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The New National Theater Tokyo has announced a lineup of performances for the 2021/2022 season. There are 10 works to be performed, including 4 new productions, “Cenerentola”, “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”, “Orfeo and Euridice”, and “Pelléas et Mélisande”.

“Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” is the second installment of “Opera Summer Festival 2019-20 Japan ↔ Tokyo ↔ World” developed by the New National Theatre and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. The lineup is as follows.


Rossini《La Cenerentola》= New Production
　…　1 Oct. – 13 Oct., 2021
［CAST］René Barbera　/　Hayato Kamie　/　Alessandro Corbelli　/　Aya Wakizono　/　Gabriele Sagona　/　Nobuko Takahashi　/　Junko Saito
［CONDUCTOR］Maurizio Benini
［PRODUCTION］Jun Aguni
［ORCHESTRA］Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner《Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg》= New Production
　…　18 Nov. – 1 Dec., 2021
［CAST］Thomas Johannes Mayer　/　Bjarni Thor Kristinsson　/　Adrian Eröd　/　 Takashi Aoyama　/　Tomislav Mužek　/　Tetsuya Mochizuki　/　Masako Hayashi
［CONDUCTOR］Kazushi Ono
［PRODUCTION］Jens-Daniel Herzog
［ORCHESTRA］Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Puccini《Madama Butterfly》
　…　5 Dec. – 12 Dec., 2021
［CAST］Eri Nakamura　/　Luciano Ganci　/　Andrea Borghini　/　Yuka Tajima
［CONDUCTOR］Tatsuya Shimono
［PRODUCTION］Tamiya Kuriyama
［ORCHESTRA］Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner《The Flying Dutchman》
　…　26 Jan. – 6 Feb., 2022
［CAST］Hidekazu Tsumaya　/　Martina Welschenbach　/　Ladislav Elgr　/　Jun Suzuki　/　Egils Silins
［CONDUCTOR］James Conlon
［PRODUCTION］Matthias von Stegmann
［ORCHESTRA］Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Donizetti《L’Elisir d’Amore》
　…　7 Feb. – 13 Feb., 2022
［CAST］Jessica Aszodi　/　Juan Francisco Gatell　/　Bruno Taddia　/　Roberto De Candia
［CONDUCTOR］Francesco Lanzillotta
［PRODUCTION］Cesare Lievi
［ORCHESTRA］Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Verdi《La traviata》
　…　10 Mar. – 21 Mar., 2022
［CAST］Anita Hartig　/　Matteo Desole　/　Gezim Myshketa
［CONDUCTOR］Andriy Yurkevych
［PRODUCTION］Vincent Boussard
［ORCHESTRA］Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Richard Strauss《The knight of the Rose》
　…　3 Apr. – 12 Apr., 2022
［CAST］Annette Dasch　/　Kristinn Sigmundsson　/　Maria Kataeva　/　Yoko Yasui　/　Shingo Uchiyama　/　Etsuko Kanoh
［CONDUCTOR］Sascha Goetzel
［PRODUCTION］Jonathan Miller
［ORCHESTRA］Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart《Die Zauberflöte》
　…　16 Apr. – 24 Apr., 2022
［CAST］Jun Suzuki　/　Hidekazu Machi　/　Ryoko Sunakawa　/　Rie Miyake
［CONDUCTOR］Oleg Caetani
［PRODUCTION］William Kentridge
［ORCHESTRA］Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Gluck《Orfeo ed Euridice》= New Production
　…　19 May. – 22 May., 2022
［CAST］Valda Wilson　/　Lawrence Zazzo
［CONDUCTOR］Masato Suzuki
［PRODUCTION］Saburo Teshigawara
［ORCHESTRA］Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Debussy《Pelléas et Mélisande》= New Production
　…　2 Jul. – 17 Jul., 2022
［CAST］Bernard Richter　/　Karen Vourc’h　/　Laurent Naouri　/　Hidekazu Tsumaya　/　Rie Hamada
［CONDUCTOR］Kazushi Ono
［PRODUCTION］Katie Mitchell
［ORCHESTRA］Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

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