Organization

Conductor

Maiku Shibata

Stage director

Marco Gandini

Set designer

Italo Grassi

Singer

Soprano

Atsuko Kobayashi

Anita

Tenor

Yojiro Oyama

Araquil

Bass

Shinji Sakamoto

Remigio

Baritone

Taiki Tanaka

Garrido

Gento Ando

Bustamente

Kota Matsuoka

Ramon

Hiroaki Fueda

Canio

Ryoko Sunakawa

Nedda

Masato Makino

Tonio

Naoki Tokorodani

Peppe

Kenji Moriguchi

Silvio

Takuya Fujita

Yasuko Sato

Sudo Shingo

Kazuaki Sawasaki

Akihiro Oka

Mako Nishimoto

Hiroshi Mochiki

Yuta Otsuka

Yoshitaka Murata

Costume designer

Simona Morresi

Lighting designer

Yasuo Okuata

Others

Fujiwara Opera Chorus Group

Orchestra

Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra

Tama Family Singers

Japan Opera Foundation

La Navarraise & I Pagliacci

Tokyo

Japan

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Public

Private

The Navarraise

Pagliacci

Approved

La Navarraise & I Pagliacci: La Navarraise Massenet (+1 More)

For 2018-2019 season, Fujiwara Opera will proudly present the French composer J. Massenet’s La Navarraise, and I Pagliacchi of the Italian composer Leoncavallo. Placed in Spain, La Navarraise is about a devoted love and tragedy of a lowly-born girl, and this will be its Japan premiere. This work has often been compared to Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and is Massenet's one and only Italian verismo. Fujiwara Opera has ventured to perform this work as a double bill with I Pagliacchi.

For La Navarraise, the title role Anita will be sung by Atsuko Kobayashi (Jan. 27 & Feb. 4) reputed for her stable vocality, and Mako Nishimoto (Jan. 28) making her debut at Fujiwara Opera. Her lover Araquil will be double cast with the experienced Yojiro Oyama (Jan. 27 & Feb. 4) and another veteran Hiroshi Mochiki (Jan. 28). Remigio, Araquil’s father and the one who separates the lovebirds will be sung by Shinji Sakamoto (Jan. 27 & Feb. 4) and Yuta Otsuka (Jan. 28). Garrido, essential to the turn of events, will be shared by Taiki Tanaka (Jan. 27 & Feb. 4) and Yoshitaka Murata, his debut at Fujiwara Opera.

The title role Canio of I Palliachi will be sung by Hiroaki Fueda (Jan. 27 & Feb. 4) and Takuya Fujita (Jan. 28), the two leading singers at Fujiwara Opera. It will be interesting to see how they express Canio’s grief and despair. Ryoko Sunakawa (Jan. 27 & Feb. 4) and Yasuko Sato (Jan. 28) will sing the young and beautiful Nedda. Tonio, with his famous monologue in the prologue is a double cast with Masato Makino (Jan 27 & Feb. 4) and Shingo Sudo (Jan. 28). Naoki Tokorodani (Jan. 27 & Feb. 4) and Kazuaki Sawasaki (Jan. 28) will sing Peppe. Silvio will be sung by Kenji Moriguchi (Jan. 27 & Feb. 4) and Akihiro Oka (Jan. 28).

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra will be conducted by Maiku Shibata and chorus singers will be Fujiwara Opera Chorus. Italian director Marco Gandinni returns to Fujiwara Opera after his acclaimed Le nozze di Figaro in 2012.

English

La Navarraise & I Pagliacci by Massenet, Leoncavallo, From (2018/2018), Directed by Marco Gandini,, Conductor Maiku Shibata, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan

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