevska
Figaro : Lorenzo Regazzo
Susannna : Laura Giordano
Cherubino : Hayashi Michiko
Carmen
[New Production]
25, 28 November 1, 4, 6, 9 December 2007 at Opera House
Music by : Georges Bizet
Conductor : Jacques Delacôte
Production : Uyama Hitoshi
Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
<Main Cast>
Carmen : Marina Domashenko
Don José : Zoran Todorovich
Escamillo : Alexander Vinogradov
Micaëla : Omura Hiromi
La Bohème
20, 22, 24, 26 January 2008 at Opera House
Music by : Giacomo Puccini
Conductor : Maurizio Barbacini
Production : Aguni Jun
Orchestra : Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
<Main Cast>
Mimi : María Bayo
Rodolfo : Sano Shigehiro
Marcello : Vittorio Vitelli
Musetta : Shioda Minako
Salome
3, 6, 9, 11 February 2008 at Opera House
Music by : Richard Strauss
Conductor : Thomas Rösner
Production : August Everding
Orchestra : Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
<Main Cast>
Salome : Natalia Ushakova
Herodes : Wolfgang Schmidt
Herodias : Koyama Yumi
Johanaan : Johen Wegner
The Black Ships -Yoake-
[New Production]
22, 23, 24 February 2008 at Opera House
Music by : Yamada Kosaku
Conductor : Wakasugi Hiroshi
Production : Kuriyama Masayoshi
Orchestra : Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
<Main Cast>
Okichi : Kamahora Yuko (22, 24) / Koshigoe Mami (23)
New National Theatre,Tokyo 10th Anniversary Special Performance
Aida
10, 16, 20, 23, 26, 29 March 2008 at Opera House
Music by : Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor : Riccardo Frizza
Production, Scenery &
Costume Design
: Franco Zeffirelli
Orchestra : Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
<Main Cast>
Aida : Norma Fantini
Radames : Marco Berti
Amneris : Marianna Tarasova
Amonasro : Horiuchi Yasuo
Ramfis : Arutjun Kotchinian
Der Freischütz
[New Production]
10, 13, 15, 18, 20 April 2008 at Opera House
Music by : Carl Maria von Weber
Conductor : Dan Ettinger
Production : Matthias von Stegmann
Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
<Main Cast>
Max : Alfons Eberz
Agathe : Edith Haller
Kaspar : Bjarni Thor Kristinsson
Ännchen : Lydia Teuscher
Die Soldaten
[New Production]
5, 7, 10 May 2008 at Opera House
Music by : Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Conductor : Wakasugi Hiroshi
Production : Willy Decker
Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
<Main Cast>
Marie : Victoria Loukianetz
Stolzius : Claudio Otelli
Desportes : Peter Hoare
La Traviata
5, 8, 11, 14, 17 June 2008 at Opera House
Music by : Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor : Kamioka Toshiyuki
Production : Luca Ronconi
Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
<Main Cast>
Violetta Valéry : Elena Mosuc
Alfredo Germont : Roberto Saccà
Giorgio Germont : Lado Ataneli

 


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