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Past Opera Productions
 
from 1934 to 1979 (all companies)
 
1934
 
Puccini: La bohème
The Fujiwara Opera
7, 8 June 1934 at the Hibiya Kokaido, Tokyo
 
1935
 
Berte, after Schubert: Das Dreimädelhaus
The Fujiwara Opera
7 to 30 June 1935 at the (former) Yurakudo, Tokyo
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
2 to 16 August 1935 at the (former) Yurakudo, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Rigoletto
The Fujiwara Opera
31 October, 1 November 1935 at the Hibiya Kokaido, Tokyo
 
Puccini: Tosca
The Fujiwara Opera
Maria Kousnetzova (Tosca)
24 to 26 December 1935 at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo
 
1938
 
Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
26 to 30 October 1938 at the (former) Yurakudo, Tokyo
 
1939
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
26, 27 March, 28, 29 April at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
Verdi: La traviata
The Fujiwara Opera
26, 28 November, 26 Decemeber 1939 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Rigoletto
The Fujiwara Opera
27 November, 27 December 1939 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
1940
 
Puccini: La bohème
The Fujiwara Opera
26, 27 February at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
1941
 
Verdi: Aida
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
26, 27, 28 May 1941 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
25, 26 November 1941 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
1942
 
Puccini: Tosca
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
27, 28, 29 May 1942 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
Gounod: Faust
The Fujiwara Opera
29, 20 June, 1 July 1942 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
Wagner: Lohengrin (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
23 to 26, 28, 29 November 1942 (8 performances) at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
1943
 
Puccini: La bohème
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
3, 4, 5 April 1943 at the Tokyo Gekijo
 
Hirota, Ryotaro: Nishiura no kami
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor Il barbiere di Siviglia )
28 to 30 May 1943 (5 performances) at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
Beethoven: Fidelio (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
27, 28 December 1943 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
1946
 
Verdi: La traviata
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
27 to 31 January 1946 at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
27 to 30 April, 2 to 5 May 1946 at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
20 to 30 September 1946 (13 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
1947
 
Puccini: La bohème
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
13 to 23 February 1947 (14 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
Wagner: Tannhäuser (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
12 July to 3 August 1947 (25 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
6 to 25 December 1947 (28 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
1948
 
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
5 to 20, 23 to 30 March 1948 (31 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
Verdi: La traviata
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
28 May to 3 June 1948 (14 performances) at Yurakudo, Tokyo
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
1 to 12 September 1948 (24 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Don Giovanni
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
14 to 27 December 1948 (27 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
1949
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
15 to 28 January 1949 (27 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
Verdi: La traviata
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
12 to 25 March 1949 (28 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
Wagner: Lohengrin
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
15 June to 3 July 1949 (25 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
2 to 24 August 1949 (28 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
2 to 14 December 1949 (25 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
1950
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
7 to 12 February 1950 (9 performances) at the Hibiya Kokaido, Tokyo
 
Verdi: La traviata
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
15 to 22, 25 to 28 February 1950 (28 performances) at the Yurakudo, Tokyo
 
Puccini: Tosca
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
11 to 19 June 1950 (16 performances) at the Yurakudo, Tokyo
 
Hadley, Henry: Bianca
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
25, 26 June 1950 at the Hibiya Kokaido, Tokyo
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
20 September, 12, 15, 17, 19 October 1950 at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
2, 5, 8 October 1950 at the Takarazuka Grand Theatre, Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture
 
Gounod: Faust
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
15 to 29 December 1950 (30 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo
 
1951
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
February (dates unknown) 1951 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Aida
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
31 May to 6 June 1951 (14 performances) at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
Thomas: Mignon (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
1 to 14 September 1951 (21 performances) at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
15 to 18 December (8 performances) at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
19 to 23 December 1951 (10 performances) at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo
 
