Yannis Kokkos stages Guillaume Tell in Tokyo

Gezim Myshketa (Guillaume Tell) and ensemble

René Barbera (Arnold) and Olga Peretyatko (Mathilde)

Guillaume Tell

Hidekazu Tsumaya (Gesler)

Par Nahoko Gotoh, 06 décembre 2024

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“Gezim Myshketa... a commanding presence on stage both vocally and dramatically”

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

Rossini, Guillaume Tell

New National Theatre

Kazushi Ono, Direction

Yannis Kokkos, Mise en scène, Décors, Costumes

Vinicio Cheli, Lumières

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

New National Theatre Chorus

Eric Duranteau, Vidéaste

Gezim Myshketa, Guillaume Tell

Olga Peretyatko, Mathilde

René Barbera, Arnold

Hidekazu Tsumaya, Gesler

Junko Saito, Hedwige

Yoko Yasui, Jemmy

Toshiaki Murakami, Rodolphe

Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Ruodi

Taiki Tanaka, Melcthal

Hiroyuki Narita, Leuthold

Shingo Sudo, Walter Furst

Natalie Van Parys, Chorégraphie

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

Michieletto's “Camping Così” returns to Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 30th May

Damiano Michieletto’s 2011 staging of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, dubbed the "Camping Così", is one of the most enduring and entertaining productions in NNTT’s repertory.

****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.