Opera
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Le Nozze di Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Le Nozze di Figaro

<Opera in 4 Acts>
<sung in Italian with Japanese supertitles>

7 Thu (6:30pm) / 9 Sat (5pm) / 11 Mon (6:30pm) / 14 Thu (6:30pm) / 17 Sun (3pm)
April 2005


OPERA HOUSE

STAFF
Music by : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by : Lorenzo da Ponte
  :  
Conductor : Hirai Hideaki
Production : Andreas Homoki
Scenery Design : Frank Philipp Schlössmann
Costume Design : Mechthild Seipel
Lighting Design : Franck Evin
Revival rehearsed by : Taoshita Tetsu
Stage Manager : Sato Kiminori
     
Chorus Master : Misawa Hirofumi
Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus
Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Presented by : New National Theatre, Tokyo

CAST
Il Conte Almaviva : Wolfgang Brendel
La Contessa : Emily Magee
Figaro : Maurizio Muraro
Susanna : Matsubara Yuna
Cherubino : Michelle Breedt
Marcellina : Takemoto Setsuko
Bartolo : Tsumaya Hidekazu
Basilio : Ono Mitsuhiko
Don Curzio : Nakahara Masahiko
Antonio : Hare Masahiko
Barbarina : Nakamura Eri
Due Fanciulle : Miura Shiho, Kobayashi Masayo

PERFORMANCES
 
April 2005 7
(Thu.)
9
(Sat.)
11
(Mon.)
14
(Thu.)
17
(Sun.)
3:00 pm         ×
5:00 pm   ×      
6:30 pm ×   × ×  
Doors will open 45 minutes before the opening of the performance.
Approximate running time: 3 hours, 20 minutes with 1 intermission

ADVANCE TICKETS
  Available from Sunday 30 January , 2005 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/

TICKET PRICES (with tax)
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
*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

The Figaro, which brought a breath of fresh air to Tokyo, will be staged again. Those who have not seen it should not miss it. Repeat viewers are invited to see it again.

handbill [ Le Nozze di Figaro ]
Directed by Andreas Homoki, who is in the forefront of contemporary opera circles, Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) showed a new direction at the New National Theatre, Tokyo. Its production, which gave rise to such lively discussions that “Did you see Figaro?” even became a common opening phrase of conversations, will return to the NNTT.
Le Nozze di Figaro is the most popular of Mozart’s works. As various characters appear one after another, the opera vividly depicts the dazzling fabric of relationships among these people. It is full of the finest music, including the bubbling, delightful overture, celebrated arias such as Voi Che Sapete (You who know) and Non Più Andrai (No more will you go) and the overwhelming ensemble that adorns the finale. In directing this immortal masterpiece, Homoki hammered out the concept of the “collapse of order” and created a major flow of drama in which, beyond the class struggle, the characters eventually revealed their true selves, leading to a confrontation between various types of personalities. In the first performance of this opera at the NNTT, an ensemble of characters trying to get the better of one another while acting backed by detailed interpretations achieved a high level of perfection. The NNTT premiere was much talked about because the performance of the opera could be enjoyed not just by opera fans but also by drama fans.
In the forthcoming repeat production, Wolfgang Brendel, who sang Macbeth with his overwhelming voice in May 2004, will appear again as Count Almaviva. The Countess will be sung by Emily Magee, who is active in the first line in Europe with Berlin as her base. In addition to those who appear at the NNTT for the first time, including Maurizio Muraro as Figaro and Matsubara Yuna as Susanna, a beefed-up ensemble of singers who displayed strong acting skills in the premiere will support the leading roles. Do not miss the NNTT’s proud performance of Le Nozze di Figaro at its best!

Synopsis

A former barber and now a servant of Count Almaviva, Figaro is going to marry Susanna, a servant of the Countess. Although the Count has already given up the right of the first night (the lord’s right to share the first marriage night with his servant’s bride in place of the servant), the Count, who fancies Susanna, intends to reclaim the right. The Countess laments that her husband’s love for her is cooling. Therefore, the Countess, Figaro and Susanna all conspire to outwit the Count. They use Susanna’s clothes to disguise Cherubino, a page at puberty, as a woman and try to lure out the Count·····

<Conductor> <Production>
Hirai Hideaki Andreas Homoki
Hirai Hideaki Andreas Homoki
<Cast>
Wolfgang Brendel Emily Magee Maurizio Muraro Matsubara Yuna  
Wolfgang Brendel Emily Magee Maurizio Muraro Matsubara Yuna  

Michelle Breedt Takemoto Setsuko Tsumaya Hidekazu Ono Mitsuhiko Nakahara Masahiko
Michelle Breedt Takemoto Setsuko Tsumaya Hidekazu Ono Mitsuhiko Nakahara Masahiko

Hare Masahiko Nakamura Eri Miura Shiho Kobayashi Masayo
Hare Masahiko Nakamura Eri Miura Shiho Kobayashi Masayo


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