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Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theater "Ushiroku no Escape"

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Name of the organization or individual
Tokyo Nikikai Foundation
subsidy category
Creation Grant
Grant Type
single year

FY30 Creation Grant [Single-year grant program] 1st term

Business Overview

Producer Guy Joosten, who is active worldwide, created a new production from scratch in Tokyo, appealing Tokyo as the "origin of opera." As the eyes of the world converge on Tokyo in the run-up to 2020, they will present a stage appropriate for Tokyo, an international city. TOKYO NIKIKIKAI OPERA THEATER "The Run from the Palace" New production opera, 3 acts with subtitles, original language (German) Performance Composition: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Script: Gottlieb Stefani Conductor: Tatsuya Shimono Direction: Guy Joosten Stage Art: Ramon Ivalls Lighting: Takashi Kitamura Chorus Conductor: Masahiko Okochi Stage Director: Koji Koizumi Performance Director: Noriko Sasaki Serim: Shinya Owada Constanze: Tomofumi Matsunaga (22, 24)/Mayuko Yasuda (23, 25) Blonde: Akiko Tomihira/Ena Miyaji Belmonte: Kyosuke Kanayama/Kohei Yamamoto Pedrillo: Yuihiro Masushima/Shinya Kitajima Osmin: Hirotaka Kato/Kenji Saiki Chorus: Nikikai Choir Orchestra: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Period of Activity / Project
Thursday, November 22, 2018 18:30, 23rd (Fri/Holiday) 14:00, 24th (Sat) 14:00, 25th (Sun) 14:00
Venues
Nissei Theater (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo)


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Profile

[Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Tokyo Nikikai]
In 1952, the Nikikai was founded for the purpose of studying and presenting vocal music in general. He established the Nikikai Opera Foundation in 1977 and has played a central role in our country opera world, performing major productions and Japanese premieres of contemporary operas. In 2005, it reorganized and integrated its activities and organization with a vocal group 'Nikikai,' renamed it 'Tokyo Nikikai Foundation,' and became a public interest incorporated foundation in 2010.