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Past Opera Productions
 
from 1990 to 1994 (all companies)
 
1990
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Michelangelo Veltri (conductor)
Maria Francesca Siciliani (director)
Masako Deguchi / Ileana Cotrubus (Violetta)
Giacomo Aragall / Taro Ichihara (Alfredo)
Tadamichi Orie (Giorgio Germont)
Fumiko Mochiki (Flora)
Hiroshi Mochiki (Gastone)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Douphol)
Katsuji Miura (D'Obigny)
Sachio Yamada (Grenvil)
Masami Fujikawa (Annina)
Kazuhiko Ichikawa (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
14, 15 January 1990 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Puccini: Tosca
Fujiwara Opera
Yoshinori Kikuchi (conductor)
Antonello Madau Diaz (director)
Galina Calinina / Keiko Kataoka (Tosca)
Taro Ichihara / Giacomo Aragall (Cavaradossi)
Juan Pons / Tadamichi Orie (Scarpia)
Hiroyuki Okayama / Katsuji Miura (Angelotti)
Sachio Yamada / Naoki Sakurai (sacristan)
Seiji Ishikawa / Kazuhiko Ichikawa (Spoletta)
Ken Yamada (Sciarrone)
Hidekazu Tsumaya (gaoler)
Kimiko Hagiwara (shepherd boy)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
29, 31 January 1990, 3, 5 February 1990 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Suntory Hall Opera in Concert
With Renato Bruson, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Giovanni de Angelis
Roberto Patanostro (conductor), Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikikai Opera Chorus
3, 6 February 1990 at Suntory Hall
 
Kazuko Hara: Yosakoi Bushi
Nihon Opera Kyokai
19, 20 May 1990 at Hamamatsu Shimin Kaikan, Hamamatsu
 
Cavalleria Rusticana / I Pagliacci
Fujiwara Opera
Michelangelo Veltri (conductor)
Francesco Privitera (director)
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Fumiko Mochiki / Masami Fujikawa (Santuzza)
Ermanno Mauro / Makoto Tashiro (Turiddu)
Naomi Nagata / Kyoko Moriyama (Lola)
Piero Cappuccilli / Naoki Sakurai (Alfio)
Riseko Urano / Shigeru Sawa (Lucia)
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci
Yoko Watanabe (Nedda)
Ermanno Mauro (Canio)
Piero Cappuccilli / Kenji Kojima (Tonio)
Hiroshi Mochiki / Ken Matsuura (Peppe)
Kenji Kojima / Masato Makino (Silvio)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
14, 16, 18 July 1990 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
R Strauss: Salome
Welsh National Opera
Richard Armstrong (conductor)
André Engel (producer)
Nick Rieti (designer)
Catherine Malfitano (Salome)
Philip Joll (Jokanaan)
Nick Douglas (Herod)
Elizabeth Vaughan (Herodias)
Peter Bronder (Narraboth)
Matthew Best (1st Nazarene)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
November 8, 12, 14 1990 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Verdi: Falstaff
Welsh National Opera
Richard Armstrong (conductor)
PeterStein (producer)
Lucio Fanti (designer)
Donald Maxwell (Falstaff)
Peter Bronder (Dr Caius)
John Harris (Bardolfo)
Geoffrey Moses (Pistola)
Suzanna Murphy (Alice)
Nuccia Focile (Nannetta)
Wendy Verco (Meg)
Cynthia Buchan (Mrs Quickly)
Paul Charles Clarke (Fenton)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
November 9, 11, 13 1990 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Minoru Miki: Ada, An Actor's Revenge
Nihon Opera Kyokai
17 November 1990 at Hamamatsu Shimin Kaikan, Hamamatsu
 
