A stunning Carmen by Àlex Ollé opens at New National Theatre

By Naomi Mori, 09 July 2021

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“d'Oustrac’s charisma as a rock star is apparent”

Reviewed at New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo on 6 July 2021

Bizet, Carmen

New National Theatre

Kazushi Ono, Conductor

Àlex Ollé, Director

Alfons Flores, Set Designer

Lluc Castells, Costume Designer

Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Carmen

Toshiaki Murakami, Don José

Alexandre Duhamel, Escamillo

Ryoko Sunakawa, Micaëla

Hidekazu Tsumaya, Zuniga

Kenichi Yoshikawa, Moralès

Mari Moriya, Frasquita

Mika Kaneko, Mercédès

Hidekazu Machi, Le Dancaïre

Shuhei Itoga, Le Remendado

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

New National Theatre Chorus

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Naomi Mori

Naomi is a blogger living in Tokyo and travels frequently to see ballet. She is a law graduate of Waseda University and a former film publicist, film critic and IT business researcher/strategist. She blogs at La Dolce Vita in Japanese. She tweets about ballet as @naomip_86. and takes ballet class regularly