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Saegusa Shigeaki: CHUSHINGURA
Opera in 3 Acts (in Japanese with supertitles)
OPERA HOUSE |
<STAFF> |
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Libretto by |
: Shimada Masahiko |
Music by |
: Saegusa Shigeaki |
Artistic Director |
: Igarashi Kiyoshi |
Conductor |
: Ohtomo Naoto |
Production |
: Hirao Rikiya |
Production Director |
: Nakamura Takeshi |
Set Designer |
: Kobayashi Yujin |
Costume Designer |
: Watanabe Sonoko |
Lighting Designer |
: Nakayama Yasutaka |
Chorus Master |
: Misawa Hirofumi |
Choreographer |
: Kikuwaka Ryotaro |
Stage Manager |
: Sugahara Takahiro |
Assistant Stage Director |
: Sawada Yasuko |
Assistant Conductors |
: Oshima Yoshiaki / Kawahara Tetsuya / Miyasato Hideki |
Chorus |
: New National Theatre Chorus / Nikikai Chorus Group |
Orchestra |
: The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra |
Presented by |
: New National Theatre, Tokyo / Nikikai Opera Foundation |
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<CAST> |
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(25. 27 January) |
(26 January) |
Oishi Kuranosuke |
: Naono Tasuku |
/ Oshima Ikuo |
Ayaginu |
: Yamaguchi Michiko |
/ Koshigoe Mami |
Hashimoto Heizaemon |
: Kobayashi Kazuo |
/ Tanaka Makoto |
Otsuya |
: Shioda Minako |
/ Hayashi Masako |
Okano Kinemon |
: Inoue Ryoji |
/ Onuki Iwao |
Yugiri |
: Akiba Kyoko |
/ Nishi Keiko |
Hokan |
: Matsuura Ken |
/ Matsunaga Kunikazu |
Oishi Chikara |
: Mitsuyama Kazuyo |
/ Teshima Masako |
Kanzaki Yogoro |
: Katsube Futoru |
/ Ogawa Yuji |
Horibe Yasubei |
: Fukushima Akiya |
/ Kuroda Hiroshi |
Kira Kozukenosuke |
: Kurata Masayuki |
/ Kuroda Shinya |
Mistress |
: Mitsuhashi Chizuru |
/ Sugino Mami |
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<PERFORMANCES> |
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Jan. 2002 |
Fri. 25 |
Sat. 26 |
Sun. 27 |
3:00pm |
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6:30pm |
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Doors will be opened 60 minutes before the opening of the performance.
Small lectures on this opera will be presented 45 minutes before the curtain time. |
<ADVANCE TICKETS> |
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Available from Sunday 14 October, 2001 at 10:00 am.
To order tickets, please call +81-3-5352-9999 (10:00am-6:00pm).
Internet ticket reservation available through the following Websites.(Japanese only)
http://t.pia.co.jp/
http://eee.eplus.co.jp/ |
<TICKET PRICES> |
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Seat S |
Seat A |
Seat B |
Seat C |
Price |
¥12,600 |
¥9,450 |
¥6,300 |
¥3,150 |
Seat Z(¥1,500) is sold only on the performance day at the Box Office and a part of Ticket Pia Offices.
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"The age of peace turns into a disruption."
Chushingura is a piece by Saegusa Shigeaki, the outstanding composer in Japan.
The raid on Kira by 47 members of Ako's samurai can be traced back to the bloodshed that took place in the Matsu Corridor of the Edo Castle.
As the preparation for the raid progresses, they spend in various ways. In order to gather information for the raid, Okano Kin-emon keeps a relationship with Otsuya, the daughter of the master carpenter who has built Kira's mansion. And he is sure that their love will be over one day. Another of the samurai, Hashimoto Heizaemon, executes his love, Ayaginu, who begs her own death rejecting their break-up for the raid. He says, "You will be in my heart forever."
Chushinngura, the stories of the 47 samurai have been handed down from generation to generation. It took for 10 years to produce a Japanese opera, Chushingura with beautiful music, which focuses on the love stories of the two couples. Its premiere in 1997 was highly admired, and the opera's CDs have been released in 27 countries worldwide.
This time, Hirao Rikiya, who has succeeded in his stage direction at the Pit, directs Chushingura at the Opera House.
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