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Past Opera Productions
 
from 1995 to 2000 (all companies)
 
1995
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Angelo Campori (conductor)
Kuniaki Ida (director)
Giusy Devinu / Masako Saida (Violetta)
Pietro Ballo / Saburo Nagasawa (Alfredo)
Paolo Coni / Rentaro Kurosaki (Giorgio Germont)
Irina Romishevskaya / Kyoko Moriyama (Flora)
Kazuhiro Komiya / Satoshi Chubachi (Gastone)
Stefano Romagnoli (Douphol)
Katsuji Miura (D'Obigny)
Francesco Musinu / Sachio Yamada (Grenvil)
Noriko Ieda / Aya Yamaguchi (Annina)
Ikuo Oho (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
14, 15, 16 January 1995 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Fujiwara Opera
Anton Guadagno (conductor)
Antonello Madau Diaz (director)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Masako Deguchi / Nobuko Takahashi (Adina)
Pietro Ballo (Nemorino)
Giuseppe Taddei (Dulcamara)
Tadamichi Orie / Masato Makino (Belcore)
Keiko Takemura / Noriko Ieda (Giannetta)
6, 8, 11 February 1995 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Kiyoshige Koyama: Sansho Dayu (Premiere)
Nihon Opera Kyokai
1, 2 March 1995 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Rigoletto
Hall Opera at Suntory Hall
With Renato Bruson, Roseela Ragatzu, Antonello Palombi, Donato di Stefano, Mariana Pentcheva, Andrea Silvestrelli, Reiko Nakano, Ryohei Izumi, Mitsuhiko Ohno, Masataka Sugino, Noriko Ieda, Makoto Sakurada, Shigeru Imao, Gustav Kuhn (conductor/director), The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Nikikai Chorus Group
27, 30 April, 3 May 1995 at Suntory Hall, Tokyo
 
Kosaku Yamada: Kurofune
Nihon Opera Kyokai
24, 25 May 1995 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo
 
Gounod: Faust
Fujiwara Opera
Vjekoslav Sutej (conductor)
Henning Brockhaus (director)
Giuseppe Sabbatini (Faust)
Ruggero Raimondi (Méphistophéles)
Yoko Watanabe (Marguerita)
Masato Makino (Valentin)
Keiko Takemura (Siebel)
Masanobu Shibayama (Wagner)
Megumi Kono (Marthe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
3, 6, 9 July 1995 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: La traviata
Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
Liliana Cavani (producer)
Tiziana Fabbricini (Violetta)
Nicoletta Zanini / Lucia Rizzi (Flora)
Antonella Trevisan / Anna Zoroberto (Annina)
Vincenzo La Scola / Ramon Vargas(Alfredo)
Paolo Coni / Juan Pons (Germont)
Enrico Cossutta (Gastone)
Orazio Mori (Douphol)
Silvestro Sammaritano (d'Obigny)
Miguel Angel Zapater (Dr Grenvil)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
6, 9, 12, 16, 18, 20 September 1995 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Falstaff
Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
Giorgio Strehler (director)
Juan Pons (Falstaff)
Roberto Frontali (Ford)
Ramon Vargas (Fenton)
Ernesto Gavazzi (Dr Caius)
Paolo Barbacini (Bardolfo)
Luigi Roni (Pistola)
Nancy Gustafson (Alice)
Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (Nannetta)
Monica Bacelli (Meg)
Bernadette Manca di Nissa (Mrs Quickly)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
24, 27 September 1995 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Teatro alla Scala
Giuseppe Sinopoli / Armando Gatto on October 1 (conductor)
Jonathan Miller (director)
Mary Jane Johnson / Barbara Daniels on October 1 (Minnie)
Alan Titus / Juan Pons on October 1 (Jack Rance)
Segei Larin / Craig Sirianni / Keith Olsen on October 1 (Dick Johnson)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
25, 28, 30 September 1, 2 October 1995 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Toshi Ichiyanagi: Momo (Premiere)
Nihon Opera Kyokai
13, 14 October 1995 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
1996
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Giorgio Croci (conductor)
Vincenzo Grisostomi Travaglini (director)
June Anderson / Sue Chen (Violetta)
Salvatore Fisichella / Shigehiro Sano (Alfredo)
Boris Statsenko / Yoshinobu Kuribayashi (Giorgio Germont)
Kyoko Moriyama / Mami Takahashi (Flora)
Ken Matsuura / Ikuo Oho (Gastone)
Sachio Yamada (Douphol)
Katsuji Miura (D'Obigny)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Grenvil)
Noriko Ieda / Aya Yamaguchi (Annina)
Seiji Ishikawa (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
13, 14, 15 January 1996 Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Puccini: Tosca
Fujiwara Opera
Yoshinori Kikuchi (conductor)
Pierfrancesco Maestrini (director)
Yasuko Hayashi / Chieko Shimohara (Tosca)
Taro Ichihara / Saburo Nagasawa (Cavaradossi)
Tasuku Naono / Kan Hasegawa (Scarpia)
Katsuji Miura / Hiroyuki Okayama (Angelotti )
Sachio Yamada / Yasushi Nakamura (sacristan)
Ikuo Oho / Seiji Ishikawa (Spoletta)
Norihira Aoki (Sciarrone)
Yoshiya Nagano (gaoler)
Miho Kuzunuki (shepherd boy)
Shinsei Nihon Symphony Orchestra
7, 9, 11 February 1996 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: Falstaff
Hall Opera at Suntory Hall
With Renato Bruson, Alberto Rinaldi, Maurizio Comencini, Enrico Facini, Patrizio Saudelli, Andrea Silvestrelli, Francesca Gavarini, Akie Amou, Mariana Pentcheva, Gisella Pasino
Gustav Kuhn (conductor/director), The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Nikikai Chorus Group
10, 14 April 1996 at Suntory Hall, Tokyo
 