1952
 
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
28 January 1952 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Dan, Ikuma: Yuzuru (Twilight Crane)
The Fujiwara Opera
30 January to 6 February 1952 (10 performances) at the Asahi Kaikan, Osaka
7 February 1952 at the Kyoto Kogaku Kaikan
11 to 13 February 1952 (4 performances) at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Wagner: Tannhäuser
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
27 to 30 May 1952 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Don Giovanni
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
3 to 5 July 1952 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Dan, Ikuma: Yuzuru (Twilight Crane)
The Fujiwara Opera
30 October at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
21 November 1952 at the Hibiya Kokaido
26 November 1952 at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo
 
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
The Fujiwara Opera
26 December 1952 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
1953
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
9, 10, 13, 15 January 1953 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Verdi: La traviata
The Fujiwara Opera
1-8 February 1953, alternating with Il barbiere di Siviglia, at the Shinjuku Gekijo
 
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
The Fujiwara Opera
1-8 February 1953, alternating with La Traviata at the Shinjuku Gekijo
 
Verdi: La traviata
The Fujiwara Opera
14 to 17 March 1953 (7 performances) at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo
 
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
The Fujiwara Opera
18 to 20 March 1953 (6 performances) at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo
 
Puccini: La bohème
The Fujiwara Opera
21 to 24 March 1953 (8 performances) at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
25 to 28 March 1953 (8 performances) at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo
 
Puccini: Il tabarro (Japanese premiere/with piano)
Fujiwara Opera Seinen Group
2 April 1953 at the Daiichi Seimei Hall
 
Verdi: Rigoletto
Joint Fujiwara Opera/Nikikai Opera production to commemorate Fujiwara Yoshie's 20 years in opera
20 to 23 June 1953 (8 performances) at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
1 to 3 July 1953 at the Nihon Seinenkan
 
1954
 
Massenet: Manon (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
14 , 19, 28 March 1954 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle (A kékszakállú herceg vára) (Japanese premiere)
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (Japanese premiere)
Fujiwara Opera Seinen Group
29 April 1954 at the Daiichi Seimei Hall
 
Puccini: Tosca
The Fujiwara Opera
10, 12, 13, 15 June 1954 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Verdi: Rigoletto
The Fujiwara Opera
15, 17, 18, 19 September 1954 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Montemezzi, Italo: L'amore dei tre re (Japanese premiere)
Fujiwara Opera Seinen Group
5 December 1954 at the Daiichi Seimei Hall
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
25 to 30 December 1954 (8 performances) at the Toyoko Hall
 
1955
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
24, 26 February 1955 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Verdi: La traviata
The Fujiwara Opera
23, 24, 26 March 1955 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
'Schubert': Unfinished Symphony
The Fujiwara Opera
28 to 31 March, 1 to 3 April 1955 (10 performances) at the Toyoko Hall
 
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
The Fujiwara Opera
10, 14 May 1955 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Menotti: The Medium (Japanese premiere)
Fujiwara Opera Seinen Group
7 June 1955 at Daiichi Seimei Hall
 
Menotti: The Consul (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
6, 8, 10, 11 13 July 1955 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
1956
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
6, 7 January 1056 at the Nihon Seinenkan
 
Massenet: Thaïs (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
13, 14, 16 April 1956 at Sankei Hall
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
9 June 1956 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Mozart: Don Giovanni
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
29 June, 1 July 1956 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Verdi: Aida
NHK Lirica Italiana
Vittorio Gui / Nino Verchi (conductor)
Antonietta Stella /Luciana Bertolli (Aida)
Giulietta Simionato / Miriam Pirazzini (Amneris)
Umberto Borso / Salvatore Puma (Radames)
Gian Giacomo Guelfi (Amonasro)
Carlo Cava (Ramfis)
Antonio Cassinelli (Il Re)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
29, 30 September 1956, Tokyo
23, 24 October 1956, Osaka
 
