NBS-Japan Performing Arts Foundation: 2019年8月アーカイブ

The 10th NBS Opera Festival

Subscribers are incredibly valuable supporters of Japan Performing Arts Foundation to continue its vital work. We are now accepting subscribers for the 10th NBS Opera Festival. If you like opera, join us to see a series of world-class performances in Japan and enjoy subscriber benefits.

September 2020	Teatro alla Scala 2020 Japan tour with La traviata and Tosca (new production)
October 2021	Wiener Staatsoper 2021 Japan tour with Der Rosenkavalier and Così fan tutte

Subscriber Benefits

1) Highest priority booking ahead of the public

2) Complimentary Program Books

3) Priority to additional booking for your friends and family members (in categories S, A or B) ahead of public

4) Priority booking for other performances presented by Japan Performing Arts Foundation (NBS)

Since its foundation in 1987 when Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen was performed in its entirety for the first time in Japan, by the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the NBS Opera Festival has kept inviting the world-renowned opera companies to bring the best of opera performances to the audiences in Japan.

The changing circumstances surrounding the performing arts bring challenges and difficulties, but it is our mission to continue to invite the prestigious companies not only to enrich Japan's culture but also to promote international cultural exchange.

Travelling abroad to attend opera performances has become easier. However, we believe that opera lovers in Japan as well as those who are travelling to Japan can still enjoy the Festival because it assures them rare opportunities to see the finest productions performed by the world-class opera companies and carefully chosen artists, within such short periods of time, which cannot be easily realized even they go abroad for opera tours. Join us for an intensive, extraordinary operatic journey in Japan.

*Programs as of August 2019 are subject to change.

Lineup

Teatro alla Scala Wiener Staatsoper

Teatro alla Scala Japan Tour
September 2020

La traviata

Music Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor Zubin Mehta
Staging Liliana Cavani

Zubin Mehta

Liliana Cavani

photos: Brescia e Amisano/Teatro alla Scala

Tosca

New Production to be premiered in December 2019 at the Teatro alla Scala

Music Giacomo Puccini
Conductor Riccardo Chailly
Staging Davide Livermore

Riccardo Chailly

Davide Livermore

The Teatro alla Scala has chosen two of the Company's signature works for their 7th tour to Japan in 2020, an Olympic and Paralympic year: Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata and Giacomo Puccini's Tosca.

Riccardo Chailly will lead the Company to Japan for the first time since becoming Music Director of La Scala in 2017. It will also be the first time for Zubin Mehta to appear with the Company in Japan.

Zubin Mehta conducts La traviata in Liliana Cavani's classic 1990 staging. It is a legendary production first brought to Japan in 1995. All of the six performances at the NHK Hall were sold out within hours after the tickets were put on sale. Soprano Marina Rebeka will sing the role of Violetta Valéry, and baritone Leo Nucci will be Giorgio Germont.

Riccardo Chailly will conduct a new production of Tosca to be premiered in December 2019 to open La Scala's new season. It will be directed by Davide Livermore who saw great success of his production of Attila which opened the Company's 2018 season. The title role of Tosca will be sung by Spanish soprano Saioa Hernandez, an emerging star who is casted as one of the two important sopranos to share the title role in the new production, the other being Anna Netrebko who will sing in the production premiere.

Alexander Pereira
CEO and Artistic Director

Wiener Staatsoper Japan Tour
October 2021

Der Rosenkavalier

Music Richard Strauss
Conductor Philippe Jordan
Staging Otto Schenk

Philippe Jordan

Otto Schenk

photo:Michael Pöhn

Così fan tutte

Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor Riccardo Muti
Staging Chiara Muti

Riccardo Muti

photo: Todd Rosenberg Photography - By courtery of riccardomutimusic.com

Chiara Muti

photo:Michael Pöhn

photo: Silvia Lelli

In October 2021, the Wiener Staatsoper brings two significant operas which will represent the quality of the Company; Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier and Wolgang Amadeus Mozart's Così fan tutte, conducted by Philippe Jordan who is to become Musical Director of the Wiener Staatsoper and Riccardo Muti respectively.

The Wiener Staatsoper's Der Rosenkavalier has long been associated with Carlos Kleiber as one of the operas in his limited repertoire among the opera lovers. It might be a challenge for the next Musical Director Philippe Jordan to conduct such a legendary opera, but he should bring ambitious, new Der Rosenkavalier together with the entire company with an incomparable tradition, in an exuberant production of Otto Schenk.

Among world-renowned conductors, Riccardo Muti is said to have the trusted relationship with the Wiener Staatsoper. Especially in Mozart's operas, Muti and the Company exhibit an extraordinary musical chemistry, which was witnessed in the unforgettable performances of Le nozze di Figaro on their last tour to Japan in 2016.

On 2021 tour, he conducts Così fan tutte in a co-production by the Wiener Staatsoper and Teatro San Carlo in Naples, directed by Chiara Muti. The same team of father and daughter was seen on the Japan tour of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in 2018. The production by Chiara Muti was premiered at the Teatro San Carlo in 2018 with critical acclaim, and will be premiered at the Wiener Staatsoper in May 2020, with some revisions. It will be further 'matured' by the time it comes to Japan in 2021.