Rossini: Otello
Hall Opera at Suntory Hall
With James Wagner, Daniela Longhi, Andrea Silvestrelli, Patrizio Saudelli, Enrico Facini, Gisella Pasino, Gianluca Floris, Tadashi Miroku, Maurizio Comencini,
Gustav Kuhn (conductor/director), The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Fujiwara Opera Chorus
18 April 1996 at Suntory Hall, Tokyo
 
Madama Butterfly
Hennessy Opera Series VIII
Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
Keita Asari (director)
Ichiro Takada (designer)
Hanae Mori (costume)
Galina Gorchakova / Keiko Yokoyama (19, 22 May) (Butterfly)
Richard Leech / Jaonathan Welch (22 May) (Pinkerton)
Bryn Terfel / Brent Ellis (22 May) (Sharpless)
Francesca Franci / Aiko Kori (22 May) (Suzuki)
Shin Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra
15 May 1996 Yokohama
17, 19 May 1996 Kobe
21, 22, 24 May 1996 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: Il trovatore
Fujiwara Opera
Fillippo Zigante (conductor)
Antonello Madau Diaz (director)
Maria Guleghina (Leonora)
Alberto Cupido (Manrico
Franco Giovine (di Luna)
Mariana Pentcheva (Azucena)
Hidekazu Tsumaya (Ferrando)
Kyoko Moriyama (Ines)
Hiroshi Mochiki (Ruiz)
Yoshiya Nagano (vecchio zingaro)
Kazuhiko Ichikawa (messo)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
28 June, 2 July 1996 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Teatro Communale di Firenze
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Graham Vick (director)
Mariella Devia / Edita Gruberova (Lucia)
Roberto Frontali / Alexandro Agache (Ashton)
Vincenzo La scola /Jose Bros (Edgardo)
Marco Berti (Arturo)
Carlo Colombara / Giovanni Furlanetto (Raimondo)
Pierre Lefebvre (Normanno)
Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
18, 20, 23, 25, 26 Sept 1996 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Kazuko Hara: Nukata no okimi
Nihon Opera Kyokai
22, 23 September 1996 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Aida
Teatro Communale di Firenze
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Lorenzo Mariani (director)
Michele Crider / Leona Mitchell (Aida)
Gegam Grigorian / Giuseppe Giacomini (Radames)
Larissa Diadkova / Florence Quivar (Amneris)
Dimitri Kavrakos / Carlo Colombara (Ramfis)
Alexandru Agache /Carlo Guelfi (Amonasro)
Giovanni Furlanetto / Simone Alberghini (Il Re)
Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
22 Sept 1996 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
27, 28, 29 Sept 1996 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
Baldassare Galuppi: L'italiana in Oriente (L'inimico delle donne)
Fujiwara Opera
Roberto Rizzi (conductor)
Antonello Madau Diaz (director)
Fiorenza Cedolin (Agnesina)
Toshiro Gorobe (Zonzon)
Giovanni Guerini (Geminiano)
Saori Adachi (Xunchia)
Kyoko Moriyama (Zyda)
Keiko Takemura (Kam-si))
Ken Matsuura (Ly-lam)
Satoshi Chubachi (Si-sin)
Fujiwara Opera Chorus and orchestra of Il Ponte della Musica
4, 5 Oct 1996 at Chofu Green Hall, Tokyo
 
