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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

TokyoPeter GrimesNew production

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Britten: Peter Grimes
Kazushi Ono; Robert Carsen; New National Theatre; Gideon Davey; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

TokyoMahler: Symphony no. 2

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
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

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
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

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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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Schmidt’s monumental oratorio opens NHKSO's new season with a bang

Fabio Luisi conducts the NHK Symphony Orchestra © NHKSO
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.
****1
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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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