Carpetuza Weil Project 3 "The Rise and Fall of Mahagonie City"
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- labo opera Carpet Theater
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY29 Creation Grant [Single-Year Grant Program] 1st term
Business Overview
This is the final chapter of the Weil Project, an opera production group led by director Egawa Tomomi, labo opera Carpetuza, which spent three years working on composer Kurt Weil. The representative opera "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonie" (1930) performed in partnership with Brecht is presented as an approach from the opera world for the first time in a long time. Libretto: Bertolt Brecht Music: Kurt Weill Original and Japanese with Subtitles/Small Ensemble Arrangement Version [Performers] Toko Kawagoe, Mako Nishimoto (soprano) Kyoko Moriyama (mezzo soprano) Hiroyuki Tsukada, Takao Asahara, Shunsuke Suzuki, Kentaro Ryuko (tenor) Chikara Kakukawa, Katsuya Tsurukawa, Shinichiro Ryu (baritone) Madoka Watanabe, Kota Noguchi, Kai Orii (piano) and others [Main Staff] Music Director: Shuji Yokoyama Direction/Production: Tomomi Egawa Art: Ryo Arata (Stage Crew BAU) Costume: Emi Masuda (Moma Workshop) Lighting: Taisuke Mochizuki (Art Stage Lighting Group, Inc.) Stage Director: Mari Nakamura (Stage Crew BAU) Music Club Chief: Kota Noguchi Production: Ayako Fukunaga (Naya Collective)
- Period of Activity / Project
- Friday, March 2, 2018 -3 (Sat)
- Venues
- Nihonbashi Theater [Chuo Ward Nihonbashi Public Hall Hall] (Chuo Ward, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
[labo opera Carpet Theater]
Established in 2005 as an opera production group led by director Megawa Tomomi. We will continue to create performances that will be a place for the cast and staff to experiment without being bound by conventional ideas. Since 2006, he has hosted 6 operas, 4 concerts, and various workshops. He received the 8th Keizo SAJI Award from the Suntory Music Foundation (currently the Japan Art Foundation) for his second performance "Fake Arlecchino/Campanello."