Puccini: Tosca
Fujiwara Opera
Yoshinori Kikuchi (conductor)
Pierfrancesco Maestrini (director)
Yasuko Hayashi (Tosca)
Taro Ichihara (Cavaradossi)
Tasuku Naono(Scarpia)
Katsuji Miura (Angelotti)
Sachio Yamada (sacristan)
Ikuo Oho (Spoletta)
Norihira Aoki (Sciarrone)
Yoshiya Nagano (gaoler)
Miho Kuzunuki (shepherd boy)
Philharmonic Orchestra of Tokyo
10 October 1996 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
 
Honegger : Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
NHK Symphony Orchestra (Semi-staged)
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Isao Takashima (producer )
J . Vincent (Jeanne d'Arc)
G . Provost (Frere Dominique)
R . Bouchard (Un Pretre etc.)
Rie Hamada (La Vierge)
Mari Midorikawa (Marguerite)
H . Perraguin (Catherine)
Nikikai Chorus Group, The Little Singers of Tokyo, NHK Symphony Orchestra
5, 6 Dec 1996 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
1997
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Kazushi Ono (conductor)
Shigetaka Matsumoto (director)
Angela Gheorghiu / Mina Yamazaki (Violetta)
Marco Berti / Hiroshi Mochiki (Alfredo)
Yasuo Horiuchi / Kan Hasegawa (Giorgio Germont)
Naomi Nagata / Kyoko Moriyama (Flora)
Ken Matsuura / Kazuhiko Ichikawa (Gastone)
Sachio Yamada (Douphol)
Katsuji Miura (D'Obigny)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Grenvil)
Keiko Takemura / Noriko Ieda (Annina)
Ikuo Oho (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
15, 16, 17 January 1997 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Verdi: Macbeth
Fujiwara Opera
Anton Guadagno (conductor)
Vincenzo Grisostomi Travaglini (director)
Yasuo Horiuchi / Masato Makino (Macbeth)
Francesca Patane / Chieko Shimahara (Lady Macbeth)
Taro Ichihara / Satoshi Mizuguchi (Macduff)
Hidekazu Tsumaya / Katsuji Miura (Banco)
Kazuhiro Tsunoda / Makoto Tashiro (Malcolm)
Naomi Nagata / Keiko Takemura (Dama Di Lady Macbeth)
Sachio Yamada / Yasushi Nakamura (Medico)
Yoshiya Nagano (Sicario)
Toshiro Ishii (herald)
Kazuhiko Ichikawa (first apparition)
Saori Adachi (second apparition)
Masaya Suzuki / Nobuharu Okamoto (third apparition)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
19, 21, 23 February 1997 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Puccini: Tosca
Hall Opera at Suntory Hall
With Maria Guleghina, Vincenzo La Scola, Renato Bruson, Carlo Striuli, Angelo Casertano, Alfredo Mariotti, Masataka Sugino, Gen Sugawara
Daniel Oren (conductor), Erich Wonder (visual director), The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Opera Singers
12, 15 April 1997 at Suntory Hall, Tokyo
 
Yutaka Makino: Kurotsuka
Shinichiro Ikebe: Shinigami
Nihon Opera Kyokai
29, 30 May 1997 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo
 
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Metropolitan Opera
James Levine (conductor)
Franco Zeffirelli (director)
Maria Guleghina (Santuzza)
Fabio Armiliato (Turiddu)
Stephanie Blythe (Lucia)
Bruno Pola (Alfio)
Wendy White (Lola)
and
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci
Metropolitan Opera
James Levine (conductor)
Franco Zeffirelli (director)
Juan Pons (Tonio)
Placido Domingo (Canio)
Daniela Dessi (24 May, 4, 7 June )/ Elizabeth Holleque (30 May) (Nedda)
Eduardo Valdes (Beppe)
Dwayne Croft (24 May, 4, 7 June) / Kim Josephson (30 May) (Silvio)
Chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
24 May 1997 at Aichi Prefectural Art Theatre, Nagoya
30 May, 4 June 1997 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
7 June 1997 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
 