Mozart : Le nozze di Figaro
NHK Lirica Italiana
Vittorio Gui (conductor)
Antonio Cassinelli (Conte)
Olietta Moscucci (Contessa)
Giuseppe Taddei (Figaro)
Alda Noni (Susanna)
Giulietta Simionato / Miriam Pirazzini (Cherubino)
Carlo Cava (Bartolo)
Mario Carlin (Don Basilio)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
3, 6, 13, 17 October 1956, Tokyo
27 October 1956, Osaka
 
Puccini: Tosca
NHK Lirica Italiana
Nino Verchi (conductor)
Luciana Bertolli (Tosca)
Umberto Borso / Salvatore Puma (Cavaradossi)
Gian Giacomo Guelfi / Giuseppe Taddei (Scarpia)
Carlo Cava (Angelotti)
Grauco Scallini (Spoletta)
Kunikazu Ouhashi (Sciarrone)
Antonio Boiel (sacristan)
Takako Kurimoto (shepherd boy)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
5, 7, 10, 12 October 1956, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Falstaff
NHK Lirica Italiana
Vittorio Gui (conductor)
Giuseppe Taddei (Falstaff)
Antonio Boiel (Ford)
Olietta Moscucci (Alice)
Miriam Pirazzini (Mrs Quickly)
Alda Noni (Nannetta)
Lina Corsi (Meg Page)
Juan Oncina (Fenton)
Grauco Scallini (Dr Cajus)
Mario Carlin (Bardolfo)
Antonio Cassinelli (Pistola)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
9, 11, 15 October 1956, Tokyo
25, 26 October 1956, Osaka
 
Verdi: Requiem
NHK Lirica Italiana
Vittorio Gui (conductor)
Olietta Moscucci (Soprano)
Miriam Pirazzini (Mezzo)
Juan Oncina (Tenor)
Carlo Cava (Bass)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
19, 20 October 1956, Tokyo
 
1957
 
Puccini: La bohème
The Fujiwara Opera
21, 22 February 1957 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
9, 10 April 1957 at Sankei Hall
 
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci
The Fujiwara Opera
30, 31 May 1957 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Menotti: Amelia Goes to the Ball (Japanese premiere)
Puccini: Suor Angelica (Japanese premiere)
Fujiwara Opera Seinen Group
6 June 1957 Daiichi Seimei Hall
 
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
The Fujiwara Opera
16 August 1957 at the Hibiya Yagai Ongakudo
 
Puccini: Il Trittico
Fujiwara Opera Seinen Group
27 November 1957 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
1958
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
1 February 1958 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Puccini: Tosca
The Fujiwara Opera
26, 28 February 1958 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Falla: La vida breve (Japanese premiere)
Fujiwara Opera Seinen Group
30 June 1958 at Kudan Kaikan Hall
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
29, 31 July, 1, 4 August 1958 at Sankei Hall
 
Puccini: Tosca
The Fujiwara Opera
14 September 1958 at Sankei Hall
23 September 1958 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Dan, Ikuma: Yokihi (Yang Kwei-fei)
The Fujiwara Opera
11 to 13 December 1958 at Sankei Hall
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Act 1), La bohème (Act 3), Tosca (Act 1)
The Fujiwara Opera
22, 27 December 1958 at Sankei Hall
 
1959
 
Verdi: Otello
NHK Lirica Italiana
Alberto Erede (conductor)
Gabriella Tucci (Desdemona)
Mario Del Monaco (Otello)
Tito Gobbi, Aldo Protti (Iago)
Anna Di Stasio (Emilia)
Mariano Caruso (Cassio)
Gabriele De Julis (Roderigo)
Plinio Clabassi (Lodovico)
Takao Okamura (Montano)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
4, 7, 10, 13 February 1959, Tokyo
2 March 1959, Osaka
 
Puccini: La bohème
NHK Lirica Italiana
Nino Verchi (conductor)
Angela Vercelli (Mimi)
Alda Noni (Musetta)
Gianni Jaia / Ferruccio Tagliavini (Rodolfo)
Sipio Colombo (Marcello)
Arturo La Porta (Schaunard)
Plinio Clabassi (Colline)
Giorgio Onesti (Benoit/Alcindoro)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
5, 9, 15, 22 February 1959, Tokyo
3 March 1959, Osaka
 
