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
9 PRODUCTIONS IN TOTAL including 3 NEW PRODUCTIONS
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Die Walküre(Production:Finnish National OperaPhotographer:©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
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 2017Conductor : 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
DANCE
4 PRODUCTIONS IN TOTAL
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JAPON dance project 2016 (from 2014 performance) |
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
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