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2014/2015 Season
New production


Music by Giacomo PUCCINI
Opera in 4 act
Sung in Italian with Japanese surtitles
Opera Palace

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This is PUCCINI's third opera, and which made him famous overnight. It is a story about a free willed and beautiful maiden, Manon, and how the Chevalier des Grieux's pure love for her ruins his life. Flowing throughout the whole opera is a music of sweetness and beauty.

This production was cancelled in March 2011 due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, and after four years we are finally able to present it. The main soloists remain unchanged, and include the Bulgarian soprano, Svetla VASSILEVA, as Manon. Pier Giorgio MORANDI, active with various prominent opera houses in Europe, will conduct. The staging is by Gilbert DEFLO, who will also be presenting the new production of Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci in May 2014.

Interview to Svetla VASSILEVA

Message from Gustavo PORTA and Dalibor JENIS

Staff

Conductor Pier Giorgio MORANDI 1

Production Gilbert DEFLO 2


Set & Costume Design William ORLANDI

Lighting Design Roberto VENTURI


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Cast

Manon Lescaut Svetla VASSILEVA 3

Des Grieux Gustavo PORTA 4

Lescaut Dalibor JENIS 5

Geronte TSUMAYA Hidekazu 6

Edmondo MOCHIZUKI Tetsuya 7

L'oste SHIKANO Yoshiyuki

Il maestro di ballo HAYAMA Kosei

Un musico ISAKA Megumi

Sergente degli arcieri OTSUKA Hiroaki

Un lampionaio MATSUURA Ken

Un comandante di marina MORIGUCHI Kenji


Chorus New National Theatre Chorus

Orchestra Tokyo Symphony Orchestra


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Schedule

March 2015

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7:00 PM

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7:00 PM

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2:00 PM

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2:00 PM

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Booking Opens

Saturday, 25th October 2014

Tickets

SABCD
¥27,000 ¥21,600 ¥15,120 ¥8,640 ¥5,400

Tax included

The New National Theatre,
Tokyo Box Office:

+81-(0)3-5352-9999

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Ticket are sold via the website of PIA Corporation.


Concession Prices (students, juniors, seniors, groups)
Discount tickets are not available online. Please inquire at the Box Office or by telephone. (+81-(0)3-5352-9999 10:00am - 6:00pm)

Booking Z seats (1,620 yen)
Z seats are available at the Box Office from 10:00 a.m. on the day of the performance. One ticket is available per person. Telephone bookings are not accepted.


Please read

  • No admittance to pre-school children. Each child older than this age requires a ticket for entry, even when accompanied by a parent or guardian.
  • Tickets may not be changed or refunded except in the case of a cancelled performance.
  • For opera productions, D seat tickets are limited to a maximum of two per person on the first day of the advance ticket sales.
  • A special discount price is available for disabled guests. Please inquire at the Box Office for details.
  • Users of wheelchairs are requested to contact the Box Office before coming to the theatre.
  • Preferred seats may not be available on the first day of ticket sales or times when the operators are busy.