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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
Taiki Tanaka (Le Fauteuil), Mao Morita (La Bergère) and Chloé Briot (L'Enfant)
© Masahiko Terashi | New National Theatre, Tokyo
Junko Saito (La zia principessa) and Chiara Isotton (Suor Angelica)
© Masahiko Terashi | New National Theatre, Tokyo
Suor Angelica
© Masahiko Terashi | New National Theatre, Tokyo
Chloé Briot (L'Enfant)
© Masahiko Terashi | New National Theatre, Tokyo
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“Chiara Isotton showed dramatic vocal presence as Angelica”
Reviewed at New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo on 7 October 2023
Puccini, Suor Angelica
Ravel, L'Enfant et les sortilèges
New National Theatre
Ryusuke Numajiri, Conductor
Jun Aguni, Director
Atsumi Yokota, Set Designer
Emi Masuda, Costume Designer
Masao Oshima, Lighting Designer
New National Theatre Chorus
Chiara Isotton, Suor Angelica
Junko Saito, La zia principessa, Mother
Megumi Shiozaki, La badessa
Akiko Goke, La suora zelatrice
Yuka Kobayashi, La maestra delle novizie
Maki Nakamura, Suor Genovieffa
Hare Ito, Suor Osmina
Sachie Konno, Suor Dolcina
Nagisa Fukudome, Una conversa 1
Akiko Osakabe, Una conversa 2
Yoriko Maekawa, Prima cercatrice
Mari Iwamoto, Una cercatrice 2
Shihori Wada, Una novizia
Ryoko Suzuki, La suora infermiera
Chloé Briot, The Child
Rie Miyake, Princess, Fire, Nightingale
Shoko Sogo, China Cup, Dragonfly
Mao Morita, Shepherdess, Owl, Bat, The armchair
Yuki Sugiyama, Cat (female), Squirrel, Shepherd
Takayuki Hamamatsu, Wedgwood teapot
Hideyuki Aochi, Little old man, Tree frog
Teppei Kono, Clock, Cat (male)
Taiki Tanaka, Chair, Tree
Noriko Ito, Choreography
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