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Fujiwara Opera
Bruno Aprea (conductor)
Paolo Trevisi (director)
Antonio Salvadori / Masato Makino (Don Giovanni)
Yasuko Hayashi / Taemi Kohama (Donna Anna)
Kyoko Tsukada / Chieko Tachihara (Donna Elvira)
Hiroshi Mochiki / Toshiro Gorobe (Don Ottavio)
Sachio Yamada / Hidekazu Tsumaya (Il Commendatore)
Kenji Kojima / Hiroyuki Okayama (Leporello)
Masako Saida / Nobuko Takahashi (Zerlina)
Katsuji Miura / Naoki Sakurai (Masetto)
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
20, 21, 22 November 1990 at Shinjuku Bunka Center
 
1991
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Anton Guadagno (conductor)
Maria Francesca Siciliani (director)
Lucia Aliberti / Masako Saida (Violetta)
Salvatore Fisichella / Makoto Tashiro (Alfredo)
Kenji Kojima / Masato Makino (Giorgio Germont)
Irina Romichevskaya / Kyoko Moriyama (Flora)
Hiroshi Mochiki / Ken Matsuura (Gastone)
Hiroyuki Okayama / Katsuji Miura (Douphol)
Akihito Shikano / Toshio Nagano (D'Obigny)
Sachio Yamada / Hidekazu Tsumaya (Grenvil)
Shigeru Sawa / Keiko Takemura (Annina)
Ikuo Oho (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
13, 14, 15 January 1991 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Fujiwara Opera
Antonello Allemandi (conductor)
Mario Corradi (director)
Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Angelina)
Toshiro Gorobe (Don Ramiro)
Domenico Trimarchi (Don Magnifico)
Kenji Kojima / Masato Makino (Dandini)
Hiroyuki Okayama / Sachio Yamada (Alidoro)
Hiroko Motomiya / Mika Shimada (Clorinda)
Irina Romishevskaya (Tisbe)
Shinsei Nihon Orchestra
10, 12, 14 February 1991 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Minoru Miki: Ada, An Actor's Revenge
Nihon Opera Kyokai
9,10 March 1991 at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space (Middle Hall)
 
Verdi: Otello
Suntory Hall Opera in Concert
With Renato Bruson, Michele Pertusi, Giovanni de Angelis, Maria Guleghina, Gisela Pacino,
Gustav Kuhn (conductor), Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Fujiwara Opera Chorus
1, 4 May 1991 at Suntory Hall
 
Verdi: Il trovatore
Suntory Hall Opera in Concert
With Renato Bruson, Maria Guleghina, Gisela Pacino, Michele Pertusi,
Roberto Patanostro (conductor), Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikikai Opera Chorus
15, 18 May 1991 at Suntory Hall
 
Shuko Mizuno: Tenshu Monogatari (The Tale of Himeji Castle)
Nihon Opera Kyokai
7, 8 June 1991 at Yuport Kani Hoken Hall, Tokyo
 
Bellini: La sonnambula
Fujiwara Opera
Antonello Allemandi (conductor)
Antonello Madau Diaz (director)
Lucia Aliberti / Masako Deguchi (Amina)
Toshiro Goro / Bealdo Bertolo (Elvino)
Carlo Colombara / Hiroyuki Okayama (Rodolfo)
Riseko Urano / Masami Fujikawa (Teresa)
Marie Igarashi / Saori Adachi (Lisa)
Masanobu Shibayama (Alessio)
Ken Matsuura (notary)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
7, 8 July 1991 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Kazuko Hara: Yosakoi Bushi
Nihon Opera Kyokai
12,13 October 1991 at Kochi Kenmin Bunka Hall, Kochi
 
Verdi: Otello
Fujiwara Opera
Yoshinori Kikuchi (conductor)
Antonello Madau Diaz (director)
Vladimir Atlantov (Otello)
Fiamma Izzo D'Amico (Desdemona)
Piero Cappuccilli (Jago)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Lodovico)
Hiroshi Mochiki (Cassio)
Fumiko Mochiki (Emilia)
Kazuhiro Tsunoda (Roderigo)
Toshio Nagano (Montano)
Hidekazu Tsumaya (herald)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
25, 29 September 1991 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
3 October 1991 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
 
