OPERA
Natasha
SCHEDULE
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Mon, 11 August 2025, 14:00
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Wed, 13 August 2025, 14:00
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Fri, 15 August 2025, 18:30
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Sun, 17 August 2025, 14:00
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2024/2025 SEASON
New Production / Commissioned Work, World Premiere
Music by Hosokawa Toshio
Opera in 2 Acts
Sung in Japanese, German, Ukrainian and other languages with English and Japanese surtitles
OPERA PALACE
Commissioned by New National Theatre Tokyo with the support of the
11 Aug - 17 Aug, 2025 ( 4 Performances )
Running time is approx. 2 hours and 10 mins including an interval.
Booking Opens: Sat, 17 May 2025, 10:00am
DETAILS
This new opera work by Hosokawa Toshio is staged as the third in Artistic Director Ono's series of commissioned works from Japanese composers. Hosokawa Toshio is a leading composer of contemporary music who has created commissioned work for the world's major orchestras, musical festivals and opera houses. Natasha is the first opera by Hosokawa to be staged at the NNTT since Matsukaze in 2018, as well as his second opera to be world premiered by Ono Kazushi, the first being Hanjo, commissioned by the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, in 2004.
Reconsidering the relationship between humans and nature, Hosokawa Toshio's music is a kind of prayer or requiem. Especially after the 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, his works address humans' repetitive history of destruction, drawing particular attention to nature's fearsomeness and to the human arrogance of forgetting the awe nature deserves. Globally acclaimed author Tawada Yoko, who writes novels in both Japanese and German that examine the world from a German base and highlight themes of national borders and languages, is working on the libretto for the new work. The story focuses on an encounter between Natasha, a wandering immigrant driven out of her hometown, and a young man named Arato, as well as a Mephistopheles-like figure who shows and leads the pair through various scenes of human hells. Multilingual with Japanese, German and Ukrainian languages, the opera compares and contrasts the origins of modern civilization and humanity. The groans of the endangered earth resonate deeply throughout this opera that depicts destruction and hope with multiculturalism as the key to finding a path forward.
SYNOPSIS
Moaning of the sea and the universe. Arato is searching for an entrance to the underworld. He visits a beach and meets a woman, Natasha, who has left her homeland. Although Arato and Natasha do not speak the same language, they are able to convey their names. Suddenly a strange figure appears, introducing himself as the grandson of Mephistopheles, and he guides Arato and Natasha through various hells of our time.
CREATIVE TEAM & CAST
CREATIVE TEAM
Libretto by TAWADA Yoko
Composed by HOSOKAWA Toshio
Conductor: ONO Kazushi
Production: Christian RÄTH
CAST
Natasha: Ilse EERENS
Arato: YAMASHITA Hiroka
Mephistos Enkel: Christian MIEDL
Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus
Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
- CREATIVE TEAM
- CAST
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Composed by
HOSOKAWA Toshio
Libretto byTAWADA Yoko
ConductorONO Kazushi
ProductionChristian RÄTH
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Natasha
Ilse EERENS
AratoYAMASHITA Hiroka
Mephistos EnkelChristian MIEDL
TICKETS
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S¥26,400
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A¥22,000
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B¥15,400
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C¥9,900
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D¥6,600
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Z¥1,650
Box Office: +81-(0)3-5352-9999
10:00 - 18:00
Booking Opens: Sat, 17 May 2025, 10:00am
Booking Z seats (Day tickets) 1,650 yen
- You are able to purchase Z seat tickets online from 10:00 am. Click "BUY TICKETS" next to "Z" under each performance information.
- There is a handling charge of ¥330 (incl. tax).
- Only when seats allocated as Z seats are still available at 11:00 am, you are able to purchase these tickets at the Box Office of the theatre.
- Note that all Z seats are on a first come, first served basis and will come with restricted views.
Concession Prices
Under 15s discounts and Z seats (Day Tickets) are available online. Other types of discount tickets are not available online. Please inquire at the Box Office or by telephone.
Please Note
- Latecomers will not be admitted to the auditorium unless there is a suitable break or interval.
- For Seat D of Opera performances, maximum of 2 tickets per person on the first day of ticket sale.
- 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.
- 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.
- Please note that cast or programme change may be required depending on the situation.