Puccini: Tosca
Metropolitan Opera
James Levine (conductor)
Franco Zeffirelli (director)
Luciano Pavarotti (25, 29,May 1, 8 June )/ Fabio Armiliato (14 June) (Cavardossi)
Carol Vaness (25, 29 May) / Maria Guleghina (1, 8, 14 June) (Tosca)
James Morris (Scarpia)
James Courtney (Angelotti)
David Evitts (Sacristan)
Charles Anthony (Spoletta)
Bradley Garvin (Sciarrone)
Suzuki (Shepherd)
Vaclovas Daunoras (Jailer)
Chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
25 May 1997 at Aichi Prefectural Art Theatre, Nagoya
29 May 1997 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
1, 8, 14 June 1997 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
Bizet: Carmen
Metropolitan Opera
Placido Domingo (conductor)
Franco Zeffirelli (director)
Waltraud Meier (Carmen)
Luis Lima (Don José)
Ainhoa Arteta (28 May) / Angela Gheorghiu (31 May, 5 June) (Micaela)
Sergei Leiferkus (Escamillo)
Emily Pulley (Frasquita)
Kristine Jepson (Mercedes)
Tony Stevenson (Remendado)
Kim Josephson (Dancaïro)
Jeffrey Wells (Zuniga)
Christopher Schaldenbrand (Morales)
Chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
28 May 1997 at Aichi Prefectural Art Theatre, Nagoya
31 May, 5 June 1997 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte
Metropolitan Opera
James Levine (conductor)
Lesley Koenig (director)
Jerry Hadley (Ferrando)
Dwayne Croft (Guglielmo)
Thomas Allen (Don Alfonso)
Carol Vaness (Fiordiligi)
Susanne Mentzer (Dorabella)
Clare Gormley (Despina)
Chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
3, 6, 9, 12 June 1997 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (Concert performance)
Metropolitan Opera
James Levine (conductor)
Olga Borodina (Marguerite)
Vinson Cole (Faust)
James Morris (Mephistopheles)
Rene Pape (Brander)
Chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
13 June 1997 at Suntory Hall, Tokyo
 
Donizetti: La Favorita
Fujiwara Opera
Marco Boemi (conductor)
Beppe De Tomasi (director)
Mariana Pentcheva (Leonora)
Giuseppe Sabbatini (Fernando)
Roberto Frontali (Alfonso XI)
Bonaldo Giaiotti (Baldassare)
Chiho Oiwa (Ines)
Kazuhiro Tsunoda (Don Gasparo)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
27, 29 June, 1 July 1997 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: Don Carlo
Concert performance
Kazushi Ono (conductor)
Taro Ichihara (Don Carlo)
Yasuo Horiuchi (Rodrigo)
Mari Midorikawa (Elisabetta)
Chieko Teratani (Eboli)
Toshiki Toyama (Philip II)
Peng Kang Liang (Grand Inquisator)
Tokyo Opera Singers and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
21 August 1997 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo
 
Bizet: Carmen
Fujiwara Opera
Vjekoslav Sutej (conductor)
Grischa Asagaroff (director)
Agnes Baltsa / Irina Romishevskaya (Carmen)
Luis Lima / Satoshi Mizuguchi (Don José)
Masako Deguchi / Chiho Oiwa (Micaela)
Tadamichi Orie / Yoshinobu Kuribayashi (Escamillo)
Katsuji Miura (Zuniga)
Kan Hasegawa / Toshihiro Tachibana (Morales)
Naoki Sakurai / Yasushi Nakamura (Dancairo)
Ken Matsuura / Ikuo Oho (Remendado)
Keiko Takemura / Masayo Yamadate (Frasquita)
Megumi Kono / Reiko Nakano (Mercedes)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
5, 9, 11, 13 September 1997 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Dan, Ikuma: Takeru
New National Theatre, Tokyo
10-13 October 1997
 
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Staatsoper Berlin
Daniel Barenboim /Sebastian Weigle (conductor)
August Everding (producer)
John Tomlinson / Rene Pape (Sarastro)
Endrik Wottrich / Peter Schreier (Tamino)
Ana Camelia Stefanescu (Queen of the Night)
Tina Kiberg (Pamina)
Roman Trekel (Papageno)
Par Lindskog / Andreas Schmidt (Monostatos)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
8, 10, 13, 15, 17 Nov 1997 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Wagner: Die Walküre
Staatsoper Berlin
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
Poul Elming (Siegmund)
Rene Pape (Hunding)
Waltraud Meier / Tina Kiberg (Sieglinde)
John Tomlinson / Falk Struckmann (Wotan)
Deborah Polaski (Brunnhilde)
Rosemarie Lang (Fricka)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
9, 12, 21 Nov 1997 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
Wagner: Lohengrin
New National Theatre, Tokyo
22-30 November 1997
 
Berg: Wozzeck
Staatsoper Berlin
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
Patrice Chereau (producer)
Falk Struckmann (Wozzeck)
Reiner Goldberg (Tambourmajor)
Endrik Wottrich (Andres)
Graham Clark (Hauptmann)
Gunter von Kannen (Doctor)
Waltraud Meier (Marie)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
22, 24 Nov 1997 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
 
1998
 
J Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Prague State Opera
Harry Prever (conductor)
Martin Otaver (director)
Soloists etc. of the Prague State Opera,
4 Jan 1998 at Aichi Prefectural Arts Theatre, Nagoya
8, 9, 11, 12 Jan 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall Hall, Tokyo
15 Jan 1998 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
 
Verdi: Aida
New National Theatre, Tokyo
Franco Zeffirelli (producer)
Maria Guleghina / Norma Fantini / Chieko Shimabara (Aida)
Jose Cura / Satoshi Mizoguchi (Radames)
Nina Terentieva / Alemi Nishi / Masami Fujikawa (Amneris)
Gregg Baker / Yasuo Horiuchi / Masato Makino (Amonasro)
Varlo Colombara / Hidekasu Tsumaya (Ramfis)
Carlo Striuli / Sachio Yamada (Il Re)
Chorus of the Fujiwara Opera and local orchestra
15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24 Jan 1998 at New National Theatre, Tokyo
 
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
Gotz Friedrich (producer)
Deborah Voigt / Gabriela Benackova-Cap (Senta)
Matti Salminen (Daland)
Peter Seiffert / Wolfgang Neumann (Erik)
Bernd Weikl / Jukka Rasilainen (Dutchman)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin
28, 29, 31 Jan 2 Feb 1998 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
 
Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin
Soloists etc. of the Hunagrian State Budapest Operetta Theatre,
30, 31 Jan Feb 1 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall Hall, Tokyo
 
Lehár: Die lustige Witwe
Soloists etc. of the Hunagrian State Budapest Operetta Theatre,
3, 4, 5 Feb 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall Hall, Tokyo
 
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Christian Thielemann / Jiri Kout (conductor)
Gotz Friedrich (producer)
Matti Salminen (Landgraf Hermann)
Rene Kollo (Tannhäuser)
Bernd Weikl / Peter Edelmann (Wolfram)
Clemens Bieber (Walter)
Ralf Lucas (Biterolf)
David Griffith (Heinrich)
Friedrich Molsberger (Reinmar)
Eva Johansson / Gabriela Benackova-Cap (Elizabeth)
Karan Armstrong (Venus)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin
5, 8, 11, 14 Feb 1998 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
R Strauss II: Der Rosenkavalier
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Jiri Kout (conductor)
Gotz Friedrich (producer)
Karan Armstrong (Marschallin)
Gunter von Kannen (Ochs)
Yvonne Weidstruck (Octavian)
Lenus Carlson (Faninal)
Fionnuala McCarthy (Sophie)
Lucy Peacock (Leitmetzerin)
Uwe Peper (Valzacchi)
Ulrike Helzel (Annina)
Boiko Zvetlanov (Singer)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin
13, 15 Feb 1998 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Maurizio Benini / Sho Fukumori (conductor)
Beppe De Tomasi (director)
Cristina Gallardo-Domas / Andrea Rost (Violetta)
Roberto Aronica / Octavio Arévalo (Alfredo)
Roberto Serville / Tadamichi Orie (Giorgio Germont)
Naomi Nagata / Kyoko Moriyama (Flora)
Ken Matsuura / Satoshi Chubachi (Gastone)
Katsuji Miura (Douphol)
Sachio Yamada (D'Obigny)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Grenvil)
Noriko Ieda / Keiko Takemura (Annina)
Ikuo Oho (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
21, 22, 23, 24 February 1998 at New National Theatre Opera House
28 February, 1 March 1998 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Isao Matsushita: Shinano-no-kuni Zenkoji Story
Kotaro Sato (conductor)
Hideo Kanze (director)
with Akiya Fukushima, Kazuko Nagai, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Emiko Suga etc. (7th) and Futoshi Katsube, Chieko Teratani, Ken Nishikiori, Masako Saida etc. (8th)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
7, 8 March 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Soloists of the Opera Atelier/Canadian Baroque Opera Company from the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto
11, 12, 13 March 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo
 