1992
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Antonello Allemandi (conductor)
Shigetaka Matsumoto (director)
Giusy Devinu / Carla Basto(Violetta)
Raimundo Mettere / Kazuhiro Tsunoda (Alfredo)
Alessandro Cassis / Rentaro Kurosaki (Giorgio Germont)
Naomi Nagata / Kyoko Moriyama (Flora)
Hiroshi Mochiki / Ken Matsuura (Gastone)
Hiroyuki Okayama / Hidekazu Tsumaya (Douphol)
Masato Makino / Toshio Nagano (D'Obigny)
Francesco Musinu / Hidekazu Tsumaya (Grenvil)
Keiko Takemura / Emiko Suzuki (Annina)
Ikuo Oho (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
14, 15, 16, 17, 18 January 1992 Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Bellini: Norma
Fujiwara Opera
Anton Guadagno (conductor)
Antonello Madau Diaz (director)
Yasuko Hayashi / Taemi Kahama (Norma)
Giuseppe Giacomini / Vincenzo Scuderi (Pollione)
Maria Luisa Nave / Fumiko Mochiki (Adalgisa)
Carlo Colombara / Hidekazu Tsumaya (Oroveso)
Kazuhiro Tsunoda (Flavio)
Naomi Nagata / Kyoko Moriyama (Clotilde)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
23, 25, 27, 29 February 1992 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: Macbeth
Suntory Hall Opera in Concert
With Renato Bruson, Gwyneth Jones, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Alfredo Cupido,
Gustav Kuhn (conductor), Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Fujiwara Opera Chorus
24, 27 March 1992 at Suntory Hall
 
Kazuko Hara: Yosakoi Bushi
Nihon Opera Kyokai
20, 21 May 1992 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Don Giovanni
The Royal Opera
Bernard Haitinck (conductor)
Johannes Schaaf (director)
Peter Pabst (designer)
Claudio Desderi (Leporello)
Carol Vaness (July 9/17/20)/Eva Johansson (July 14) (Donna Anna)
Thomas Allen (Don Giovanni)
Robert Lloyd (Commendatore)
Hans Peter Blochwitz (Ottavio)
Karita Mattila (Elvira)
Marta Marquez (July 9, 14)/ Angela Gheorghiu (July 17, 20) (Zerlina)
Bryn Terfel (Masetto)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera
9, 14, 17 July 1992 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 
20 July 1992 at Festival Hall, Osaka
 
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
The Royal Opera
Jeffrey Tate (July 21, 24, 26) / Bernard Haitinck (July 11, 16) (conductor)
Johannes Schaaf (director)
Xenia Hausner (sets)
Lucio Gallo (Figaro)
Marie McLaughlin (Susanna)
Gwynne Howell (Bartolo)
Sarah Walker(Marcellina)
Thomas Allen (Count)
Richard Greager (Basilio)
Lella Cuberli (Countess)
Bodo Schwanbeck (Antonio)
John Dobson (Curzio)
Judith Howarth (Barbarina)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera
11, 16, 24 July 1992 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 
21 July 1992 at Festival Hall, Osaka
 
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte
The Royal Opera
Jeffrey Tate (conductor)
Johannes Schaaf (director)
Hans Schavernoch (sets)
Kurt Streit (Ferrando)
William Shimell (Guglielmo)
Claudio Desderi (Alfonso)
Carol Vaness (Fiodiligi)
Diana Montague (Dorabella)
Anne Howells (Despina)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera
15, 25, 27 July 1992 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 
23 July 1992 at Festival Hall, Osaka
 
