2015/16 Season at The New National Theatre, Tokyo

We are pleased to announce the 2015/16 season at The New National Theatre, Tokyo.

Further information updates will be posted on this website.


OPERA☞

BALLET☞

DANCE☞

DRAMA

OPERA

10 PRODUCTIONS IN TOTAL including 3 NEW PRODUCTIONS

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Lohengrin (from 2012 performance)

Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold) /Richard WAGNER  [New production]

1, 4, 7, 10, 14, 17 October 2015  Sung in German

Conductor : IIMORI Taijiro/Production : Götz FRIEDRICH

Scenery and Costume Design : Gottfried PILZ/Lighting Design : Kimmo RUSKELA

Wotan : Jukka RASILAINEN/Donner : KURODA Hiroshi/Froh : KATAYOSE Junya

Loge : Stephen GOULD

Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra


Tosca /Giacomo PUCCINI
17, 20, 23, 26, 29 November 2015  Sung in Italian

Conductor : Eivind Gullberg JENSEN/Production : Antonello Madau DIAZ

Scenery Design : KAWAGUCHI Naoji/Costume Design : Pier Luciano CAVALLOTTI

Lighting Design : OKUHATA Yasuo

Tosca : Maria José SIRI/Cavaradossi : Jorge de LEON/Scarpia : Roberto FRONTALI

Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus/Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Falstaff /Giuseppe VERDI
3, 6, 9, 12 December 2015  Sung in Italian

Conductor : Yves ABEL/ Production : Jonathan MILLER

Scenery and Costume Design : Isabella BYWATER/ Lighting Design : Peter PETSCHNIG

Sir John Falstaff : George GAGNIDZE/ Ford : Massimo CAVALLETTI

Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus/ Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) /Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
24, 26, 28, 30 January 2016  Sung in German

Conductor : Roberto PATERNOSTRO/Production : Michael HAMPE

Set, Projection and Costume Design : Henning von GIERKE

Lighting Design : TAKAZAWA Tatsuo

Sarastro : TSUMAYA Hidekazu/ Tamino : SUZUKI Jun/ Pamina : MASUDA Noriko

Papagena : WASHIO Mai/ Papageno : HAGIWARA Jun/ Monostatos : HARE Masahiko

Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus/Orchestra : Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Jenufa /Leos JANACEK [New production]
28 February, 2, 5, 8, 11 March 2016  Sung in Czech

Conductor : Tomáš HANUS/Production : Christof LOY

Stařenka Buryjovka : Hanna SCHWARZ/ Laca Klemeň : Will HARTMANN

Števa Buryja : Gianluca ZAMPIERI/ Kostelnička Buryjovka : Jennifer LARMORE

Jenůfa : Michaela KAUNE

Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus/ Orchestra : Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Salome /Richard STRAUSS
6, 9, 12, 15 March 2016  Sung in German

Conductor : Dan ETTINGER/ Production : August EVERDING

Scenery and Costume Design : Jörg ZIMMERMANN

Salome : Camilla NYLUND/ Herodes : Christian FRANZ/Herodias : Rosalind PLOWRIGHT

Johanaan : Greer GRIMSLEY

Orchestra : Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Werther /Jules MASSENET [New production]
3, 6, 9, 13, 16 April 2016  Sung in French

Conductor : Michel PLASSON/ Production : Nicolas JOEL

Werther : Marcello GIORDANI/ Charlotte : Elena MAXIMOVA/ Albert : Adrian ERÖD

Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus/ Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Andrea Chénier /Umberto GIORDANO
14, 17, 20, 23 April 2016  Sung in Italian

Conductor : Jader BIGNAMINI/ Production : Philippe ARLAUD

Scenery Design and Lighting Design : Philippe ARLAUD/Costume Design : Andrea UHMANN

Andrea Chénier : Carlo VENTRE/ Maddalena di Coigny : Maria José SIRI

Carlo Gérard : Vittorio VITELLI/ Roucher : KAMIE Hayato

Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus/ Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Lohengrin /Richard WAGNER
23, 26, 29 May, 1, 4 June 2016  Sung in German

Conductor : IIMORI Taijiro/Production : Matthias von STEGMANN

Scenery Design, Media-Light-Sculpture and Costume Design : rosalie

Lighting Design : Guido PETZOLD

Heinrich der Vogler : Andreas BAUER/ Lohengrin : Klaus Florian VOGT

Elsa von Brabant : Manuera UHL/ Friedlich von Telramund : Jürgen LINN/Ortrud : Petra LANG

Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus/ Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Yuzuru (Twilight Crane) /DAN Ikuma
1, 2, 3 July 2016  Sung in Japanese

Libretto : KINOSHITA Junji

Conductor : OTOMO Naoto/ Production : KURIYAMA Tamiya

Scenery Design : HORIO Yukio/ Costume Design : UEDA Itsuko

Lighting Design : KATSUSHIBA Jiro

Tsu : SAWAHATA Emi(1, 3), KOSHIGOE Mami(2)

Yohyo : OHARA Keiroh(1, 3), SUZUKI Jun(2)

Unzu : TANI Tomohiro(1, 3), YOSHIKAWA Kenichi(2)

