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TokyoCarmenConcert performance

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Bizet: Carmen
Myung-whun Chung; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; New National Theatre Chorus; Stéphanie d'Oustrac; Matthew Polenzani

TokyoCarmenConcert performance

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Bizet: Carmen
Myung-whun Chung; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; New National Theatre Chorus; Stéphanie d'Oustrac; Matthew Polenzani

TokyoCarmenConcert performance

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Bizet: Carmen
Myung-whun Chung; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; New National Theatre Chorus; Stéphanie d'Oustrac; Matthew Polenzani

TokyoDas Buch mit sieben Siegeln

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Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Fabio Luisi; Michael Laurenz; David Steffens; Miho Sakoda; Asami Fujii

TokyoIl Turco in ItaliaNew production

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Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Alessandro Bonato; Laurent Pelly; New National Theatre; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

TokyoFabio Luisi conducts Mahler's Resurrection

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Mahler: Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Fabio Luisi; Ying Fang; Tamara Mumford; New National Theatre Chorus; Kyohei Tomihira
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A hole in the heart: Johannes Erath’s new Elektra grips Tokyo

Elektra at the New National Theatre Tokyo © Rikimaru Hotta
The New National Theatre Tokyo season ends with a powerful new production of Richard Strauss’ Elektra featuring an impressive house debut by Estonian soprano Aile Asszonyi. 
****1
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A poignant Rigoletto revival in Tokyo

Vladimir Stoyanov (Rigoletto) © Rikimaru Hotta | New National Theatre, Tokyo
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
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Richard Jones directs a successful new Wozzeck in Tokyo

Toshiaki Komada (Wozzeck) © Ayano Tomozawa | The New National Theatre Tokyo
Richard Jones directs a new production at Tokyo's New National Theatre which lucidly articulates the structure of Berg’s expressionist music.
****1
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Yannis Kokkos stages Guillaume Tell in Tokyo

Gezim Myshketa (Guillaume Tell) and ensemble © Rikimaru Hotta | New National Theatre, Tokyo
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
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Michieletto's “Camping Così” returns to Tokyo

Filippo Morace (Don Alfonso), Joel Prieto (Ferrando) and Takaoki Onishi (Guglielmo) © Rikimaru Hotta | New National Theatre, Tokyo
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
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Puccini/Ravel double bill opens the new opera season in Tokyo

Shoko Sogo (La Tasse Chinoise), Chloé Briot (L'Enfant) and Takayuki Hamamatsu (La Théière) © Masahiko Terashi | New National Theatre, Tokyo
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
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