Bizet: Carmen
Fujiwara Opera
Alberto Ventura (conductor)
Shigetaka Matsumoto (director)
Jadranka Jovanovic / Naomi Nagata (Carmen)
Vincenzo Scuderi / Saburo Nagasawa (Don José)
Tadamichi Orie / Kenji Kojima (Escamillo)
Keiko Kataoka / Taemi Kahama (Micaela)
Hidekazu Tsumaya / Toshio Nagano (Zuniga)
Akihito Shikano / Kan Hasegawa (Morales)
Naoki Sakurai / Ikuo Oho (Dancairo)
Ken Matsuura / Kazuhiko Ichikawa (Remendado)
Shinko Date / Keiko Takemura (Frasquita)
Irina Romishevskaya / Kyoko Moriyama (Mercedes)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
20, 22, 24 July 1992 Tokyo at Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: La forza del destino
Fujiwara Opera
Yoshinori Kikuchi (conductor)
Carlo Maestrini (director)
Giovanna Casolla (Leonora)
Giuseppe Giacomini (Alvaro)
Renato Bruson (Carlo)
Naomi Nagata / Irina Romishevskaya (Preziosilla)
Kenji Kojima / Katsuji Miura (Fra Melitone)
Hiroyuki Okayama / Sachio Yamada (Il Marchese Di Caltrava)
Kyoko Moriyama (Cura)
Kazuhiro Tsunoda / Ken Matsuura (Mastro Trabuco)
Naoki Sakurai (Un Alcade)
Kan Hasegawa (Un Chirurgo)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
25, 27, 29 September 1992 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
1993
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Yoshinori Kikuchi (conductor)
Shigetaka Matsumoto (director)
Nelly Miricioiu / Masako Deguchi (Violetta)
Ezio Di Cesare / Saburo Nagasawa (Alfredo)
Tasuku Naono / Masato Makino (Giorgio Germont)
Irina Romishevskaya / Kyoko Moriyama (Flora)
Ken Matsuura / Ikuo Oho (Gastone)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Douphol)
Katsuji Miura (D'Obigny)
Sachio Yamada (Grenvil)
Noriko Ieda / Masayo Yamadate (Annina)
Kazuhiro Komiya (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
15, 16, 17 January 1993 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Fujiwara Opera
Antonello Allemandi (conductor)
Carlo Maestrini (director)
Angelo Romero / Masato Makino (Figaro)
Rockwell Blake / Toshiro Gorobe (Almaviva)
Kazuko Nagai / Irina Romishevskaya (Rosina)
Alfonso Antoniozzi / Sachio Yamada (Bartolo)
Hiroyuki Okayama / Katsuji Miura (Don Basilio)
Kyoko Moriyama / Masayo Yamadate (Berta)
Ken Matsuura (Fiorello)
Kan Hasegawa (officer)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
11, 12, 13, 14 February 1993 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Puccini: La bohème
Hall Opera at Suntory Hall
With Daniela Dessi, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Paola Antonucci, Luis Giron-May, Andrea Silvestrelli, Renato Girolami, Katsuji Miura, Shiegi Tani, Kohichi Inoue, Ryohei Izumi, Makoto Narita, Shingo Uchiyama
Gustav Kuhn (conductor/director), The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Nikikai Chorus Group
12, 15 March 1993 at Suntory Hall, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Aida
Fujiwara Opera
Daniel Oren (conductor)
Yasuhiko Aguni (director)
Aprile Millo (Aida)
Ludmila Schemtchuk (Amneris)
Giuseppe Giacomini (Radames)
Tasuku Naono / Masato Makino (Amonasro)
Carlo Colombara (Ramfis)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Il Re)
Fumiko Mochiki (Sacerdotessa )
Makoto Tashiro (messenger)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
16, 19, 22, 25 March 1993 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Kazuko Hara: Iwai Uta ga Nagareru Yoruni
Nihon Opera Kyokai
26, 27, 28 May 1993 at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space (Middle Hall)
 
