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Beethoven: Madama Butterfly
Educational Programme for High School Students

Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly

<opera in 2 Acts>
<sung in Italian with Japanese supertitles>

OPERA HOUSE


STAFF
Music by : Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by : Luigi Illica / Giuseppe Giacosa
     
Conductor : Misawa Hirofumi
Production : Kuriyama Tamiya
Scenery Design : Shima Jiro
Costume Design : Maeda Ayako
Lighting Design : Katsushiba Jiro
Stage Manager : Osawa Hiroshi
     
Chorus Master : Misawa Hirofumi
Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus
Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
     
Produced by : New National Theatre, Tokyo
Special Cooperation : ROHM CO., LTD.
Cooperation : SOMPO JAPAN INSURANCE INC.

CAST
July 2005 11・13・15 12・14・16
Madama Butterfly Seki Sadako Kohama Taemi
Pinkerton Mizuguchi Satoshi Higuchi Tatsuya
Sharpless Izumi Ryohei Kuroda Hiroshi
Suzuki Nakasugi Tomoko Miwa Yoko
Goro Ono Mitsuhiko Takahashi Jun
Bonzo Shimura Fumihiko Mine Shigeki
Il commissario imperiale Omori Kazuhide Kuroda Satoshi
Yamadori Kudo Hiroshi Matsumoto Susumu
Kate Maeda Yuka Misumi Erika

L'ufficiale del registro Shibata Keisuke (all performances)

PERFORMANCES
July 2005 11
(Mon.)
12
(Tue.)
13
(Wed.)
14
(Thu.)
15
(Fri.)
16
(Sat.)
1:00 X X X X X X

ADVANCE TICKETS
  Available from Sunday 5 June , 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://pia.jp/t
http://eee.eplus.co.jp/

TICKET PRICES (with tax)
  All Seats Reserved : ¥2,100 ( tax included)
Senior high-school students only. (Student ID required when purchasing the tickets.)
Adults can purchase the tickets for ¥4,200 only on the performance day if they are not sold out
(¥2,100 for high school students or under).

Cio-Cio-San believes in constant love.
She is proud of herself and takes her own life.
This is one of the most popular operatic works and will move you with its beautiful music.

handbill [Madama Butterfly]
The New National Theatre, Tokyo annually holds an opera appreciation class to have high school students understand how wonderful opera is. This year’s program is Madama Butterfly, the great work by the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). Set in Nagasaki during the Meiji Era, the opera portrays the tragedy of Cio-Cio-San, who waits for the return of U.S. naval officer Pinkerton. It is one of the most popular operatic works, which everyone should see at least once. The NNTT wishes that people who have never before seen opera will start with this performance. Please take this opportunity to enjoy opera for the first time at a genuine opera theatre.




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