FALSTAFF
FALSTAFF [New Production]
Opera in three acts
Sung in the original (Italian) language with Japanese and English supertitles
Libretto by Arrigo Boito from William Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Music by GIUSEPPE VERDI
FRI. 16. 18:30, SAT. 17. 14:00, SUN. 18. 14:00 &
MON. 19. 14:00 July 2021
at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Japan)
Supported by
Embassy of Spain in Japan
Embassy of Italy in Tokyo
Istituto Italiano di Cultula
Verdi Society of Japan
The Shakespeare Society of Japan
STAFF
Conductor: Bertrand de BILLY
Stage Director & Costume Designer: Laurent PELLY
Associate Stage Director: Christian RÄTH
Set Designer: Barbara de LIMBURG
Lighting Designer: Joël ADAM
Associate Costume Designer: Jean-Jacques Delmotte
Chorus Master: Hiroshi SATO
Assistant Stage Director: Yasuhiro MIURA
Stage Manager: Hiroshi KOIZUMI
Production Director: Tetsuya ONO
CAST
FRI. 16. & SUN. 18. Jul. SAT. 17. & MON. 19. Jul.
Sir John Falstaff Shunsuke IMAI / Hiroshi KURODA
Ford Yuma SHIMIZU / Teruhiko KOMORI
Fenton Naoki MIYASATO / Kohei YAMAMOTO
Dottore Cajus Ren YOSHIDA / Takamasa SAWAHARA
Bardolfo Kazuhiro KODAMA / Shota SHIMOMURA
Pistola Hirotaka KATO / Ken-ichi KANOU
Mrs. Alice Ford Eri TAKAHASHI / Akiko OYAMA
Nannetta Rie MIYAKE / Yong Ok CHON
Mrs. Quickly Ikuko NAKAJIMA / Megumi SHIOZAKI
Mrs. Meg Page Eriko HANAFUSA / Momoko KANAZAWA
Chorus: Nikikai Chorus Group
Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
http://www.nikikai.net/english/season/falstaff2021.html
LULU
Opera in two acts
Sung in the original (German) language with Japanese and English supertitles
Based on “Erdgeist” and “Die Büchse der Pandora” by Frank Wedekind
Libretto and Music by ALBAN BERG
SAT. 28. 17:00, SUN. 29. 14:00 & TUE. 31. 14:00 August 2021
at Shinjuku Bunka Center (Tokyo, Japan)
Admission: 60min. before the performance
Season special sponsored by
Kowa Company, Ltd.
DAIDO Corporation
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
Sponsored by
Menicon Co., Ltd.
Supported by
Austrian Embassy Tokyo / Austrian Cultural Forum Tokyo
Alban Berg Gesellschaft, Japan
[These performances has been postponed from July 2020]
STAFF
Conductor: Maxime PASCAL
Stage Director: Karoline GRUBER
Set Designer: Roy SPAHN
Costume Designer: Mechthild SEIPEL
Lighting Designer: Takashi KITAMURA
Video: Taiki UEDA
Choreographer: Yo NAKAMURA
Assistant Stage Director: Maiko OTA
Stage Manager: Kensuke MURATA
Production Director: Noriko SASAKI
CAST
SAT. 28. & TUE. 31. Aug. SUN. 29. Aug.
Lulu Mari MORI Akiko TOMIHIRA
Gräfin Geschwitz Yayoi MASUDA Hitomi KAWAI
Eine Theater-Garderobiere /
Ein Gymnasiast Akiko GOKE Yuki SUGIYAMA
Der Medizinalrat Kiyotaka KAGA Kiyotaka KAGA
Der Maler Jiro TAKANO Nobuyuki OKAWA
Dr. Schön Masumitsu MIYAMOTO Teruhiko KOMORI
Alwa Kensho MAEKAWA Kohei YAMAMOTO
Schigolch Koji YAMASHITA Ken-ichi KANOU
Ein Tierbändiger / Ein Athlet Tatsuhiko KITAGAWA Hiromichi KOBAYASHI
Der Prinz / Der Kammerdiener Masato TAKADA Kei TAKAYANAGI
Der Theaterdirektor Shigeru HATAKEYAMA Shinji KURAMOTO
Solo Dancer Yo NAKAMURA Yo NAKAMURA
Orchestra:
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
http://www.nikikai.net/english/season/lulu2020.html
I Capuleti e I Montecchi
NISSAY OPERA 2021
Opera in two acts
Sung in the original (Italian) language with Japanese supertitles
Libretto by Felice Romani
Music by Vincenzo Bellini
SAT. 13. 14:00 & SUN. 14. 14:00
November 2021
at Nissey Theater (Japan)
STAFF
Conductor: Erina SUZUKI
Stage Director:JUN AGUNI
Orchestra: Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo
CAST
SAT. 13. / SUN. 14. November 2021
Romeo Hiroka YAMASHITA / Nozomi KATO
Julietta Mieko SATO / Oksana STEPANYUK
Tebaldo Kazuma KUDO / Kohei YAMAMOTO
Lorenzo Shingo SUDO / Taiki TANAKA
Capellio Kenichi KANO / Denys VYSHNIA
Orchestra: Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo
