The New National Theatre Tokyo has announced its performance lineup for the 2024/2025 season. The New National Theatre Tokyo will present 10 operas, opening with a new production of Bellini’s “La Sonnambula.” Surprisingly, this is the first time that the New National Theatre has staged a Bellini work. Other than “La Sonnambula,” the other two new productions are Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” and Toshio Hosokawa’s “Natasha.
According to the announcement, “Guillaume Tell” will be performed in French, the original language of the work. This will also be the first time in Japan. The season will conclude with the world premiere of “Natasha,” a work commissioned by the theater. The theater commissioned the composition of this piece, and novelist Yoko Tawada has written the script. Two young protagonists, guided by Mephistopheles’ grandson, experience various hells in which the natural environment has been destroyed.
Bellini “La Sonnambula”
Oct 3 – 14
［PRODUCTION］Bárbara Lluch.
［CONDUCTOR］Maurizio Benini
［CAST］Hidekazu Tsumaya / Mutsumi Taniguchi / Rosa Feola / Antonio Siragusa / Hare Ito / Kei Kondo
Rossini “Guillaume Tell”
Nov 20 – 30
［PRODUCTION］Yannis Kokkos
［CONDUCTOR］Kazushi Ono
［CAST］Gezim Myshketa / René Barbera / Yoko Yasui / Hidekazu Tsumaya / Olga Peretyatko / Junko Saito
Mozart “The Magic Flute”
Dec 10 – 15
［PRODUCTION］William Kentridge
［CONDUCTOR］Tomás Netopil
［CAST］Matheus França / Pavol Breslik / Yoko Yasui / Kanae Kushima / Noriko Tanetani / Toshiaki Komada
Wagner “The Flying Dutchman”
Jan 19 – Feb 1, 2025
［PRODUCTION］Matthias von Stegmann
［CONDUCTOR］Marc Albrecht
［CAST］Evgeny Nikitin / Hiroshi Matsui / Elisabet Strid / Jonathan Stoughton / Mika Kaneko
Zemlinsky “Eine florentinsche Tragödie”
Puccini “Gianni Schicchi”
Feb 2 – 8
［PRODUCTION］Jun Aguni
［CONDUCTOR］Ryusuke Numajiri
［CAST］Eine florentinsche Tragödie＝David Pomeroy / Thomas Johannes Mayer / Nancy Weissbach // Gianni Schicchi＝Pietro Spagnoli / Rie Miyake / Asako Yoda / Kota Murakami
Bizet “Carmen”
Feb 26 – Mar 8
［PRODUCTION］Àlex Ollé（La Fura dels Baus）
［CONDUCTOR］Gaetano D’Espinosa
［CAST］Samantha Hankey / Atalla Ayan / Hare Ito / Lukasz Golinski
Puccini “Madama Butterfly”
May 14 – 24
［PRODUCTION］Tamiya Kuriyama
［CONDUCTOR］Enrique Mazzola
［CAST］Atsuko Kobayashi / José Simerilla Romero / Bruno Taddia / Makiko Yamashita
Rossini “The Barber of Seville”
May 25 – Jun 3
［PRODUCTION］Josef E. Köpplinger
［CONDUCTOR］Corrado Rovaris
［CAST］Lawrence Brownlee / Aya Wakizono / Giulio Mastrototaro / Roberto De Candia / Hidekazu Tsumaya / Etsuko Kanoh
Toshio Hosokawa “Natasha” ＝ World Premiere
Aug 11 – 17
［PRODUCTION］Christian Räth
［CONDUCTOR］Kazushi Ono
［CAST］Ilse Eerens / Hiroka Yamashita / Christian Miedl
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