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
NHK Lirica Italiana
Albert Erede (conductor)
Alda Noni (Adina)
Ferruccio Tagliavini (Nemorino)
Paolo Montarsolo (Dulcamara)
Arturo La Porta (Belcore)
Santa Chissari (Giannetta)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
8, 11, 14 February1959, Tokyo
6 March 1959, Osaka
 
Verdi: La traviata
NHK Lirica Italiana
Albert Erede (conductor)
Gabriella Tucci (Violetta)
Anna Di Stasio (Flora)
Santa Chissari (Annina)
Gianni Jaia (Alfredo)
Aldo Protti / Sivio Colombo (Germont)
Mariano Caruso (Gastone)
Arturo La Porta (Douphol)
Paolo Montarsolo (D'Obigny)
Giorgio Onesti (Grenvil)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
17, 20, 23, 26 February1959, Tokyo
7 March 1959, Osaka
 
Bizet: Carmen
NHK Lirica Italiana
Nino Verchi (conductor)
Giulietta Simionato (Carmen)
Mario Del Monaco (Don Jose)
Gabriella Tucci / Lina Gigli / Angela Vercelli (Micaela)
Sipio Colombo /Aldo Protti (Escamillo)
Santa Chissari (Frasquita)
Anna Di Stasio (Mercedes)
Paolo Montarsolo (Zuniga)
Mariano Caruso (Remendado)
Arturo La Porta (Dancairo)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
19, 21, 24, 27 February 1959, Tokyo
5 March 1959, Osaka
 
1960
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 March 1960 at the Kyoritsu Kodo
 
Kanai, Kikuko: Hiren Karafune (premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
27, 28 March 1960 (3 performances) at the Kabukiza, Tokyo
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
30 June, 7 July 1960 at the Kyoritsu Kodo
 
1961
 
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
The Fujiwara Opera
23 February 1961 at the Yomiuri Hall
 
Britten: Let's Make an Opera (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
7 April 1961 at the Kyoritsu Kodo
 
Clutsam and Berte, after Schubert: Lilac Time
The Fujiwara Opera
21, 22 June 1961 at the Iino Hall
 
Puccini: Suor Angelica
Ravel: L'heure espagnole (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
1, 3 July 1961 at the Kyoritsu Kodo
 
Bizet: Carmen
Opéra National de Paris
Roberto Benzi (conductor)
Raymond Rouleau (director)
Jane Rhodes / Grace Bumbry (Carmen)
Consuera Ibanez / Annie Tallard (Micaela)
Georgette Spanellys / Annie Tallard (Frasquita)
Jane Berbie (Mercedes)
Gustave Botiaux / William MacAlpine (Don Jose)
Gabriel Bacquier / Robert Massard (Escamillo)
Jean-Christophe Benoit (Dancairo)
Michel Hamel (Remendado)
Jacques Mars (Zuniga)
Raymond Steffner (Morales)
Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra (Tokyo), Osaks Philharmonic Orchestra (Osaka)
Chorus of the Opera National de Paris (14 members) with FuJiwara Opera Chorus
26, 27, 28, 29, 30 Sep, 1 Oct 1961 Tokyo
4, 5, 6 Oct 1961 Osaka
 
Giordano: Andrea Chénier
NHK Lirica Italiana
Franco Capuana (conductor)
Mario Del Monaco (Andrea Chénier)
Renata Tebaldi (Maddalena)
Gian Giacomo Guelfi / Aldo Protti (Gérard)
Anna Di Stasio (La Mulatta Bersi)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
28 September, 1, 5 October 1961, Tokyo
28 October 1961, Osaka
 
