OPERA
Educational Programme for High School Students "Carmen"
SCHEDULE
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Fri, 9 July 2021, 13:00
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Sat, 10 July 2021, 13:00
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Tue, 13 July 2021, 13:00
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Wed, 14 July 2021, 13:00
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Presented by New National Theatre, Tokyo
Subsidised by
Corporate Sponsorship by

Educational Programme for High School Student is sponsored by the generous gift from Ms. TSUNEMATSU Midoriko.
Music by Georges BIZET
Opera in 3 Acts
Sung in French with English and Japanese surtitles
OPERA PALACE
[Notice] The performances on the 15th and 16th are cancelled. Please refer to this announcement.
9 Jul - 14 Jul, 2021 ( 4 Performances )
Running time is approx. 3 hours and 10 mins.
*We will suspend the ticket sales for all the performances at 18:00 on Sunday 11 July.Tickets for the performances which have not reached 50% of the auditorium capacity go on sale at 10:00 on Monday 12th July until they reach 50%.
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Day tickets will be sold only for performances which have not reached the auditorium capacity of 50%.
>Info (Updated on 9 July)
DETAILS
The Educational Programme for High School Students started in 1998 and held every year, especially to give young people the opportunity to experience world-class opera productions. Performances are presented as a full-length opera with live orchestral music just as same as all the other performances at the New National Theatre Tokyo.
The programme for 2021 is one of the most popular operas ever written "Carmen".
The drama unfolds around the free-spirited Carmen and the earnest Don José, who are fatefully bound in both love and death.
High school students will appreciate this opera with familiar music, including the lively prelude, "Habanera", which accompanies Carmen's appearance on stage, "Seguidilla", by which Carmen beguiles Don José, the spectacular "Les tringles des sistres tintatient (La Chanson Bohême)" , accompanied by flamenco dancing, and the showy "Votre toast, je peux vous le render (Toreador Aria)".
In this production, the Chorus of the New National Theatre, Tokyo is joined by the Biwako Hall Vocal Ensemble based in Otsu City, Shiga.
Furthermore, following the performances in Tokyo, the production will transfer to the Biwako Hall on 31 July (Sat) and 1 August (Sun).
NEWS & FEATURES
Performances of Educational Programme for High School Students "Carmen" on 15 and 16 July cancelled
Concerning the performances between 12 July and 31 August in line with a state of emergency declaration (Updated on 2 Aug.)
SYNOPSIS
In a square in Seville, the girls from the cigarette factory nearby come out for a break. One of them, the gypsy Carmen, flirts with the soldiers while she sings her habanera song. As she leaves, she throws a flower at corporal Don José. At that moment, Micaëla, José childhood sweetheart from his home village, brings a letter from his mother, putting him in a nostalgic mood. A fight erupts between Carmen and another girl, and Carmen is arrested. José is ordered to guard her, but seduced by her alluring words, he lets her go.
At Lillas Pastia's inn, Carmen waits for José who has just been released from prison. The bull-fighter Escamillo enters and is attracted by her but she refuses him. José arrives and Carmen starts to dance for him, but soon he is summoned back to the barracks. As he struggles between love and duty, Zuniga, his captain, turns up to see Carmen and José attacks him in a jealous rage. Zuniga is led away by Carmen's smuggler friends Dancairo and Remendado, and José has no choice but to join the smugglers' group.
The smugglers are in their mountain hideout. Carmen is tired of José and they quarrel. Reading her fortune in the cards with her friends, Carmen forsees death. Micaëla appears and begs José to come home as his mother is dying. He leaves, but warns Carmen he will return.
On the day of the bullfight in Seville, Carmen comes to see her lover Escamillo in the fight. Her friends warn her that José is looking for her and to be careful. The two meet outside the arena and José begs her to return to him, but she refuses: she was born free and free she will die. Enraged, José stabs Carmen to death as the cheers for Escamillo's triumph is heard.
CREATIVE TEAM & CAST
CREATIVE TEAM
Conductor: NUMAJIRI Ryusuke
Production: Àlex OLLÉ
Set Design: Alfons FLORES
Costume Design: Lluc CASTELLS
Lighting Design: Marco Filibeck
CAST
Carmen: YAMASHITA Makiko (9, 13, 15 July) / TANIGUCHI Mutsumi (10, 14, 16 July)
Don José: MURAKAMI Kota (9, 13, 15 July) / SHIMIZU Tetsutaro (10, 14, 16 July)
Escamillo: SUDO Shingo (9, 13, 15 July) / AOYAMA Takashi (10, 14, 16 July)
Micaëla: ISHIBASHI Emi (9, 13, 15 July) / YOSHIDA Tamayo (10, 14, 16 July)
Zuniga: OTSUKA Hiroaki (9, 13, 15 July) / MATSUMORI Osamu (10, 14, 16 July)
Moralès: HOSHINO Jun (9, 13, 15 July) / MORIGUCHI Kenji (10, 14, 16 July)
Le Dancaïre: NARITA Hiroyuki (9, 13, 15 July) / MUKAI Tadatoshi (10, 14, 16 July)
Le Remendado: MASUJIMA Tadahiro (9, 13, 15 July) / YAMAMOTO Yasuhiro (10, 14, 16 July)
Frasquita: HIRAI Kaori (9, 13, 15 July) / SATOH Michiko (10, 14, 16 July)
Mercédès: TAZIMA Yuka (9, 13, 15 July) / MORI Tokiko (10, 14, 16 July)
Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus, BIWAKO HALL Vocal Ensemble
Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
TICKETS
Booking Opens: Sun, 20 Jun 2021, 10:00am
Tickets are not available online.
Please inquire at the Box Office or by telephone.
<Day Ticket>
Under Age of 18 (Below High School Student Age): ¥2,200
Adult: ¥4,400
*Subject to availability. Only sold on the day of the performance. Limited to one ticket per person.
*For further informantion, please inquire at the Box Office or by telephone.
*Tickets prices are tax included.
*We will suspend the ticket sales for all the performances at 18:00 on Sunday 11 July.Tickets for the performances which have not reached 50% of the auditorium capacity go on sale at 10:00 on Monday 12th July until they reach 50%.
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Day tickets will be sold only for performances which have not reached the auditorium capacity of 50%.
>Info (Updated on 9 July)
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.
- In case you correspond to the conditions as mentioned on this page or if you choose not to attend the performance due to prevent infection, please be sure to call the New National Theatre, Tokyo Box Office in advance.
At that point, we will tell you the Refund method. - Users of wheelchairs are requested to contact the Box Office.