Kazuko Hara: Nasu no yoichi
Nihon Opera Kyokai
20, 21 March 1998 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo
 
Janacek: Jenufa
Concert performance in Czech
Ono Kazushi (conductor)
Rika Iwai (Jenufa)
Yumi Koyama (Kostelnitcka)
Makoto Tashiro (Steva)
Eiji Date (Laca)
Tokyo Opera Singers and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
26 March 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
New National Theatre, Tokyo
Yoshinori Kikuchi (conductor)
Masayoshi Kuriyama (stage director)
Yasuko Hayashi /Miwako Matsumoto (Cio-cio-san)
Alfredo Portilla / Alexei Repchinsky (Pinkerton)
David A Okerlund / Tasuku Naono (Sharpless)
Aiko Kori / Kazuko Nagai (Suzuki)
Ken Matsuura /Kazuhiko Ichikawa (Goro)
Chorus of the New National Theatre and Japan Shinsei Symphony Orchestra
8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 Apr 1998 at New National Theatre, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Nabucco
Hall Opera at Suntory Hall
With Renato Bruson, Fabio Armiliato, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Maria Guleghina, Elena Zaremba, Carlo Striuli, Masatoshi Uehara, Taemi Kohama
Daniel Oren (conductor), Omri Nitzan (director), Dror Herrenson (designer), The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Opera Singers
12, 15, 20 April 1998 at Suntory Hall, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
New National Theatre, Tokyo
6-14 May 1998
 
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
David Kneuss (Director)
Teresa Stratas (Melisande)
Dwayne Croft (Pelleas)
Jose Van Dam (Golaud)
Robert Lloyd (Arkel)
Jane Henschel (Genevieve)
Michael Denos (Yniold)
Keisuke Shimada (doctor/shepherd)
Tokyo Opera Singers and the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
May 10, 13 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo
May 16 1998 at Aichi Prefectural Art Theatre, Nagoya
[Co-production with the San Francisco Opera]
 
Verdi: Nabucco
Fujiwara Opera and New National Theatre coproduction
Anton Guadagno (conductor)
Antonello Madau Diaz (director)
Paolo Gavanelli / Tasuku Naono (Nabucco)
Lauren Flanigan / Chieko Shimohara (Abigaille)
Paata Burchuladze /Bonaldo Giaiotti (Zaccaria)
Taro Ichihara / Kosuke Taguchi (Ismaele)
Kyoko Moriyama / Naomi Nagata (Fenena)
Keiko Takemura / Masayo Yamadate (Anna)
Makoto Tashiro / Kazuhiko Ichikawa (Abdallo)
Katsuji Miura / Sachio Yamada (Gran Sacerdote di Belo)
The Japan Shinsei Symphony Orchestra
18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25 June 1998 at New National Theatre Opera House
 
J Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Berlin Komische Oper
Harry Kupfer (director)
Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Berlin Komische Oper,
27, 28, 29 June 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall Hall, Tokyo
 
Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Berlin Komische Oper
Harry Kupfer (director)
Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Berlin Komische Oper,
3, 4, 5 July 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall Hall, Tokyo
 
Minoru Miki: Shunkinsho
Nihon Opera Kyokai
5, 6 July 1998 at the New National Theatre, Tokyo (Middle Hall)
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
New National Theatre, Tokyo
15, 17 July 1998
[for High School Students]
 
R Strauss: Arabella
New National Theatre, Tokyo
19-23 September 1998
 
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Teatro Communale di Bologna
Massimo de Bernart (conductor)
Liliana Cavani (producer)
Agnes Baltsa/ Waltraud Meyer (Santuzza)
Jose Cura/ Giorgio Merighi (Turiddu)
Carlo Guelfi/Bruno Pola (Alfio)
Sarah M'Punga (Lola)
and
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Teatro Communale di Bologna
Massimo de Bernart (conductor)
Marco Gandini (producer)
Juan Pons (Gianni Schicchi)
Luca Canonici (Rinuccio)
Alida Ferrarini (Lauretta)
Cinzia De Mola (Zita)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
25, 27 Sept 1998 at Biwako Hall, Shiga
30 Sept, 6, 9, 13 Oct 1998 at Orchard Hall, Tokyo
3 Oct 1998 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
 
