OPERA
Educational Programme for High School Students "Tosca"
SCHEDULE
Presented by New National Theatre Foundation
Supported by
Corporate Sponsorship by
Educational Programme for High School Students is sponsored by the generous gift from Ms. TSUNEMATSU Midoriko.
Music by Giacomo PUCCINI
Opera in 3 Acts
Sung in Italian with English and Japanese surtitles
OPERA PALACE
11 Jul - 18 Jul, 2024 ( 6 Performances )
Running time is approx. 2 hours and 55 mins including intervals.
DETAILS
The Educational Programme for High School Students started in 1998 and has been 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.
In 2024, we will present the opera Tosca, a renowned piece by Giacomo Puccini. The Italian-style production of Antonello Madau-Diaz convey the opera's very essence. Tosca has won great popularity among the works that form the repertoire of the New National Theatre Tokyo, for its grandiose staging and costumes, exuding the air of 19th century Rome, especially in the "Te Deum" which concludes Act 1. The whole work is scattered with popular arias such as Cavaradossi's delightful "Recondita armonia" ("Hidden harmony") at the beginning, Tosca's superb "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" ("I lived for art, I lived for love"), and Cavaradossi's farewell song, "E lucevan le stelle" ("And the stars shone"). The tension-filled depiction of the events of a single day and the entertaining quality of the performance would be a perfect vehicle for students and their first opera experience.
Inquiries about Schools Bookings
Please send email to opera09@nntt.jac.go.jp
SYNOPSIS
The setting is Rome, June 1800 - a period of power struggle between Republicans and Royalists. Republican Angelotti escapes prison and seeks help from his friend, the painter Cavaradossi who is painting in the church. Soon after, his lover and celebrated singer Tosca arrives. She is jealous of the woman represented in his painting, but they promise to meet later and she leaves. While Cavaradossi takes Angelotti to his villa, the police chief Scarpia arrives at the church in search for the fugitive. He tricks Tosca into leading the police to Cavaradossi and Angelotti.
Cavaradossi is captured and brought in to Scarpia. Tosca is also summoned to his study and when she hears Cavaradossi being tortured in the next room, she reveals Angelotti's hiding place. Tosca pleads for Cavaradossi and Scarpia agrees to release him if she would give herself to him. She reluctantly submits, but as he finishes writing her a safe-conduct pass, she stabs him to death.
At dawn the next morning, as Cavaradossi awaits execution at the Castel Sant'Angelo, Tosca appears and explains the mock execution and tells him how she killed Scarpia. When the squad fires, Cavaradossi falls. Tosca rushes to him but discovers that Scarpia had betrayed her, and before she is arrested for his murder, she leaps from the battlements.
CREATIVE TEAM & CAST
CREATIVE TEAM
Conductor: SONODA Ryuichiro
Production: Antonello MADAU-DIAZ
Set Design: KAWAGUCHI Naoji
Costume Design: Pier Luciano CAVALLOTTI
Lighting Design: OKUHATA Yasuo
CAST
Tosca: KINOSHITA Mihoko (11, 13, 17 July) / TAKEDA Michiko (12, 16, 18 July)
Cavaradossi: MURAKAMI Kota (11, 13, 17 July) / KUDO Kazuma (12, 16, 18 July)
Scarpia: KAMIE Hayato (11, 13, 17 July) / AOYAMA Takashi (12, 16, 18 July)
Angelotti: TSUMAYA Hidekazu (11, 13, 17 July) / KONO Teppei (12, 16, 18 July)
Spoletta: ITOGA Shuhei (11, 13, 17 July) / KISHINAMI Aigaku (12, 16, 18 July)
Sciarrone: OTSUKA Hiroaki (11, 13, 17 July) / TAKAHASHI Masanao (12, 16, 18 July)
Il Sagrestano: SHIMURA Fumihiko (11, 13, 17 July) / HATAKEYAMA Shigeru(12, 16, 18 July)
Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus
Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
TICKETS
Booking Opens: Sun, 9 Jun 2024, 10:00am
*Tickets for High School Student Age and Below.
*Limited to one ticket per person on the Web Box Office, and a maximum of 4 tickets per person at the Box Office or by telephone.
Booking for adults (over age of 19) Opens: Sun, 23 Jun 2024, 10:00am
*Limited to one ticket per person.
*Adults may purchase a maximum of 4 tickets at the Box Office or by telephone from June 9, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. when accompanied by at least 1 person of high school age and below.
*Tickets will be sold only for the performances with available seats.
*There are no discounts for this performance including the discount for Atre members.
*Tickets may not be changed or refunded except in the case of a cancelled performance.
*There may be occasions when we ask for an ID card to verify your age upon entry.
Please Note
- Latecomers will not be admitted to the auditorium unless there is a suitable break or interval.
- 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.
- Users of wheelchairs are requested to contact the Box Office.
- Please note that cast change may be required depending on the situation.