2022年4月アーカイブ

Triple bill with uplifting masterpieces to share HOPE

After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011, Sylvie Guillem launched an initiative in Paris called HOPE JAPAN to help support the disaster victims and people in Japan. In the fall of the same year when the nation was still suffering in the aftermath, Guillem, with the same aim in mind, did a Japan tour titled HOPE JAPAN with The Tokyo Ballet, visiting cities including the most affected ones in the eastern Japan. She had to include Maurice Béjart's Boléro in the shows because she thought it was "The Power of HOPE". Last year, The Tokyo Ballet resumed the tour in the same spirit to share HOPE with the audiences through ballet in the time of difficulties with COVID-19.

This summer, The Tokyo Ballet brings again an uplifting triple bill composed of Maurice Béjart's two masterpieces, Boléro and 7 danses grecques set to music of the great Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis who sadly passed away in 2021, and the flamboyant classic Paquita. Béjart's positive and evolutional approach to people and lives on earth is probably much needed in these troubled times.

Program

Performance Dates and Venues

Monday 25 July 2022, 19:00 @Takasaki City Theatre, Takasaki (Gunma)
Wednesday 27 July 2022, 18:30 @Tomakomai Shiminkaikan, Tomakomai (Hokkaido)
Thursday 28 July 2022, 18:30 @Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater hitaru, Sapporo (Hokkaido)
Saturday 30 July 2022, 14:00 @Hachinohe City Public Hall, Hachinohe (Aomori)
Monday 1 August 2022, 18:30 @Iwate Prefectural Hall, Morioka (Iwate)
Tuesday 2 August 2022, 19:00 @Yamagin Kenmin Hall, Yamagata (Yamagata)
Wednesday 3 August 2022, 18:30 @Sano Culture Center, Sano (Tochigi)
Thursday 4 August 2022, 18:30 @Rose Theatre, Fuji (Shizuoka)

Running Time About 2 hours including an intermission..
Recorded music will be used.

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Ticket Sale Dates (At NBS)

Quadruple bill with Maurice Béjart's masterpieces to celebrate the 40th anniversary since The Tokyo Ballet premiered the great master's Boléro.

In 1982, The Tokyo Ballet premiered Boléro, which was the first ever Maurice Béjart's ballet that the Company performed. Since then, The Tokyo Ballet has continued to perform his works both in Japan and beyond, resulting in the enriched repertoire with as many as 22 masterpieces by one of the greatest choreographers in the 20th century.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary since The Tokyo Ballet's first performance of Béjart's ballet, the Company performs the Béjart Gala including one of his three greatest works, L'Oiseau de Feu, for the first time in nine years. Observing the revolutionary element in Stravinsky's score of L'Oiseau de feu, Béjart choreographed the ballet by comparing to the French Resistance.

7 danses grecques is a series of seven beautiful dances set to the music of his friend and the great Greek composer, Mikis Theodorakis who sadly passed away in 2021. Bhakti III is a feverish, mesmerizing dance of Shiva, the God of Destruction of the Hindu Trinity, and his wife, Shakti. Roméo et Juliette, premiered in 1966, is an immortal work in which Béjart speaks up for love and pacifism.

Béjart's ballets full of life and love will surely penetrate and uplift our souls in these troubled times.

Program and Cast

Running Time About 2 hours and 15 minutes including two intermissions.
Recorded music will be used.

Performance Dates

Friday 22 July 2021, 19:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
Saturday 23 July 2021, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
Sunday 24 July 2021, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo

Venue

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

Tickets (tax included)

Ticket Sale Dates

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

Sonya Yoncheva in Concert

Witness the long-awaited Japan debut of the Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva, one of the leading-singers of her generation.

The recipient of the 2021 Opus Klassik as Singer of the Year has become an acclaimed artist on the most important stages of the word, with her extensive repertoire that includes jewels of the Baroque canon, as well as works by Mozart, Verdi, Tchaikovsky and Puccini.

The program features Yoncheva's favorite Italian opera arias including "Casta Diva" from Bellini's Norma and "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" from Puccini's Tosca, which must be a sweeping musical journey.

Sonya Yoncheva

photo: Victor Santiago

Nayden Todorov, Conductor　

photo: Vasilka Balevska

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*Casting and program as of 31 May 2022 are subject to change.

Juan Diego Flórez in Concert

Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear the great Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez in concert in Tokyo.

Since his sensational debut at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro in 1996, Juan Diego Flórez has appeared at every major international opera house under the world's leading conductor. Having gained particular renown for his performances in the belcanto repertoire, his renditions of the French romantic heroes have currently given him great acclaim from the public and critic.

The program in Tokyo with arias by his favorite composers will showcase his exceptional artistry. Join us for a special, sumptuous evening!

Juao Diego Flórez

photo: Javier del Real

Michele Spotti, Conductor

photo: Vasilka Balevska

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*Casting and program as of 8 September 2022 are subject to change.

Lisette Oropesa & Luca Salsi Duo Concerts

Many of the Japanese opera fans should still clearly remember the stunning performances by the great Italian baritone Luca Salsi in 2014 in the title role of Nabucco with the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma on their Japan tour led by Riccardo Muti. Luca Salsi is now one of the most sought-after baritones and sings for significant opera companies across the world.

In the two Duo Concerts in Tokyo, Salsi sings with soprano Lisette Oropesa, one of the most in-demand lyric coloraturas today, who performs leading roles regularly at the most important opera houses around the world following her great success as Suzanna in Le nozze di Figaro at the Metropolitan Opera in 2007. The Duo Concerts will be her long-awaited Japan debut. They will be joined by the Italian conductor Francesco Lanzillotta, one of the most interesting conductors of his generation.

The sumptuous programs performed by the two operatic stars promise you exceptional soirées.

Lisette Oropeasa

Photo: Stefano Guindan

Luca Salsi

Photo: Marco Borrelli

Francesco Lanzillotta, Conductor

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*Casting and program as of 8 September 2022 are subject to change.

Saturday 20 August 2022, 11:30 @Meguro Persimmon Hall, Tokyo
Kitri Miyuki Nakagawa
Basile Arata Miyagawa

Saturday 20 August 2022, 15:00 @Meguro Persimmon Hall, Tokyo
Kitri Miki Wakuta
Basile Shoma Ikemoto

Sunday 21 August 2022, 11:30 @Meguro Persimmon Hall, Tokyo
Kitri Akira Akiyama
Basile Ryunosuke Ubukata

Sunday 21 August 2022, 15:00 @Meguro Persimmon Hall, Tokyo
Kitri Akimi Denda
Basile Dan Tsukamoto

Running Time About 1 hour and 30 minutes including an intermission.

Meguro Persimmon Hall (Tokyo)
https://www.persimmon.or.jp/en/access.html