Verdi: Rigoletto
NHK Lirica Italiana
Arturo Basile / Giuseppe Morelli (conductor)
Gianni Poggi (Duke)
Aldo Protti /Attilio D'Orazi (Rigoletto)
Gabriella Tucci (Gilda)
Amalia Pini? / Canna Di Stasio (Maddalena)
Paolo Washington (Sparafucile)
Silvano Pagliuca (Monterone)
Anna Di Stasio (Giovanna)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
30 September, 3, 7 October 1961, Tokyo
29 October 1961, Osaka
 
Puccini: Tosca
NHK Lirica Italiana
Arturo Basile (conductor)
Renata Tebaldi (Tosca)
Gianni Poggi / Angelo Loforese (Cavaradossi)
Aldo Protti / Gian Giacomo Guelfi (Scarpia)
Silvano Pagliuca (Angelotti)
Antonio Pirino (Spoletta)
Arturo La Porta (Sciarrone)
Giorgio Onesti (sacristan)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
11, 14, 22 October 1961, Tokyo
30 October 1961, Osaka
 
Verdi: Aida
NHK Lirica Italiana
Franco Capuana / Giuseppe Morelli (conductor)
Gabriella Tucci (Aida)
Giulietta Simionato (Amneris)
Mario Del Monaco / Angelo Loforese (Radames)
Aldo Protti / Gian Giacomo Guelfi (Amonasro)
Paolo Washington (Ramfis)
Silvano Pagliuca (Il Re)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
13, 16, 18 October 1961, Tokyo
2 November 1961, Osaka
 
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
NHK Lirica Italiana
Giuseppe Morelli (conductor)
Giulietta Simionato (Santuzza)
Angelo Lo Forese (Turiddu)
Attilio D'Orazi (Alfio)
Anna Di Stasio (Lola)
Amalia Pini (Mamma Lucia)
 
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci
NHK Lirica Italiana
Giuseppe Morelli (conductor)
Mario Del Monaco (Canio)
Gabriella Tucci (Nedda)
Aldo Protti (Tonio)
Attilio D'Orazi (Silvio)
Antonio Pirino (Peppe)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
21, 23, 25 October 1961, Tokyo
30 October 1961, Osaka
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
10, 11 December 1961 at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
1962
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
20 January 1962 (2 performances) at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Puccini: La bohème
The Fujiwara Opera
7, 9 May 1962 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Menotti: The Consul
The Fujiwara Opera
10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23 July 1962 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
1963
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
27, 28 January 1963 at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
20, 23 to 28 June 1963 (7 performances) at the Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan
 
Puccini: Il Trittico
The Fujiwara Opera
18, 19 September 1963 at the Bunkyo Kokaido
 
Verdi: Il trovatore
NHK Lirica Italiana
Oliviero De Fabritiis (conductor)
Ettore Bastianini / Aldo Protti (di Luna)
Antonietta Stella / Claudia Ballada (Leonora)
Giulietta Simionato / Lucia Danieli (Azucena)
Gastone Rimarilli / Antonio Annaloro (Manrico)
Bruno Malangoni (Ferrando)
Anna Di Stasio (Inez)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
16, 21, 24, 27 October 1963, Tokyo
15 November 1963, Osaka
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
NHK Lirica Italiana
Nino Verchi (conductor)
Mietta Sighele (Cio-cio-san)
Anna Di Stasio (Suzuki)
Angelo Mori (Pinkerton)
Attilio D'Orazi (Sharpless)
Mario Guggia (Goro)
Mario Rinaudo (Bonze)
Arturo La Porta (Yamadori)
Takako Kurimoto (Kate Pinkerton)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
18, 22, 25, 29 October, 11/3 1963, Tokyo
19, 21 November 1963, Osaka
 