Giordano: Fedora
Teatro Communale di Bologna
Stefano Ranzani (conductor)
Beppe de Tomasi (producer)
Mirella Freni (Fedora)
Jose Cura (Loris/Otsu)
Jose Carreras (Loris/Tokyo)
Bruno Pola (De Siriex)
Adelina Scarabelli (Olga Sukarev)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
26 Sept 1998 at Biwako Hall, Shiga
1, 4, 7, 10 October 1998 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Fujiwara Opera and New National Theatre coproduction
Maurizio Benini (conductor)
Pierfrancesco Maestrini (director)
Raúl Giménez / Toshiro Gorobe (Almaviva)
Cecilia Gasdia / Mika Shigematsu (Rosina)
Bruno Praticò / Masumi Kubota (Bartolo)
Roberto Frontali / Masato Makino (Figaro)
Carlo Colombara / Katsuji Miura (Don Basilio)
Michiko Taguchi / Kyoko Moriyama(Berta)
Toshiro Ishii / Hiroaki Murakami (Fiorello)
Kan Hasegawa (officer)
Hachiro Ika (Ambrogio)
Masataka Nakajima (notary)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
9, 11, 12, 14 October 1998 at New National Theatre Opera House
 
Verdi: Don Carlo
Teatro Communale di Bologna
Daniele Gatti (conductor)
Andrei Serban (producer)
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Philip II)
Alberto Cupido (Don Carlo)
Daniela Dessi (Elizabeth)
Paolo Coni (Rodrigo)
Gloria Scalchi (Eboli)
Askare Abdrasakov (Grand Inquisitor)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
11 October 1998 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
15, 17 Oct 1998 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
Verdi: La traviata
Hungarian State Opera
Soloists, chorus, ballet and orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera
24, 26 October 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo
23 October 1998 at Sagami-ono Green Hall, Kanagawa Prefecture
31 October 1998 at Yokosuka Art Theatre, Kanagawa Prefecture
 
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
New National Theatre, Tokyo
27 November-2 December 1998
 
1999
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Renato Palumbo (conductor)
Beppe De Tomasi (director)
Victoria Loukianetz / Masako Deguchi (Violetta)
Marcelo Alvarez / Taro Ichihara (Alfredo)
Giorgio Cebrian (Giorgio Germont)
Reiko Nakano / Ryoko Hosomi (Flora)
Satoshi Chubachi / Seiji Ishikawa (Gastone)
Masumi Kubota (Douphol)
Yasushi Nakamura (D'Obigny)
Kazuhiro Yatabe (Grenvil)
Keiko Takemura / Reiko Takanami (Annina)
Naoto Watanabe (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
15, 16, 17 January 1999 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Bizet: Carmen
New National Theatre, Tokyo
19-27 January 1999
 
Mizuno, Shuko: The Tale of Himeji Castle
New National Theatre, Tokyo
13-14 February 1999
 
Puccini: La bohème
Fujiwara Opera
Stefano Ranzani (conductor)
Beppe De Tomasi (director)
Mirella Freni / Masako Deguchi (Mimi)
Roberto Aronica / Shigehiro Sano (Rodolfo)
Yasuo Horiuchi / Masato Makino (Marcello)
Sue Chen Panariello / Marie Igarashi (Musetta)
Yuichi Toyoshima / Tomohiro Tani (Shaunard)
Nicolai Ghiaurov / Kang-liang Peng (Colline)
Sachio Yamada / Katsuji Miura (Benoit)
Katsuji Miura / Sachio Yamada (Alcindoro)
Toshiaki Murakami / Seiji Ishikawa (Parpignol)
The Japan Shinsei Symphony Orchestra
3, 5, 6, 7 March 1999 at the New National Theatre Opera House
 
J Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
New National Theatre, Tokyo
21-25 April 1999
 
Hara, Kazuko: Crime and Punishment
New National Theatre, Tokyo
18-20 June 1999
 
Hitoshi Tanaka: Shuzenji Monogatari (Premiere)
Nihon Opera Kyokai
3, 4 July 1999 at the New National Theatre, Tokyo (Middle Hall)
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
New National Theatre, Tokyo
13-16 July 1999
[for High School Students]
 
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
New National Theatre, Tokyo
21-30 September 1999
 
