Pergorage Opera "Olympiade"
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Cultural Foundation
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY29 Creation Grant [Single-Year Grant Program] 1st term
Business Overview
Pergorage's opera "Olympie Ade," which premiered in Japan in 2015 and was highly praised both at home and abroad, will be performed again. Conducted by Kawahara Tadayuki, who knows Italian opera through thick and thin, directed by Awakuni Atsushi, and brought together once again a gorgeous cast active at the forefront of opera today. Dramatic opera in which love and hate swirl around the competition. We will bring back some of the charming arias that were cut last time and present them with more polish. Tadayuki Kawahara (conductor and chamberlain)/Hiroyuki Yoshida (tenor) as Christene/Hiroko Koda (soprano) as Alistair/Michiko Hayashi (soprano) as Argene/Emi Sawahata (soprano) as Leechida/Yumiko Mukono (soprano) as Megakure/Tetsuya Mochizuki (tenor) as Aminta/Tadashi Miroku (contralto) as Arcandolo/Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra (orchestra)/Jun Awakuni (direction)/Sukeo Oshima (lighting)/Emi Masuda (costume)/Atsumi Yokota (stage space)/Miho Saito (stage director)/The Staff (production assistance)
- Period of Activity / Project
- November 3, 2017 (Fri/Holiday), 5th (Sun)
- Venues
- Kioi Hall (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
Kawahara Tadayuki
In 2006, he made his debut as a conductor with the Osaka Century Symphony Orchestra. Since then, he has conducted operas such as La Boheme, Cosi van Tutte and Rigoletto. In 2015, he conducted Pergorage "Olympiad" at Kioi Hall and "Magic Flute" at Izumi Hall. Also active as a pianist. Graduated from the Kunitachi College of Music and completed the graduate school there. Associate Professor at Kokuritsu University of Music and Graduate School. Chief Music Lecturer at the Opera Training Institute of the New National Theater.