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Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

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Address5-45, Ueno Koen
Taito-Ku
Tokyo
110-8716
Japan
ContainsMain Hall
Recital Hall
Google maps35° 42' 51.424" N 139° 46' 30.735" E
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TokyoM

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Various: M
Maurice Béjart; The Tokyo Ballet; Dan Tsukamoto; Arata Miyagawa; Ryunosuke Ubukata; Shoma Ikemoto

TokyoLe nozze di Figaro

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Bertrand de Billy; Barrie Kosky; Vienna State Opera; Rufus Didwiszus; Victoria Behr; Franck Evin; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

TokyoDer Rosenkavalier

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Strauss R.: Der Rosenkavalier
Philippe Jordan; Otto Schenk; Vienna State Opera; Rudolf Heinrich; Erni Kniepert; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Chorus of the Vienna State Opera

TokyoDon Quixote

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Minkus: Don Quixote
Vladimir Vasiliev; Marius Petipa; Alexander Gorsky; The Tokyo Ballet; Miki Wakuta; Haruo Niyama; Mizuka Ueno; Kimin Kim

TokyoFumiaki Miura plays Tchaikovsky

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Kazuhiro Koizumi; Fumiaki Miura

TokyoBeethoven's 9th

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Sascha Goetzel; Mari Moriya; Yuka Kobayashi; Charles Kim; Toru Kaku

TokyoDaniele Rustioni conducts Verdi and Wagner

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Verdi, Wagner
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Daniele Rustioni

TokyoMahler's Symphony of a Thousand

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony no. 8 in E flat major "Symphony of a Thousand"
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Eliahu Inbal; Sumi Hwang; Eleanor Lyons; Ayaka Oki; Mihoko Fujimura
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Paris Opera Ballet’s Manon: phenomenal performances in Tokyo

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The Paris Opera Ballet gave excellent performances of Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon, with strong lead dancers, depicting 18th century demi-monde society, which is not so far removed from the 21st century.  

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Drama in Verdi's orchestration: Muti conducts Rigoletto excerpts

As the culmination of Muti's Italian Opera Academy in Tokyo, the maestro conducted a model performance of selected excerpts from Rigoletto in the main hall of Tokyo Bunka Kaikan.

Shostakovich at his quirkiest at Tokyo's Bunka Kaikan Hall

Pin sharp playing and pin sharp acoustics combine to form a high quality reading of Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 27 and Shostakovich's Symphony no. 15, one of the quirkiest of symphonies.
****1
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John Neumeier: In love with Dance

The highlight of Hamburg Ballet’s tour in Japan was the gala The World of John Neumeier. It was rather a full length piece following the life and career of Neumeier with his major works performed seamlessly, accompanied by his own narration
*****
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The Mariinsky's Swan Lake in Tokyo

The Mariinsky dances Swan Lake beautifully, but the drama lacks characterisation. Performed at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, in Japan.
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The Mariinsky's Romeo and Juliet in Tokyo

The legendary Natalia Makarova celebrated her 75th birthday in Japan with the Mariinsky's Romeo and Juliet which was led by Kristina Shapran and Timur Askerov.  
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Paris Opera Ballet's Lady of the Camellias, Tokyo

Paris Opera Ballet presented a stunning sold-out performance of John Neumeier's Lady of the Camellias in Tokyo, a final performance for Isabelle Ciaravola as the Etoile of the company.
****1
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American Ballet Theatre's Manon in Tokyo

American Ballet Theatre's Japan tour returns Kenneth MacMillan's Manon to company repetoire, with Diana Vishneva and Marcelo Gomes dancing the main roles, the two stars dazzling with chemistry.
****1
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