Beethoven: Fidelio
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Karl Böhm (conductor)
Gustav Rudolf Sellner (producer)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / William Dooley (Don Fernando)
Walter Berry / Gustav Neidlinger (Don Pizarro)
James King (Florestan)
Christa Ludwig (Leonore)
Josef Greindl (Rocco)
Lisa Otto (Marzelline)
Donald Grobe (Jaquino)
Barry McDaniel (first prisoner)
Manfred Röhrl (second prisoner)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
20/24/29 Oct, 5 Nov 1963 at Nissei Theatre, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Karl Böhm (conductor)
Gustav Rudolf Sellner (producer)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Count)
Elisabeth Grümmer (Countess)
Erika Köth (Susanna)
Walter Berry (Figaro)
Edith Mathis (Cherubino)
Patricia Johnson (Marcellina)
Julius Katona (Basilio)
Martin Vantin (Don Curzio)
Peter Lagger (Bartolo)
Walter Dicks (Antonio)
Barbara Vogel (Barbarina)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
21/23/28 Oct, 2 Nov 1963 at Nissei Theatre, Tokyo
 
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
NHK Lirica Italiana
Nino Verchi (conductor)
Giulietta Simionato (Rosina)
Lorenzo Sabatucci (Almaviva)
Aldo Protti (Figaro)
Arturo La Porta (Bartolo)
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Don Basilio)
Anna Di Stasio (Berta)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
23, 28 October, 11/1, 6, 9 1963, Tokyo
17, 20 November 1963, Osaka
 
Berg: Wozzeck (Japanese premiere)
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Heinrich Hollreiser (conductor)
Wolf Volker (producer)
Walter Berry, William Dooley (Wozzeck)
Hans Beirer (Drum-Major)
Loren Driscoll (Andres)
Helmut Melchert (Captain)
Walter Dicks (Doctor)
Kerstin Meyer (Marie)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
25/30 Oct 3/6 Nov 1963 at Nissei Theatre, Tokyo
 
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Japanese premiere)
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Wieland Wagner (producer, designer)
Hans Beirer (Tristan)
Gladys Kuchta (Isolde)
Josef Greindl (King Marke)
Gustav Neidlinger (Kurwenal)
Barry McDaniel (Melot)
Kerstin Meyer (Brangäne)
Donald Grobe (young seaman)
Martin Vantin (shepherd)
Walter Dicks (steersman)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
27 Oct 1/4 Nov 1963 at Nissei Theatre, Tokyo
 
Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
NHK Lirica Italiana
Oliviero De Fabritiis (conductor)
Antonietta Stella (Minnie)
Gastone Rimarilli / Antonio Annaloro (Dick Johnson)
Ansermo Colzani (Rance)
Mario Guggia (Nick)
Arturo La Porta (Sonora)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
2, 5, 8, 11 November 1963, Tokyo
18 November 1963, Osaka
 
J Strauss II : Die Fledermaus
The Fujiwara Opera
15 December 1963 (2 performances) at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
1964
 
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
12, 14 Aptil 1964 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
1965
 
Mozart: Don Giovanni
The Fujiwara Opera
7, 9, 11 July 1965 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
The Fujiwara Opera
26, 27 October 1965 at the Nihon Toshi Centre Hall
 
1966
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
7, 8, 10 January 1966 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Sato, Makoto: Tsureppu (Premiere)
Nihon Opera Kyokai
25 January 1966 at Toranomon Hall, Tokyo
 
