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G.Verdi
: MACBETH
<Opera in 3 Acts>
<sung in Italian with Japanese supertitles>
OPERA HOUSE
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STAFF
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Music by |
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Giuseppe Verdi |
Original by |
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William Shakespeare |
Libretto by |
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Francesco Maria Piave / Andrea Maffei |
Conductor |
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Riccardo Frizza |
Production |
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Noda Hideki |
Scenery Design |
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Horio Yukio |
Costume Design |
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Wada Emi |
Lighting Design |
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Hattori Motoi |
Choreograph |
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Kisanuki Kuniko |
Revial rehearsed by |
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Taoshita Tetsu |
Stage Manager |
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Onita Masahiko |
Chorus Master |
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Misawa Hirofumi |
Chorus |
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New National Theatre Chorus |
Orchestra |
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The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra |
Presented by |
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New National Theatre, Tokyo |
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CAST
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Macbeth |
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Carlos Álvarez (17th:Izumi Ryohei)** |
Lady Macbeth |
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Georgina Lukács * |
Banquo |
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Osawa Ken |
Macduff |
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Mizuguchi Satoshi |
Malcolm |
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Uchiyama Shingo |
Dama di Lady Macbeth |
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Watanabe Atsuko |
Medico |
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Katayama Masashi |
Domestico |
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Omori Kazuhide |
Sicario |
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Shinoki Junichi |
Araldo |
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Shioiri Koji |
Apparizione 1 |
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Tomokiyo Takashi |
Apparizione 2 |
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Takahara Yuki |
Apparizione 3 |
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Naono Yoko |
*Iano Tamar, who was originally to perform the role of Lady Macbeth, is
unable to perform.
Alternatively, Georgina Lukács is taking her place. Please refer to
New National Theatre News.
**Carlos Alvarez, who is originally to perform the role of Macbeth,
is unable to perform on Monday 17th. Alternatively, Izumi Ryohei is
taking her place. Please refer to New
National Theatre News. |
PERFORMANCES
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January 2005 |
17
(Mon.) |
20
(Thurs.) |
23
(Sun.) |
26
(Wed) |
29
(Sat.) |
2:00pm |
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× |
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3:00pm |
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× |
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6:30pm |
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Doors
will open 45 minutes before the opening of the performance.
Approximate running time: 2 hours , 40 minutes with 1 intermission
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ADVANCE TICKETS
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Available from Sunday 28 November , 2004
at 10:00am.
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/
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TICKET PRICES (with tax)
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Ranks |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
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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The
Innovative Work Directed by Noda Hideki Will Soon Be Repeated.
Eagerly Awaited Carlos Álvarez to Make His NNTT Debut in the Title
Role
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The stage director Noda Hideki, who is at the forefront of contemporary
drama, is directing his first opera. His staging of Macbeth,
which was prepared over a long period of time and displays his brilliant
interpretation of the play, attracted keen attention from various
circles and will soon be repeated.
Macbeth is the first Shakespearean play
Verdi successfully adapted for opera. It is a monumental work in
that he transcends the framework of traditional operatic forms,
opening up a new path for opera as drama. Replete with music as
gloomy and dramatically tense as the play written by Shakespeare,
Macbeth is a serious work that profoundly portrays the personalities
of Macbeth and his wife, who are both impelled by prophecies, ambitions,
suspicions, and intrigues and driven into derangement and extreme
emotions.
Noda's direction views the witches who prophesy
the fate of Macbeth as the dead in the battlefield, and focuses
on Macbeth, who cannot shake off his obsession with power, though
he is frightened by the shadows of the dead hidden by prosperity.
Noda develops the drama quickly with persuasiveness appropriate
to the present circumstances where power is employed in the cause
of liberation. The highlight of the play is the solemn and fantastic
world created by crowds on the stage. Macbeth will be sung by Carlos
Álvarez, a star baritone who has swept through the world's distinguished
opera houses, including the Teatro alla Scala, and Lady Macbeth
by Georgina Lukács. Both singers will lend exciting color to the tense
drama over the crown.
Synopsis
The
setting is 11th-century Scotland. In the woods, Macbeth and Banquo
hear witches predict that Macbeth shall be King of Scotland and
that Banquo shall be the father of kings. Persuaded by his ambitious
wife, Macbeth murders Scottish King and is named King, but worrying
about the prophecy on Banquo, he also plots to kill Banquo and his
son. Banquo's son escapes and Macbeth is deranged by images of the
dead. Meanwhile, together with Malcolm, son of the assassinated
king, Macduff rises in revolt against Macbeth.
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<Conductor> |
<Production> |
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Riccardo Frizza |
Noda Hideki |
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<Cast> |
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Carlos Álvarez |
Georgina Lukács |
Osawa Ken |
Mizuguchi Satoshi |
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Uchiyama Shingo |
Watanabe Atsuko |
Katayama Masashi |
Omori Kazuhide |
Shinoki Junichi |
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Shioiri Koji |
Tomokiyo Takashi |
Takahara Yuki |
Naono Yoko |
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