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OPERA

Super Angels

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  • Sat, 21 August 2021, 14:00
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  • Sun, 22 August 2021, 14:00
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New Production / Commissioned Work, World Premiere

New Opera with Children and an Android Super Angels
Music by SHIBUYA Keiichiro
Opera in 1 Act
Sung in Japanese with English and Japanese surtitles

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FY 2021 Japan Cultural Expo Project Presented and Co-presented by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, and Japan Arts Council

OPERA PALACE

21 Aug - 22 Aug, 2021 ( 2 Performances )

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Running time is 1 hours and 45 mins (without an interval).

* As all the performances have now reached 50% of the auditorium capacity, we shall only continue to sell tickets until 18:00 on Sunday 11 July. No tickets will be sold after this deadline.>Info (Updated on 9 July)

DETAILS

This special programme is for the enjoyment of children and grownups alike. Witness the birth of a new opera, performed by Alter 3, an android with artificial life who makes friends with children in the chorus as they sing and perform together. This opera brings together an android and children, professional opera singers and the New National Theatre Chorus, ballet dancers and orchestra and video and design, inviting us into a world of coexistence and technology.

Produced by Artistic Director of Opera ONO Kazushi with a libretto by novelist SHIMADA Masahiko, this work is composed by SHIBUYA Keiichiro, who was also involved in the Vocaloid Opera "THE END", starring Hatsune Miku, and the android opera "Scary Beauty". Conducted by ONO Kazushi, with direction supervised by OGAWA Eriko and featuring dance scenes with choreography by KAIKAWA Tetsuo of the National Ballet of Japan (supervised by OHARA Noriko), this production is a collaboration on an unprecedented scale that goes beyond the bounds of regular opera. As creative art director, the direction of the set, costumes, lighting and video are by the internationally successful HARIU Shizuka, who won a bronze medal at the World Stage Design Awards. She was the first Japanese designer to do so, and has also been selected twice for the UK Design for Performance, with works displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Completing the stage at the Opera Palace of the NNTT is a video collaboration with visual artist WEiRDCORE, known around the world for his evocative music videos.

All eyes are on Alter 3, the android who has earned a name for itself in Japan and overseas for its singing and conducting, as it will be showing another, yet unseen, aspect of itself at the Opera Palace. This is the birth of a very new style of opera infused with cutting edge technology and a message of future coexistence. We welcome you to the NNTT, as we show the world what the art of the stage can achieve.

This production will be streamed with English subtitles within the year.

More about Alter 3



[Covid-19] Our Prevention Plan and Request to Our Patrons

The performances will be taking place based on the policies of the Japanese government and the Tokyo Metropolitan government, along with the guideline for the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 infection by the Association of Public Theatres and Halls in Japan.

Please read this page before visiting the theatre.

NEWS & FEATURES

21ST August, 2021
Our new Opera "Super Angels" had its World Premiere
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2ND August, 2021
Concerning the performances between 12 July and 31 August in line with a state of emergency declaration (Updated on 2 Aug.)
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CREATIVE TEAM & CAST

CREATIVE TEAM

General Producer / Conductor: ONO Kazushi
Libretto: SHIMADA Masahiko
Music: SHIBUYA Keiichiro

Supervisor of Stage Direction: OGAWA Eriko
Creative Art Direction
(Set, Costume, Lighting Design and Video Direction): HARIU Shizuka
Video: WEiRDCORE

Choreographer: KAIKAWA Tetsuo
Choreographic Advisor: OHARA Noriko

Associate Stage Director: SAWADA Yasuko
Alter3 Programming: IMAI Shintaro

A collaborative project of Opera, Ballet & Dance and Drama divisions of the NNTT
Artistic Directors of New National Theatre, Tokyo
Opera: ONO Kazushi
Ballet & Dance: YOSHIDA Miyako
Drama: OGAWA Eriko

CAST

Golem3: Alter3 (Supported by mixi, Inc.)
Akira: FUJIKI Daichi
Erika: MIYAKE Rie
George: NARITA Hiroyuki
Luisi: KOIZUMI Eiko

  • Setagaya Junior Chorus
    The White Hands Chorus NIPPON

    New National Theatre Chorus

    WATANABE Takafumi, KIMURA Yuri, WATANABE Atau,
    NAKAJIMA Mizuki, WATANABE Takuro
    (The National Ballet of Japan)

  • Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • CREATIVE TEAM
  • CAST
  • ONO Kazushi
    General Producer / Conductor
    ONO Kazushi
    SHIMADA Masahiko
    Libretto
    SHIMADA Masahiko
    SHIBUYA Keiichiro
    Music
    SHIBUYA Keiichiro
    OGAWA Eriko
    Supervisor of Stage Direction
    OGAWA Eriko
    HARIU Shizuka
    Creative Art Director
    HARIU Shizuka

    Set, Costume, Lighting Design and Video Direction

    WEiRDCORE
    Video
    WEiRDCORE
    KAIKAWA Tetsuo
    Choreographer
    KAIKAWA Tetsuo
    IMAI Shintaro
    Alter 3 Programming
    IMAI Shintaro
  • Alter3(Supported by mixi, Inc.)
    Golem3
    Alter3(Supported by mixi, Inc.)
    FUJIKI Daichi
    Akira
    FUJIKI Daichi
    MIYAKE Rie
    Erika
    MIYAKE Rie
    NARITA Hiroyuki
    George
    NARITA Hiroyuki
    KOIZUMI Eiko
    Luisi
    KOIZUMI Eiko
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    Setagaya Junior Chorus
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    The White Hands Chorus NIPPON

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    ¥3,300(Ages 4-12)
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10:00 - 18:00

Booking Opens: Sat, 10 Jul 2021, 10:00am

*The tickets will be sold for all seats as normal (except the seats in rows 1-3 on the 1st Floor and the seats on the 4th Floor).

* As all the performances have now reached 50% of the auditorium capacity, we shall only continue to sell tickets until 18:00 on Sunday 11 July. No tickets will be sold after this deadline.>Info (Updated on 9 July)

Concession Prices

Under 15s discounts(for Age 13-15) are available online. Other types of discount tickets are not available online. Please inquire at the Box Office or by telephone.

*Please note that further changes or cancellations may be required as the coronavirus situation develops or to comply with requests from the Government.

Please Note

    • No admittance to children under 4. 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 following conditions.
      • When the performance is cancelled.
      • In case you correspond to the conditions as mentioned on this page
      • 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.

  • 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 change may be required depending on the situation.
  • Please note that this production will use a video containing much movements and a sequence of flickering images.
  • Speakers will be installed on the back wall of each floor and the seats in L1 and R1 on the second floor.
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