Opera
Ballet & Dance
Drama

New Production

2003. 10
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Opera in 4Acts ( Sung in Italian with Japanese Supertitles )

OPERA HOUSE


<STAFF>

Artistic Director

Thomas Novohradsky

Conductor

Ulf Schirmer

Production

Andreas Homoki

Scenery Design

Frank Philipp Schlössmann

Costume Design

Mechthild Seipel

Lighting Designer

Frank Evin

Chorus Master

Misawa Hirofumi

Stage Manager

Sugahara Takahiro

Chorus

New National Theatre Chorus

Orchestra

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Presentsd by

New National Theatre,Tokyo


<CAST>

Il Conte Almaviva

Christopher Robertson

La Contessa Almaviva

Janice Watson

Figaro

Peteris Eglitis

Susanna

Nakajima Akiko

Cherubino

Elena Zhidkova

Marchellina

Koyama Yumi

Bartolo

Xiaoliang Li

Basilio

Ono Mitsuhiko

Don Curzio

Fujiki Daichi

Antonio

Hare Masahiko

Barbarina

Nakamura Eri


<PERFORMANCES>

October
2003

Friday
10

Sunday
12

Tuesday
14

Friday
17

Sunday
19

Tuesday
21

3:00PM

 

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X

 

6:30PM

X

 

X

X

 

X

Doors will open 60 minutes before the opening of performance.


<ADVANCE TICKETS>
Available from Sunday 27 July, 2003 at 10:00 am.
To order tickets, please call +81-3-5352-9999(10:00am.-6:00pm.).
Internet ticket reservation available through the following Website.(Japanease only)
http://t.pia.co.jp/
http://eee.eplus.co.jp


<TICKET PRICE>

Type

Seat S

Seat A

Seat B

Seat C

Seat D

Seat E

Price

¥21,000

¥17,850

¥13,650

¥10,500

¥6,300

¥3,150

Seat Z(¥ 1,500) is sold only on the performance day at the Box Office and exclusive Ticket Pia Offices.

 LE NOZZE DI FIGAROThis popular opera, adored by people throughout the
world, will soon be performed on the stage of the NNTT. The performance will mark the beginning of an operatic journey that begins with Mozart travels through to the twentieth century
.

The 2003/2004 season, which welcomes Thomas Novohradsky from Vienna as Artistic Director, features the theme of “the fate of men.” In this journey, men experience everyday life, sometimes have their mind and soul agitated, travel through mysterious dream worlds, and by the final performance of the season, come to take a philosophic view of their lives through various experiences. We hope you look forward to the results of the diverse creative activities of the staff members and cast of singers involved in the production of operas, who interpret and depict “the fate of men” from their own unique perspectives,.
The season begins with Mozart’s masterpiece Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro). Since its Viennese premiere in 1786, this most popular of popular operas has continued to be performed as an important part of the repertoire of opera houses throughout the world, and its performance is always eagerly awaited by audiences. [In the opera,] the Count schemes to restore the privileges of men ; the Countess laments his fickleness and looks back nostalgically to a happier past; Cherubino is infatuated like an adolescent boy; Susanna is jaunty and witty; and Figaro goes through all the feelings of joy and anger among these people. Characters of various classes appear on the stage, one after another, and their dizzy lives are vividly portrayed as events in a “mad day.” Beginning with a lilting overture, the opera is filled with outstanding arias, such as “Voi che sapete (You who know)” by Cherubino and “Non piu andrai (No longer will you go)” by Figaro, as well as “Porgi amor…(Grant, love…)” and “Dove sono i bei momenti (Where are the golden moments)” by the Countess. And the ensemble, the best part of the work, adorns the finale of the last act. There is really no end to the list of this opera’s highlights.
The collaboration between Andreas Homoki, a leading contemporary opera director, and Ulf Schirmer, a conductor who has deep insights into the score, entices the audience into the world of Mozart, which is filled with wonder and discoveries. The fresh, new cast of singers carefully devises the dramatic development through the ensembles, capturing the hearts of the audience. Please enjoy to the fullest this operatic journey that begins with Mozart.


<Synopsis>
Formerly a barber and now a valet to Count Almaviva, Figaro is about to marry the Countess’s maid Susanna. Although the Count had abandoned his feudal right to sleep with her on her first night of marriage, he intends to restore it in order to seduce her. The Countess, meanwhile, laments that her husband’s love for her is fading. She conspires with Figaro and Susanna to outwit the Count and attempts to lure him away by disguising the fickle page Cherubino as a woman…


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