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TokyoIl turco in ItaliaNew production
Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Alessandro Bonato; Laurent Pelly; New National Theatre; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
TokyoPeter GrimesNew production
Britten: Peter Grimes
Kazushi Ono; Robert Carsen; New National Theatre; Gideon Davey; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
TokyoMahler: Symphony no. 2
Mahler: Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Daniele Rustioni; Akiko Tomihira; Mihoko Fujimura; New National Theatre Chorus
TokyoMahler: Symphony no. 2
Mahler: Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Daniele Rustioni; Akiko Tomihira; Mihoko Fujimura; New National Theatre Chorus
TokyoLe Nozze di Figaro
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Tetsuro Ban; Andreas Homoki; New National Theatre; Frank Philipp Schlößmann; Mechthild Seipel; Franck Evin; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
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Bel canto bliss: Il turco in Italia in Tokyo
Laurent Pelly's visually smart production of Rossini's Il turco in Italia finally makes its way to Tokyo's New National Theatre with an outstanding cast of bel canto specialists.
Schmidt’s monumental oratorio opens NHKSO's new season with a bang
The NHKSO's centenary season opens with a rarely-performed masterpiece, Franz Schmidt’s oratorio Das Buch des sieben Siegeln. A leading advocate of Schmidt's music, Fabio Luisi conducts the monumental work with powerful intensity.
A hole in the heart: Johannes Erath’s new Elektra grips Tokyo
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.
A poignant Rigoletto revival in 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.
Richard Jones directs a successful new Wozzeck in Tokyo
Richard Jones directs a new production at Tokyo's New National Theatre which lucidly articulates the structure of Berg’s expressionist music.
Yannis Kokkos stages Guillaume Tell in 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.