A musically satisfying Don Carlo in Tokyo

By Nahoko Gotoh, 01 March 2014

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Reviewed at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan: Main Hall, Tokyo on 19 February 2014

Verdi, Don Carlo(s) (Italian Five Act Version)

Tokyo Nikikai Opera

Gabriele Ferro, Conductor

Sir David McVicar, Director

Robert Jones, Set Designer

Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Costume Designer

Keiko Yokoyama, Elisabeth de Valois

Mutsumi Taniguchi, La princesse Eboli

Kei Fukui, Don Carlos

Hiroyuki Narita, Rodrigue, marquis de Posa

Jun Ito, Philippe II

Kenji Saiki, Le Grand Inquisiteur

Hirohisa Sannohe, Un moine

Takashi Otsuki, Le comte de Lerme

Hitomi Kaga, Thibault

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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.