2016/2017 Season
Music by Georges BIZET
Opera in 3 Acts
Sung in French with Japanese surtitles
OPERA HOUSE
Running time is approx. 3 hours 35 mins including intervals
(Act I:55 mins, interval:25 mins, Act II:45 mins, interval:25 mins, Act III:65mins)
A highly popular opera composed by Georges BIZET.Set in Seville in Spain, this tragic opera of passionate love and jealousy unfolds around the fiery and unbridled tobacco factory worker Carmen, army corporal Don José, celebrated bullfighter Escamillo and José's fiancée Micaëla. Director UYAMA Hitoshi (former Artistic Director of Drama of the New National Theatre, Tokyo) admirably brings out the intense energy of contrast in this work: male and female, love and betrayal.
Auditory highlights include <Prélude> at the start, Carmen's entrance aria <Habanera>, Escamillo's <Votre Toast, Je Peux Vous le Rendre> and Don José's expression of love to Carmen <La Fleur que Tu M'avais Jetée>; the sheer number of these is one reason this work is so popular.
The cast includes Elena MAXIMOVA as Carmen and Massimo GIORDANO as Don José, having played the same role in May 2015 at the Staatsoper unter den Linden in Berlin. The appearance by conductor Yves ABEL follows on from "The Lady of the Camellias" (June 2015) and "Falstaff" (December 2015).
Staff
Conductor Yves ABEL 1
Production UYAMA Hitoshi 2
Set Design SHIMA Jiro
Costume Design OGATA Kikuko
Lighting Design SAWADA Yuji
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Carmen Elena MAXIMOVA 3
Don José Massimo GIORDANO 4
Escamillo Gábor BRETZ 5
Micaëla SUNAKAWA Ryoko 6
Zuniga TSUMAYA Hidekazu 7
Moralès HOSHINO Jun 8
Le Dancaïre KITAGAWA Tatsuhiko 9
Le Remendado MURAKAMI Kota 10
Frasquita HIBINO Miyuki 11
Mercédès KANEKO Mika 12
Chorus New National Theatre Chorus
Children Chorus TOKYO FM Boys Choir
Orchestra Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
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Booking Opens
Saturday, 17th September 2016, 10:00 am (GMT+8:00)
Tickets
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| ¥23,760 | ¥19,440 | ¥12,960 | ¥7,560 | ¥4,320 |
Tax included
The New National Theatre,
Tokyo Box Office:
+81-(0)3-5352-9999
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tickets are sold via the website of PIA Corporation.
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Please Note
- 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.
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