Minoru Miki: Shunkinsho
Nihon Opera Kyokai
22, 23 May 1993 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Metropolitan Opera
James Levine (conductor)
Piero Faggioni (producer/designer)
Placido Domingo (Riccardo)
Juan Pons (23, 29 May)/ Vladimir Chernov (2, 5, 9 June) (Renato)
Aprile Millo (Amelia)
Harolyn Blackwell (23, 29 May, 5, 9 June) / Heidi Grant Murphy (2 June) (Oscar)
Stefania Toczyska (Ulrica)
Christopher Schaldenbrand (23, 29 May) / Mark Oswald (2, 5, 9 June) (Silvano)
Charles Anthony (Chief Justice)
Bernard Fitch (Amelia's servant)
Paul Plishka (Tom)
Terry Cook (Samuel)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
23 May, 2 June 1993 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
29 May, 5, 9 June 1993 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Metropolitan Opera
Edoardo Müller (conductor)
John Copley (producer)
Beni Montresor (designer)
Heidi Grant Murphy (25, 28 May, 4, 8 June ) / Korliss Uecker (1 June) (Giannetta)
Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino)
Kathleen Battle (25, 28 May, 1 June) / Young Ok Shin (4, 8 June) (Adina)
Gino Quilco (25, 28 May, 1, 8 June) / Mark Oswald (4 June) (Belcore)
Paul Plishka (Dulcamara)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
May 25, June 2 1993 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
May 28, June 1/4/8 1993 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Wagner: Die Walküre
Metropolitan Opera
James Levine (conductor)
Otto Schenk (producer)
Günther Schneider-Siemssen (designer)
G Jones (Brünnhilde)
Gary Lakes (Siegmund)
Sabine Hass (Sieglinde)
James Morris (Wotan)
Uta Priew (30 May, 6 June)/ Barbara Dever (10 June) (Fricka)
Haugland (Hunding)
N Warren (Gerhilde)
Shaulis (Grimgerde)
Neves (Helmwige)
E. Byrne (Ortlinde)
Christin (Rossweisse)
S. Kelly (Schwertleite)
Barbara Dever (Siegrune)
Castle (Waltraute)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
30 May, 6, 10 June 1993 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Teatro Communale di Bologna
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Roberto De Simone (director)
Mauro Carosi (sets)
William Matteuzzi (Ramiro)
Enzo Dara (Don Magnifico)
Michele Pertusi (Alidoro)
Alessandro Corbelli (Dandini)
Fernanda Costa (Clorinda)
Gloria Scalchi (Angelina)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
17, 20, 23, 28 June 1993 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: Rigoletto
Teatro Communale di Bologna
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Giancarlo Cobelli (director)
Paolo Tommasi (sets)
Vincenzo La Scola (Duke)
Luciana Serra (Gilda)
Francesca Franci (Maddalena)
Leo Nucci (Rigoletto)
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Sparafucile)
Antonella Trevisan (Giovanna)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
18, 22, 24, 26 June 1993 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
Teatro Communale di Bologna
Roberto Abbado (conductor)
Lamberto Puggelli (director)
Paolo Bregni (sets)
Peter Dvorsky (Maurizio)
Fiorenza Cossotto (Princess)
Giuseppe Riva (Quinault)
Michele Pertusi (Prince)
Mirella Freni (Adriana Lecouvreur)
Giovanni de Angelis (Michonnet)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna
27, 30 June 1993 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama
7, 9 July 1993 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
Wagner: Die Meistersinger
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Rafael Frübeck de Burgos (conductor)
Götz Friedrich (producer)
Peter Sykora (designer)
Wolfgang Brendel / Victor Braun (Hans Sachs)
Paul Frey / Thomas Sunnegardh (Walter)
Uwe Peper / Clemens Bieber (David)
Eva Johansson / Hillevi Martinpelto (Eva)
Ute Walter (Magdalena)
Julien Robbins / Peter Edelmann (Nightwatchman)
Erich Knodt (Pogner)
Barry McDaniel (Nachtigall)
Eike Wilm Schulte (Beckmesser)
David Griffith (Vogelgesang)
Lenus Carlson (Kothner)
Warren Mok (Zorn)
Peter Maus (Eisslinger)
Otto Heuer (Moser)
Klaus Lang (Ortel)
Ivan Sardi (Schwarz)
Friedrich Molsberger (Foltz)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
September 11/15/18/22/25 1993 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Kazuko Hara: Father Kibe
Nihon Opera Kyokai
22,23 September 1993 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo
 
