Michieletto's “Camping Così” returns to Tokyo

Filippo Morace (Don Alfonso), Joel Prieto (Ferrando) and Takaoki Onishi (Guglielmo)

Serena Gamberoni (Fiordiligi)

Kanae Kushima (Despina) and Filippo Morace (Don Alfonso)

Serena Gamberoni (Fiordiligi) and Daniela Pini (Dorabella)

Takaoki Onishi (Guglielmo) and Daniela Pini (Dorabella)

Par Nahoko Gotoh, 03 juin 2024

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“Gamberoni's soprano is light and clear with a sonorous high register”

Critique faite à New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo, le 30 mai 2024

Mozart, Così fan tutte

New National Theatre

Norichika Iimori, Direction

Damiano Michieletto, Mise en scène

Paolo Fantin, Décors, Costumes

Alessandro Carletti, Lumières

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

New National Theatre Chorus

Serena Gamberoni, Fiordiligi

Daniela Pini, Dorabella

Joel Prieto, Ferrando

Takaoki Onishi, Guglielmo

Filippo Morace, Don Alfonso

Kanae Kushima, Despina

A poignant Rigoletto revival in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 21st February

The New National Theatre in Tokyo revives its traditionalist Rigoletto, featuring Vladimir Stoyanov as the cursed court jester, Eri Nakamura as Gilda and Lawrence Brownlee debuting as the Duke of Mantua.

***11

Richard Jones directs a successful new Wozzeck in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 20th November

Richard Jones directs a new production at Tokyo's New National Theatre which lucidly articulates the structure of Berg’s expressionist music.

****1

Yannis Kokkos stages Guillaume Tell in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 30th November

For his new staging of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, director Yannis Kokkos avoids specific contemporary references, choosing a setting that transcends the times.

****1

Puccini/Ravel double bill opens the new opera season in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 7th October

The 2023–24 season at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, opens with straightforward stagings of an unusual double bill of Suor Angelica and L’Enfant et les sortilèges.

***11

A visually spectacular and strongly sung Hoffmann in Tokyo

David Karlin, 15th March

Philippe Arlaud’s production for New National Theatre Tokyo may not be in its first youth, but it delivers on all counts. Leonardo Capalbo, Egils Siliņš and Yuka Kobayashi lead an excellent cast.

****1

Sincerity over sexiness in Tokyo's Giulio Cesare

Nahoko Gotoh, 5th October

Laurent Pelly's Night in the Museum production of Giulio Cesare is finally staged at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, after its 2020 pandemic cancellation.

***11

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.