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The New National Theatre Tokyo The Pit Opera #12
THE
PIT OPERA One Two Three
Il Tabarro
(Sung in Italian with Japanese Supertitles)
THE PIT |
| <STAFF> |
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| Conductor |
: Kanda Keiichi |
| Production |
: Aguni Jun |
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| Music by |
: Giacomo Pucchini |
| Libretto by |
: Giuseppe Adami |
| Scenery |
: Yokota Atsumi |
| Costume Designer |
: Masuda Emi |
| Lighting Designer |
: Oshima Hiroo |
| Stage Manager |
: Onita Masahiko |
| Chorus |
: New National Theatre Chorus |
| Orchestra |
: New National Theatre The Pit Opera Ensemble |
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| <CAST> |
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| February 2004 |
Thursday
5
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Friday
6 |
Saturday
7 |
Sunday
8 |
| Michele |
Okubo Makoto |
X |
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| Shibayama Masanobu |
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X |
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X |
| Giorgetta |
Kinoshita Mihoko |
X |
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X |
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| Takahashi Tomoko |
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X |
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X |
| Luigi |
Mizuguchi Satoshi |
X |
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X |
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| Higuchi Tatsuya |
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X |
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X |
| Il Talpa |
Mine Shigeki |
X |
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X |
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| Shimizu Hiroki |
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X |
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| La Frugola |
Kano Satomi |
X |
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X |
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| Mitsuhashi Chizuru |
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X |
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X |
| Il Tinca |
Kamoshita Minoru |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Il Venditore di Canzonette |
Matsunaga Kunikazu |
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X |
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| <PERFORMANCES> |
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| February 2004 |
Thursday 5 |
Friday 6 |
Saturday 7 |
Sunday 8 |
| 3:00pm |
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| 7:00pm |
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| <ADVANCE TICKETS> |
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Available from Sunday 21 December, 2003 at 10:00am.
To order tickets, please call +81-3-5352-9999
(10:00am-6:00pm).
Internet ticket reservation available through the following Website.(Japanese
only)
http://t.pia.co.jp/ |
| <TICKET PRICES> |
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All Seats Reserved: ¥4,200
Seat Z(¥1,500) is sold only on the performance day at the Box Office
and exclusive Ticket Pia Offices. |
 Il
tabarro (The Cloak) is a one-act opera and along with Suor Angelica (Sister
Angelica) and Gianni Schicchi, it comprises Il trittico (triptych). Puccini
had the idea of basing his three works on Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory)
and Paradiso (Paradise) from La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) by
Dante, with Il tabarro corresponding to Inferno. It was first performed
at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1918. Puccini’s music,
which expresses unredeemed human conflicts centered on the love and hate
between a husband and his wife, is filled with a sense of tension and
is a highly realistic verismo opera.
Synopsis
The action takes place on board a barge on the river Seine, Paris. The barge
master, Michele, suspects his wife Giorgetta of unfaithfulness and reminds
her how she used to be enfolded in his cloak, and of their child, but her
love for him has already dissipated. The young stevedore Luigi, Giorgetta’s
lover, mistakes Michele’s lighting of his pipe for the signal that
the coast is clear and steals into the barge. Having discovered his wife’s
lover, Michele strangles him in a fit of rage and covers the body with his
cloak. When Giorgetta appears, he invites her under the cloak again, before
revealing Luigi’s body and flinging her down on top of it.
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