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Jiri Kout (conductor)
Götz Friedrich (producer)
Günther Schneider-Siemssen (designer)
Reen Kollo (Tristan)
Gwyneth Jones / Janis Martin (Isolde)
Gerd Feldhoff (Kurwenal)
Peter Edelmann / Barry McDaniel (Melot)
Hanna Schwarz (Brangäne)
Clemens Bieber (young seaman)
Uwe Peper / Peter Maus (shepherd)
Ivan Sardi / Klaus Lang (steersman)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
September 24/29, October 3/6/9 1993 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
Wagner: Lohengrin
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
Götz Friedrich (producer)
Peter Sykora (designer)
Manfred Schenk (Heinrich der Vogler)
Paul Frey / Thomas Sunnegardh (Lohengrin)
Karan Armstrong / Eva Johansson (Elsa)
Oskar Hillebrandt (Friedrich)
Janis Martin / Gwyneth Jones (Ortrud)
Wolfgang Brendel / Ralf Lukas (Herald)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
September 30, October 2/4/7/11 1993 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Puccini: La bohème
Fujiwara Opera
Filippo Zigante (conductor)
Shigetaka Matsumoto (director)
Kallen Esperian / Yasuko Hayashi (Mimi)
Alberto Cupido / Taro Ichihara (Rodolfo)
Masato Makino (Marcello)
Masako Saida / Masako Yamani (Musetta)
Satoshi Mizuguchi / Yasushi Nakamura (Shaunard)
Toshiya Inagaki / Hiroyuki Okayama (Colline)
Katsuji Miura (Benoit/Alcindoro)
Ken Matsuura (Parpignol)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
29, 30, 31 October 1993 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Fujiwara Opera
Yoshinori Kikuchi (conductor)
Antonello Madau Diaz (director)
Masako Deguchi / Nobuko Takahashi (Lucia)
Alberto Cupido / Hiroshi Mochiki (Edgardo)
Tadamichi Orie / Masato Makino (Enrico)
Toshiya Inagaki / Katsuji Miura (Raimondo)
Kazuhiro Tsunoda / Ikuo Oho (Arturo)
Naomi Nagata / Megumi Kono (Alisa)
Tetsuya Arime (Normanno)
Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
19, 20, 21 November 1993 at Shinjuku Bunka Center
 
1994
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Hiroshi Wakasugi (conductor)
Shigetaka Matsumoto (director)
Kathleen Cassello / Sun Xiu-wei (Violetta)
Mario Malagnini / Hiroshi Mochiki (Alfredo)
Tadamichi Orie / Akiya Fukushima (Giorgio Germont)
Naomi Nagata / Megumi Kono (Flora)
Toshiya Inagaki (Douphol)
Sachio Yamada (Grenvil)
Noriko Ieda (Annina)
Ikuo Oho (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
15, 16, 17 January 1994 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Fujiwara Opera
Angelo Campori (conductor)
Kuniaki Ida (director)
Yasuko Hayashi / Hisara Sato (Butterfly)
Giorgio Lamberti / Aleksei Repchinsky (Pinkerton)
Giovanni De Angelis / Masato Makino (Sharpless)
Kumiko Yoshii / Naomi Nagata (Suzuki)
Ken Matsuura / Kazuhiro Komiya (Goro)
Naoki Sakurai / Katsuji Miura (Bonze)
Hiroyuki Okayama / Sachio Yamada (Yamadori)
Irina Romishevskaya (Kate)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
26 February, 1, 3 March 1994 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: La traviata
Hall Opera at Suntory Hall
With Daniela Dessi, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Renato Bruson, Kyoko Okada, Junko Ueda, Mitsuhiko Ohno, Shigeru Imao, Ryohei Izumi, Masataka Sugino, Makoto Sakurada, Tatsuya Higuchi, Tetsuya Odagawa,
Gustav Kuhn (conductor/director), The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikikai Chorus Group
22, 24 April 1994 at Suntory Hall, Tokyo
 
Toru Nakamura: Kijimuna Toki wo Kakeru
Nihon Opera Kyokai
14, 15 May 1994 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo
 
Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Fujiwara Opera
Yoshinori Kikuchi (conductor)
Pierfrancesco Maestrini (director)
Giuseppe Giacomini (Andrea Chénier)
Giovanna Casolla (Maddalena)
Paolo Gavanelli (Gérard)
Masato Makino (Roucher)
Hiroshi Mochiki (Un Incredibile)
Hiroko Motomiya (La Contessa Coigny)
Naomi Nagata (Bersi)
Riseko Urano (Madelon)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
2, 5, 8 July 1994 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Wiener Staatsoper
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Jonathan Miller (producer)
Cecilia Gasdia / Charlotte Margiono (Countess)
Barbara Bonney (Susanna)
Gabriele Sima / Angelika Kirschlager (Cherubino)
Margarita Lilowa (Marcellina)
Ruggero Raimondi (Count)
Valentina Valente (Barbarina)
Lucio Gallo (Figaro)
Heinz Zednik (Basilio)
Peter Jelosits (Don Curzio)
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Bartolo)
Istvan Gati (Antonio)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper
September 16/18/20/23/27 1994 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Wiener Staatsoper
(Production in cooperation with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Andre Tarkovsky (producer)
Gabriele Sima (Fyodor)
Valentina Valente (Xenia)
Anna Gonda (Nurse)
Mariana Lipovsek (Marina)
Elena Zaremba (Hostess)
Anatoli Kotcherga (Boris Godunov)
Heinz Zednik (Shuisky)
Albert Schlagidullin (Shchelkalov)
Alexander Morosov (Pimen)
Sergei Larin (The Pretender)
Monte Pederson (Rangoni)
Gleb Nikolsky (Varlaam)
Wilfried Gahmlich (Missail)
Peter Jelosits (Simpleton)
Goran Simic (Nikitich)
Istvan Gati (Mityukha/Lavitsky)
Franz Kasemann (Krushchov/Boyar)
Wolfgang Bankl (Chernikovsky)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper and the Slovak Philharmonic Choir
September 25/28/30 1994 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
Kan Ishii: Kesa to Morito
Nihon Opera Kyokai
28, 29 September 1994 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo
 
R Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Wiener Staatsoper
Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
Otto Schenk (director)
Rudolph Heinrich (designer)
Felicity Lott (Marschallin)
Anne Sofie von Otter (Oktavian)
Barbara Bonney (Sophie)
Olivera Miljakovic (Leitmetzerin)
Margarita Lilowa (Annina)
Kurt Moll (Ochs)
Gottfried Hornik (Faninal)
Heinz Zednik (Valzacchi)
Lotte Leitner (Modeston)
Keith Ikaia-Purdy (Singer)
Waldemar Kmentt (Majordomo to Marschallin)
Franz Kasemann (Majordomo to Faninal)
Peter Wimberger (Police Commissar)
Peter Jelosits (Landlord)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper
October 7/10/12/15/18/20 1994 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
J Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Wiener Staatsoper
Ulf Schirmer (conductor)
Otto Schenk (producer)
Günther Schneider-Siemssen (designer)
Karita Mattila (Rosalinde)
Edith Lienbacher (Adele)
Lotte Leitner (Ida)
Jochen Kowalski (Orlovsky)
Hermann Prey (Eisenstein)
Hans Helm (Falke)
Josef Hopferwiesser / Richard Brunner (Alfred)
Walter Berry (Frank)
Hans Kraemmer (Frosch)
Waldermar Kmentt (Dr Blind)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper
October 9/13/16/19 1994 at NHK Hall, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Fujiwara Opera
Angelo Campori (conductor)
Antonello Madau Diaz (director)
Renato Bruson (Simon Boccanegra)
Yoko Watanabe (Amelia Grimaldi )
Taro Ichihara (Gabriele Adorno)
Carlo Colombara (Jacopo Fiesco)
Masato Makino (Paolo Albiani)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Pietro)
Makoto Tashiro (Un Capitano di Balestrieri)
Kyoko Moriyama (Un'ancella di Amelia)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
24, 28 November, 2 December 1994 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
 
NOTE: This list is incomplete and probably will always be so.
The cast lists are mainly those that were published and announced.
In some cases they may subsequently have changed.
 
Opera japonica 17/1/2002