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
Dallapiccola: Volo di notte (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
26, 28 February 1966 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
7, 10 April 1966 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Puccini: Tosca
The Fujiwara Opera
4, 15, 18 July 1966 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Japanese premiere)
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Gustav Rudolf Sellner (producer)
Josef Greindl / Gert Feldhoff (Dutchman)
Nadezda Kniplova (Senta)
Peter Lagger (Daland)
Hans Beirer (Erik)
Sieglinde Wagner / Ruth Hesse (Mary)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
16/22/25/28/30 Oct 1966 at Nissei Theatre, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Eugen Jochum (conductor)
Gustav Rudolf Sellner (producer)
Martti Talvela / Josef Greindl (Sarastro)
Ernst Haefliger / Donald Grobe (Tamino)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Gert Feldhoff (Speaker)
Catherine Gayer / Bella Jasper (Queen of the Night)
Hilde Gueden / Pilar Lorengar / Erika Köth (Pamina)
Annabelle Bernerd (Ist lady)
Gitta Mikes / Kerstin Meyer (2nd lady)
Sieglinde Wagner / Ruth Hesse (3rd lady)
Barry McDaniel / Manfred Röhrl (Papageno)
Bella Jasper / Lisa Otto / Barbara Vogel (Papagena)
Karl Ernst Mercker / Martin Vantin (Monostatos)
Hans Beirer (1st man in armour)
Ernst Krukowski / Fritz Hoppe (2nd man in armour)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
16/22/25/28/30 Oct 1966 at Nissei Theatre, Tokyo
 
Verdi: La traviata
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Gustav Rudolf Sellner (producer)
Pilar Lorengar / Hilde Gueden (Violetta)
Sieglinde Wagner / Helga Wisniewska (Flora)
Gitta Mikes (Annina)
Franco Tagliavini (Alfredo)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Germont)
Karl Ernst Mercker (Gastone)
Ernst Krukowski (Douphol)
Manfred Röhrl (d'Obigny)
Ivan Sardi (Dr Grenvil)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
18/21/23/26/29 Oct 1966 at Nissei Theatre, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Eugen Jochum (conductor)
Gustav Rudolf Sellner (producer)
Hubert Hilten (Selim)
Erika Köth (Konstanze)
Lisa Otto / Bella Jasper (Blonde)
Donald Grobe (Belmonte)
Martin Vantin / Karl Ernst Mercker (Pedrillo)
Josef Greindl / Peter Lagger (Osmin)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
19/27 Oct 4 Nov 1966 at Nissei Theatre, Tokyo
 
Sato, Makoto: Yuki-onna Fudoki (Premiere) 
Nihon Opera Kyokai
26, 27 October 1966 at Hibiya Kokaido, Tokyo
 
Henze: Elegie fur junge Liebende (Japanese premiere)
Hans Werner Henze (conductor,producer)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gregor Mittenhofer)
Walter Dicks (Wilhelm Reischmann)
Loren Driscoll (Toni Reischmann)
Lisa Otto (Elisabeth Zimmer)
Kerstin Meyer (Carolina)
Catherine Gayer (Hilda Mack)
Hubert Hilten (Josef Mauer)
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
2/7/9 Nov 1966 at Nissei Theatre, Tokyo
 
1967
 
Massenet: Manon
The Fujiwara Opera
22, 24, 27 Aptil 1967 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
4, 7, 9 August 1867 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: Don Carlo
NHK Lirica Italiana
Oliviero De Fabritiis (conductor)
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Filippo II)
Gwyneth Jones (Elisabetta)
Biserka Cvejic (Eboli)
Sandor Konya (Don Carlo)
Sesto Bruscantini (Rodrigo)
Antonio Zerbini (Grand Inquisator)
Mirella Fiorentini (Tebaldo)
Franco Pugliese (Un Frate)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
2, 4, 6, 9 September 1967, Tokyo
 
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
NHK Lirica Italiana
Bruno Bartoletti (conductor)
Renata Scotto (Lucia
Carlo Bergonzi / Veriano Luchetti (Edgardo)
Mario Zanasi / Renato Bruson (Enrico)
Plinio Clabassi (Raimondo)
Angelo Marchiandi /Giuseppe Barratti (Arturo)
Mirella Fiorentini (Alisa)
Giuseppe Baratti (Normanno)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
3, 5, 11, 13 September 1967, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
NHK Lirica Italiana
Oliviero De Fabritiis (conductor)
Carlo Bergonzi (Riccardo)
Antonietta Stella (Amelia)
Mario Zanasi / Renato Bruson (Renato)
Margherita Gulielmi (Oscar)
Lucia Danieli (Ulrica)
Mario Frasca (Silvano)
Plinio Clabassi (Samuel)
Antonio Zerbini (Tom)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
10, 12, 18, 20 September 1967, Tokyo
 
