October 10(Fri), 12(Sun),
14(Tue), 17(Fri), 19(Sun),
21(Tue), 2003
OPERA HOUSE
6 performances |
| LE NOZZE DI FIGARO |
| Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) |
| Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte |
| Conductor: Ulf Schirmer |
| Production: Andreas Homoki |
| Scenery Design: Frank Philipp Schlössmann |
| Costume Design: Mechthild Seipel |
| <CAST> |
| Il Conte Almaviva: Christopher Robertson |
| La Contessa Almaviva: Janice Watson |
| Figaro: Peteris Eglitis |
| Susanna: Nakajima Akiko |
| Cherubino: Elena Zhidkova |
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November 9(Sun), 11(Tue),
14(Fri), 16(Sun), 2003
OPERA HOUSE
4 performances |
| TOSCA (première in September 2000) |
| Music by Giacomo Puccini (1900) |
| Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa / Luigi Illica |
| Conductor: Gérard Korsten |
| Production: Antonello Madau Diaz |
| <CAST> |
| Tosca: Elizabeth Whitehouse |
| Cavaradossi: Carl Tanner |
| Scarpia: Sergei Leiferkus |
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November 28(Fri), 30(Sun),
December 3(Wed), 5(Fri),
7(Sun), 9(Tue), 2003
OPERA HOUSE
6 performances |
| LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN |
| Music by Jacques Offenbach (1881) |
| Libretto by Jules Barbier / Michel Carré |
| Conductor: Ban Tetsuro |
| Production / Scenery Design: Philippe Arlaud |
| Costume Design: Andrea Uhmann |
| <CAST> |
| Hoffmann: Janez Lotric |
| Giulietta: Sato Shinobu |
| Antonia: Annette Dasch |
| Lindorf/Coppélius/Dappertutto/Dr.Miracle: Gordon Hawkins |
| Nicklausse/La Muse: Elina Garanca |
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January 30(Fri), 31(Sat),
February 1(Sun), 2004
OPERA HOUSE
3 performances |
| NARUKAMI |
| Music and Libretto by Mamiya Michio (1974) |
| SHUNKAN |
| Music by Shimizu Osamu (1964)
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| Libretto by Okamoto Kazuhiko
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| Conductor: Akiyama Kazuyoshi |
| co-production with Nikikai Opera Foundation |
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February 18(Wed),
19(Thu), 20(Fri), 21(Sat),
22(Sun), 2004
OPERA HOUSE
5 performances |
| TALES FROM SPAIN |
| Conductor: Marc Piollet |
| Production / Choreograph: Nicolas Musin |
| Scenery and Costume Design: Davide Pizzigoni |
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I. Opera: L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE
Music by Maurice Ravel (1911)
Libretto by Franc Nohain
<CAST>
Concepción: Graciella Araya
Torquemada: Heinz Zednik
Gonzalve: John Nuzzo
Ramiro: Claudio Otelli
II. Ballet: DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉ
Music by Maurice Ravel (1912)
New National Theatre Ballet, Tokyo
III. Ballet: UNE BARQUE SUR L'OCEAN
Music by Maurice Ravel (1906)
New National Theatre Ballet, Tokyo
IV. Ballet: BOLERO
Music by Maurice Ravel (1928)
New National Theatre Ballet, Tokyo
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February 27(Fri),
March 1(Mon), 4(Thu),
7(Sun), 2004
OPERA HOUSE
4 performances |
| SALOME (première in April 2000) |
| Music by Richard Strauss (1905) |
| Libretto by Hedwig Lachmann |
| Conductor: Friedrich Haider |
| Original Production: August Everding |
| <CAST> |
| Salome: Eva Johansson |
| Herodes: Heinz Zednik |
| Jochanaan: Alan Titus |
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March 26(Fri), 27(Sat),
29(Mon), 31(Wed),
April 1(Thu), 4(Sun), 2004
OPERA HOUSE
6 performances |
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
The Third Evening of "Der Ring des Nibelungen" |
| Music and Libretto by Richard Wagner (1876) |
| Conductor: Jun Märkl |
| Production: Keith Warner |
| Scenery and Costume Design: David Fielding |
| Lighting Design: Wolfgang Göbbel |
| <CAST> |
| Siegfried: Christian Franz / John Treleaven |
| Brünnhilde: Gabriele Schnaut |
| Hagen: Hasegawa Akira |
| Waltraute: Fujimura Mihoko |
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May 13(Thu), 16(Sun),
19(Wed), 22(Sat),
25(Tue), 28(Fri) 2004
OPERA HOUSE
6 performances |
| MACBETH |
| Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1847) |
| Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave / Andrea Maffei |
| Conductor: Miguel Gomez-Martinez |
| Production: Noda Hideki |
| <CAST> |
| Macbeth: Wolfgang Brendel |
| Lady Macbeth: Georgina Lukács |
| Macduff: Miroslav Dvorsky |
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June 25(Fri), 27(Sun),
29(Tue),
July 1(Thu), 3(Sat), 2004
OPERA HOUSE
5 performances |
| FALSTAFF |
| Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1893) |
| Libretto by Arrigo Boito |
| Conductor: Dan Ettinger |
| Production: Jonathan Miller |
| Scenery and Costume Design: Isabella Bywater |
| <CAST> |
| Sir John Falstaff: Bernd Weikl |
| Ford: Vladimir Chernov |
| Alice: Susan Anthony |
| Mrs. Quickly: Alexandrina Milcheva |
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June 28(Mon)
July 2(Fri), 5(Mon),
8(Thu), 11(Sun), 2004
OPERA HOUSE
5 performances |
| CARMEN (première in June 2002) |
| Music by Georges Bizet (1875) |
| Libretto by Henri Meilhac / Ludovic Halévy |
| Conductor: Numajiri Ryusuke |
| Production: Maurizio Di Mattia |
| <CAST> |
| Carmen: Nancy Fabiola Herrera |
| Don José: Hugh Smith |
| Escamillo: Chester Patton |
| Micaëla: Omura Hiromi |
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