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Hall Opera at Suntory Hall
Marco Boemi (conductor)
Lorenzo Mariani (director)
Italo Grassi (designer)
Eva Mei (Adina)
Giuseppe Sabbatini (Nemorino)
Paolo Coni (Belcore)
Natale de Carolis (Dulcamara)
Kikuko Teshima (Giannetta)
Suntory Hall Opera Academy Chorus, The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
30 September, 3, 5 October 1999 at Suntory Hall, Tokyo
 
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
New National Theatre, Tokyo
Yoshinori Kikuchi (conductor),
Pierfrancesco Maestrini (stage director),
Fiorella Mariani (stage designer),
David Walker (costume designer)
Giovanna Casolla 6/8/11/14 /Chieko Shimohara 10/13 (Manon),
Keith Olsen 6/8/11/13 / Nicola Martinucci 10/14 (Des Grieux),
Roberto de Candia 6/8/10/13 / Tasuku Naono 11/14 (Lescaut),
Naoki Ikeda 6/10/13 / Sachio Yamada 8/11/14 (Geronte),
Kazuhiko Ichikawa 6/10/13 / Satoshi Chubachi 8/11/14 (Edmondo).
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, New National Theatre and Fujiwara choruses,
6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 November 1999 at the New National Theatre Opera House
 
Mozart:Don Giovanni
Nikikai Opera
Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku
16 November 1999
 
Ponchielli: La gioconda
Yoshinori Kikuchi (conductor)
Chieko Shimohara (La Gioconda)
Kei Fukui (Enzo),
Masato Makino (Barnaba),
Naomi Nagata (Laura),
Peng Kang-Liang (Alvise)
Misato Iwamori (La Cieca)
Japan Shinsei Symphony Orchestra, Japan Shinsei Symphony and Fujiwara Choruses
21 November 1999, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, 22 November 1999, Suntory Hall, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Warsaw Chamber Opera
26 November 1999, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
27, 28 November 1999, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Nikikai Opera
26, 27 two perfs., 28 November 1999 New National Theatre The Pit
 
Bernstein: Candide (London National Theatre musical version)
Yutaka Sado (conductor)
Cast: Hiroyuki Yoshida, Megumi Sunada, Hiroshi Kuroda, Makoto Tanaka, Aiko Kori, Akiya Fukushima, Madoka Sato
29 November 1999 Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo, 1 December 1999 Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
New National Theatre, Tokyo
Vjekoslav Sutej (conductor)
Masayoshi Kuriyama (stage director),
Yukio Horio (stage designer),
Katsumi Kishii (costume designer)
Yoko Watanabe 18/21/24/27 /Hisara Sato 23/26 (Butterfly)
Alfredo Cupido 18/21/24/27 / Maurizio Graziani 23/26 (Pinkerton)
Marco di Felice 18/21/24/27 / Tadamichi Orie 23/26 (Sharpless)
Naomi Nagata 18/21/24/27 / Kyoko Moriyama 23/26 (Suzuki)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, New National Theatre Chorus
18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27 December 1999, New National Theatre Opera House
 
2000
 
J Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Prague National Theatre
7, 8 January 2000 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
14 January 2000 at Green Hall Sagamiono, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Prague National Theatre
9, 10 January 2000 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
15 January 2000 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
 
Puccini: Tosca
10 January 2000 at Suntory Hall
 
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
The Fujiwara Opera
Stefano Ranzani (conductor )
Henning Brockhaus (director)
Josef Svoboda (designer)
Cast: Valeria Esposito / Mieko Sato (Lucia)
Dario Volonte / Shigehiro Sano (Edgardo)
Roberto Servile / Yasuo Horiuchi (Enrico)
Masumi Kubota / Kazuhiro Yatabe (Raimondo)
Kazuhiro Tsunoda / Makoto Tashiro (Arturo)
Kyoko Moriyama / Megumi Kono (Alisa)
Kazuhiko Ichikawa / Tetsuya Arime (Normanno)
First cast January 14/16, second cast January 15
Fujiwara Opera Chorus Group, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
14, 15, 16 January 2000 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo
 
J Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Tokyo Operetta Association
14 January 2000 at Shinjuku Bunka Centre, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Don Giovanni
New National Theatre co-production with the Vienna State Opera
 Asher Fisch (conductor)
Roberto di Simone (director)
Nicola Rubertelli (designer)
Natale de Carolis (Don Giovanni)
Julia Isaev (Donna Anna)
Gregory Kunde (Don Ottavio)
Pamela Coburn (Donna Elvira)