Sodo : MINE Shigeki(1, 3), KUBO Kazunori(2)

Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra


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BALLET

6 PRODUCTIONS including 5 full length narrative ballets & 7 one act ballets

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Aladdin (from 2011 performance)

Tales of Hoffmann [New production]
30, 31 October, 1, 3 November 2015

Music : Jacques OFFENBACH/Arranged and Orchestrated : John LANCHBERY

Choreography : Peter DARRELL/ Scenery : KAWAGUCHI Naoji

Costumes : MAEDA Ayako/ Lighting : SAWADA Yuji

Conductor : Paul MURPHY/ Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra


The Nutcracker

19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27 December 2015

Music : Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY/ Libretto: Marius PETIPA

Choreography : Lev IVANOV/ Production : MAKI Asami

Designs : Olaf ZOMBECK/ Lighting : TATSUTA Yuji

Conductor : Alexei BAKLAN/ Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra


New Year Ballet :

Serenade / Pas de deux Selection / Raymonda Act 3
9, 10 January 2016

<Serenade>

Music : Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

Choreography : George BALANCHINE

< Folia>

Music : Arcangelo CORELLI

Choreography : KAIKAWA Tetsuo

< Les Flammes de Paris, Pas de deux >

Music : Boris ASAFIEV

Choreography : Vassily VAINONEN

< Le Corsaire, Pas de deux >

Music : Riccardo DRIGO

Choreography : Marius PETIPA

< Tarantella >

Music : Louis Moreau GOTTSCHALK

Choreography : George BALANCHINE

< Raymonda Act 3 >

Music : Alexander GLAZUNOV

Choregraphy : Marius PETIPA/ Production : MAKI Asami/ Designs : Luisa SPINATELLI


La Sylphide / Men Y Men
6, 7, 11 February 2016

<La Sylphide>

Music : Herman LOVENSKJOLD

Choreography : August BOURNONVILLE/ Staging : OHARA Noriko

<Men Y Men> [Japan Premiere]

Music:Sergei RACHMANINOV/ Orchestration : Gavin SUTHERLAND

Choreography : Wayne EAGLING

Conductor : Gavin SUTHERLAND/ Orchestra : Tokyo Symphony Orchestra


Don Quixote

3, 4, 5, 7, 8 May 2016

Music : Léon MINKUS

Choreography : Marius PETIPA, Alexandr GORSKY/ Production : Alexei FADEECHEV

Designs : Vyacheslav OKUNEV/ Lighting : KAJI Kozo

Conductor : Martin YATES/ Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra


Aladdin

11, 12, 17, 18, 19 June 2016

Music : Carl DAVIS/ Choreography : David BINTLEY

Scenery : Dick BIRD/ Costumes : Sue BLANE/ Lighting : Mark JONATHAN

Conductor : Paul MURPHY/ Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra


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DANCE

4 PRODUCTIONS including A WORLD PREMIERE

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Chikamatsu Dance "Egoism"
(from 2011 performance)

Chikamatsu Dance
< Egoism > 9, 10, 11 October 2015
Choreography : KAGAYA Kaori


< Women of Chikamatsu > 16, 17, 18 October 2015
Choreography : RAN Konomi, SAKAI Hana, AZUMA Tokuho


Dance to the Future 2016 by National Ballet of Japan
12, 13 March 2016
< NBJ Choreographic Group >
Choreography : Dancers of the National Ballet of Japan


< Escaping the Weight of Darkness >

Choreography : Jessica LANG


Hybrid-Rhythm & Dance / HIRAYAMA Motoko [New production]
25, 26, 27 March 2016
Choreography : HIRAYAMA Motoko


Chroma /TAKATANI Shiro (Dumb Type)
21, 22 May 2016
Choreography : TAKATANI Shiro


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DRAMA

8 PRODUCTIONS IN TOTAL including 4 NEW PRODUCTIONS and A NEW WRITING

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Yakiniku Dragon (from 2008 performance)

Passion /Stephen SONDHEIM [New production]
October-November 2015

Book : James LAPINE/ Lyrics Translation in Japanese : RYU Machiko

Text Translation in Japanese : URABE Chizuru

Director : MIYATA Keiko


The Cherry Orchard /Anton CHEKHOV [New production]

November 2015

Translation in Japanese : JINZAI Kiyoshi

Director : UYAMA Hitoshi


Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo /Rajiv JOSEPH [New production]

December 2015

Translation in Japanese : HIRAKAWA Daisaku

Director : NAKATSURU Akihito


Yakiniku Dragon /CHONG Wishing

March 2016

Director : CHONG Wishing


Tatoeba Nonisaku Hananoyouni (Like Wild Flowers) /CHONG Wishing

April 2016

Director : SUZUKI Yumi


Parmaya Sumire (Sumire's Hair Salon) /CHONG Wishing

May 2016

Director : CHONG Wishing


'Tis Pity She's a Whore /John FORD [New production]

June 2016

Translation in Japanese : ODASHIIMA Yushi

Director : KURIYAMA Tamiya


Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter) [New writing]

(provisional title)
July 2016

Director : MIYATA Keiko


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