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R.
Strauss : ELEKTRA
<Opera in 1 Act>
<sung in German with Japanese
supertitles>
OPERA HOUSE
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<OPERA TALK>
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<REHEARSAL SCENE>
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Staff
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Music by |
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Richard Strauss |
Libretto by |
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal |
Conductor |
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Ulf Schirmer |
Production |
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Hans-Peter Lehmann |
Scenery and Costume
Design |
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Olaf Zombeck |
Lighting Design |
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Tatsuta Yuji
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Stage Manager |
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Osawa Hiroshi |
Chorus Master |
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Misawa Hirofumi |
Chorus |
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New National Theatre Chorus |
Orchestra |
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Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra |
Presented by |
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Agency for Cultural Affairs
New National Theatre, Tokyo |
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Cast
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Klytämnestra |
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Karan Armstrong |
Elektra |
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Nadine Secunde |
Chrysothemis |
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Nancy Gustafson |
Aegisth |
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Richard Brunner |
Orest |
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Chester Patton |
Der Pfleger des Orest |
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Hasegawa Akira |
Die Vertraute |
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Honjo Kikuno |
Die Schleppträgerin |
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Maeda Yuka |
Ein junger Diener |
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Mizuguchi Satoshi |
Ein alter Diener |
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Katayama Masashi |
Die Aufseherin |
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Hirai Kaori |
Erste Magd |
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Katagiri Hitomi |
Zweite Magd |
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Miwa Yoko |
Dritte Magd |
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Kanoh Etsuko |
Vierte Magd |
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Takahashi Tomoko |
Fünfte Magd |
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Moroi Sachiyo |
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PERFORMANCES
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November 2004 |
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14
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17
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20
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23
(Tue) |
3:00pm |
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5:00pm |
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7:00pm |
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Doors will
open 45 minutes before the opening of the performance.
Approximate running time: 1 hours, 45 minutes.
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ADVANCE TICKETS
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Available from 10:00a.m., Sunday, October 3, 2004
New National Theatre, Tokyo Box Office: +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/
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TICKET PRICES (with tax)
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Ranks |
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8 |
Z |
Price(yen) |
21,000 |
18,900 |
15,750 |
13,650 |
10,500 |
7,350 |
6,300 |
3,150 |
1,500 |
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*Rank
8: Sold at the NNTT
Box Office and all Ticket Pia outlets on the performance date only.
Up to 2 tickets per person. No phone reservations.
*Seat Z: Sold to students only at some Ticket Pia outlets
on the day before the performance. Any tickets not sold by the performance
date will be released to the general public at the NNTT
Box Office and some Ticket Pia outlets. One ticket per person. No
phone reservations. Students must bring a valid student ID. *Same
day student tickets ( 50% off Ranks
1 - 7) : Sold at the NNTT
Box Office and some Ticket Pia outlets on the performance date.
One ticket per person. No phone reservations. Students must bring
a valid student ID.
*Opera House Ticket Prices & Seating Plan
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Grand
Scale of Greek Tragedy, Intense Drama by Hofmannsthal and Rich Music
by Strauss
With its Powerful Lineup of Singers and Production Staff, the NNTT
Takes on the Challenge of Performing Elektra
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The second new production for the 2004/2005 season whose theme
is the "Fate of Women" is Elektra, a gruesome revenge tragedy.
In this opera, Elektra, a daughter of the blood-smeared Atreus
family, burns with the blind desire for revenge, killing herself
after she has achieved her long-held goal. The drama, based on
Sophocles' Greek tragedy, is condensed into a one-act opera. The
music, played by an orchestra of the largest-ever scale in operatic
history and controlled by the voice of dramatic sopranos, eloquently
expresses the rapid changes of the characters' sentiments - tension,
hatred, fear, joy, ecstasy.
Hans-Peter Lehmann will step deeply into the psychology of Elektra
to depict her extraordinary attachment to her father, which Freud
called the "Elektra complex." Ulf Schirmer, who left a glaringly
vivid impression on the audience last year with Le Nozze di
Figaro, will appear at the NNTT
again as the conductor. Two dramatic sopranos-Nadine Secunde,
who started with her debut at Bayreuth and is currently active
chiefly as a Wagnerian and Straussian singer, and Karan Armstrong,
who boasts of her indisputable position as the prima donna of
modern and contemporary music-will confront each other and create
an intense drama together with Nancy Gustafson, Richard Brunner
and other singers. Taking on the challenge of performing Elektra,
which is said to be difficult to perform because all roles are
difficult to sing, will open a new page in the history of the
NNTT's performances
of Straussian opera, which have constantly won high praises.
Synopsis
Elektra, whose father was murdered by her mother Klytämnestra
and her lover Aegisth, does not hide her hatred for her mother
and father-in-law and is treated brutally. Her sister Chrysothemis
desperately tries to calm Elektra down, who lives only by her
longing for her father and expectation of her younger brother
Orest to avenge their father. When informed her brother's death,
Elektra loses hope and decides to avenge her father by herself,
but then learns that Orest is in fact alive. She and her brother
are finally reunited in joy, before Orest proceeds to kill Klytämnestra
and Aegisthc
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Ulf Schirmer |
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Hans-Peter Lehmann |
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Karan Armstrong |
Nadine Secunde |
Nancy Gustafson |
Richard Brunner |
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Chester Patton |
Hasegawa Akira |
Honjo Kikuno |
Maeda Yuka |
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Mizuguchi Satoshi |
Katayama Masashi |
Hirai Kaori |
Katagiri Hitomi |
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Miwa Yoko |
Kanoh Etsuko |
Takahashi Tomoko |
Moroi Sachiyo |
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