Bogdan Roščić
Director-designate

Photo: Josef Fischnaller

Subscription

The 10th NBS Opera Festival subscription will offer you priority booking for the best seats for four performances (1 performance per production) performed by the Teatro alla Scala and the Wiener Staatsoper in Japan. We are now accepting subscribers. For application details, please contact us by email at english@nbs.or.jp.

Subscriber Benefits

1) Priority booking ahead of the public

2) Complimentary Program Books

3) Priority to additional booking for your friends and family members (in categories S, A or B) ahead of public

4) Priority booking for other performances presented by Japan Performing Arts Foundation (NBS)

Subscription Fees

For the payment of subscription fees for four programs, you can choose between lump-sum payment and installed payments.

1. Lump-sum payment (by seat category)
Due date: Friday 30 September 2019

　Category S: JPY264,000
　Category A: JPY236,000
　Category B: JPY208,000
　Opera Royal Seat*: JPY564,000

2. Installed payments (by seat category)
Due dates: 30 September 2019, 29 November 2019, 31 January 2020 and 31 March 2020

	30 Sept. 2019	29 Nov. 2019	31 Jan. 2020	31 Mar. 2020
Category S	JPY66,000	JPY66,000	JPY66,000	JPY66,000
Category A	JPY59,000	JPY59,000	JPY59,000	JPY59,000
Category B	JPY52,000	JPY52,000	JPY52,000	JPY52,000
Ballet Royal Seat*	JPY150,000	JPY150,000	JPY132,000	JPY132,000

＊Opera Royal Seat

It is a premium membership for people who would like to become patrons of the 10th NBS Opera Festival. The total fee of JPY564,000 consists of a membership fee of Category S, JPY264,000, and donations of JPY300,000. Your donations will directly fund realization of the 10th NBS Opera Festival and will help providing opportunities to a wider audience through various discount tickets such as student tickets. The donations are tax-deductible.
In addition to the above subscriber benefits, members of Opera Royal Seat will enjoy;
- The highest level of priority booking.
- Invitation to general rehearsal(s).
- Complimentary drinks during intermissions on performance dates at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan.
- Names credited in program books as patrons (they can be undisclosed if they wish).

For more information, please contact us at english@nbs.or.jp

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Performance Dates & Tickets

The Tokyo Ballet's first new production for 37 years

The Nutcracker

The Tokyo Ballet's New Production
Ballet in two acts

Music Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Libretto Marius Petipa after the tale by E. T. A. Hoffmann

Restaged by Yukari Saito after Lev Ivanov and Vasily Vainonen

Designs Andrei Voitenko

Set and Costume Supervisor Nikolay Fedorov

Sketch for the new production (June 2019)

On Christmas Eve, the party is over and the grand hall in Masha's house is silent. When the clock sticks midnight, the Christmas tree suddenly begins to grow to dizzying heights, and Masha finds herself in a world of dolls, where occurs a battle between an army of toy soldiers and the mice. Masha rescues the Nutcracker Prince bravely fighting, and is invited in reward to the beautiful Land of Snow and the Land of Sweets.

The Nutcracker, a classic set to Tchaikovsky's colorful musical gem, has enjoyed enormous popularity all over the world as a winter treat for family and friends. It is a stream of brilliant dancing, including the beautiful adagio and magical dance in the Land of Snow for Masha and the Nutcracker Prince in Act I, the brilliant character dances and the Grand Pas de deux in Act II.

The Tokyo Ballet has restaged The Nutcracker for the first time in 37 years to celebrate the Company's 55th anniversary. With sets and costumes newly made in Russia, it is restaged by Artistic Director Yukari Saito after Lev Ivanov and Vasily Vaiononen. Join us as we celebrate the 55th anniversary with a sumptuous new production of timeless classic The Nutcracker.

Performance Dates

Friday 13 December 2019, 19:00

Masha
Mamiko Kawashima

Nutcracker Prince
Dan Tsukamoto

Saturday 14 December 2019, 14:00

Masha
Kanako Oki

Nutcracker Prince
Yasuomi Akimoto

Sunday 15 December 2019, 14:00

Masha
Akira Akiyama

Nutcracker Prince
Arata Miyagawa

Conductor Katsuhiro Ida
Orchestra Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus NHK Tokyo Children's Choir

*Casting as of 23 July 2019 is subject to change.

Venue

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Ueno)
http://www.t-bunka.jp/en/access/index.html

Tickets (tax included)

Category
S	\11,000
A	\9,000
B	\7,000
C	\5,000
D	\4,000
E	\3,000

●Children under 5 years old are not admitted to the auditorium.
●Casting as of 23 July 2019 is subject to change. Changes in the cast do not entitle holders to return or exchange tickets.

Presales and Discount Tickets at NBS WEB Ticket and NBS Ticket Center

1. Discount for two persons (Categories S, A & B)

Discount by ¥1,000 for two persons. Tickets will be on sale during the periods of presales and the general sales at NBS WEB Ticket and NBS Ticket Center (Phone 03-3791-8888).

2. Youth Tickets

¥1,000 tickets for those aged 5 to 25 years go on sale on Friday 8 November, 2019, 20:00 at NBS WEB Ticket. You must bring identity documents with proof of age to pick up your tickets at the venue on the performance day.