Puccini: La bohème
NHK Lirica Italiana
Oliviero De Fabritiis (conductor)
Mietta Sighele (Mimi)
Margherita Gulielmi (Musetta)
Ruggero Bondino (Rodolfo)
Sesto Bruscantini, Renato Bruson (Marcello)
Guido Mazzini (Schaunard)
Plinio Clabassi (Colline)
Sergio Baldi (Benoit)
Elvio Varzi (Alcindoro)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
15, 17, 21, 23 September 1967, Tokyo
 
Makino, Yutaka: Ayame
Shimizu, Osamu: Sumiyaki-hime
Nihon Opera Kyokai
19, 20 December 1967 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo
 
1968
 
Verdi: Rigoletto
The Fujiwara Opera
1, 3, 7 March 1968 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: La traviata
The Fujiwara Opera
27, 29 July, 2, 3, 5 August 1968 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Hayashi, Hikaru: Amanjaku to Uriko-hime
Kanno, Hirokazu: Issoppu no Mori 
Nihon Opera Kyokai
26, 27 September 1968 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo
 
1969
 
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
The Fujiwara Opera
22, 23, 24 January 1969 at Bunkyo Kokaido
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
25 February, 3, 5 March 1969 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Puccini: La bohème
The Fujiwara Opera
27, 29 May 1969 at the Hibiya Kokaido
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
3, 7, 10, 12 July 1969 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci
The Fujiwara Opera
19, 24, 26 September 1969 at Sankei Kaikan
 
Verdi: Aida
The Fujiwara Opera
14, 17, 19, 24 November 1969 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
1970
 
Puccini: Tosca
The Fujiwara Opera
4, 5, 7 March 1970 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Wagner: Lohengrin
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Eugen Jochum (conductor)
Wieland Wagner (producer,designer)
Charles Craig / Guy Shauvet (Lohengrin)
Pilar Lorengar / Catarina Ligendza (Elsa)
Hans Günter Nöcker / William Dooley (Friedrich)
Ruth Hesse (Ortrud)
Peter Lagger (Heinrich der Vogler)
Jose Van Dam / Ingvar Wixell (Herald)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
16/19/22 Mar 1970 at Festival Hall, Osaka
25 Mar, 13/17/20/24 Apr 1970 at Nissei Theatre, Tokyo
 
Schoenberg: Moses und Aron (Japanese premiere)
[Arranged/revised by Hermann Scherchen]
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Bruno Maderna (conductor)
Gustav Rudolf Sellner (director)
Josef Greindl (Moses)
Helmut Melchert (Aron)
Annabelle Bernerd (Ein junges Mädchen)
Ruth Hesse (Eine Kranke)
Loren Driscoll (Ein junger Mann)
Karl Ernst Mercker (Der Nackte Jüngling)
Ernst Krukowski (Ein anderer Mann)
Tomislav Nerelic (Ephraimit)
Ivan Sardi (Ein Priester)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
18/20 Mar 1970 at Festival Hall, Osaka
28 Mar, 2 Apr 1970 at Nissei Theatre, Tokyo
 
Sugano, Hirokazu: Gonbougitsune
Oguri, Hiroshi: Akaijinbaori
Nihon Opera Kyokai
21, 22 March 1970 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Falstaff
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Carl Ebert (director)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Falstaff)
Ingvar Wixell (Ford)
Luigi Alva / Donald Grobe (Fenton)
Martin Vantin (Dr Caius)
Karl Ernst Mercker (Bardolfo)
Fritz Hoppe (Pistola)
Pilar Lorengar (Alice)
Edith Mathis / Erika Köth (Nannetta)
Vera Little (Mrs Quickly)
Patricia Johnson / Barbara Scherler (Meg)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
27/29 Mar 1/4/7/10 Apr 1970 at Nissei Theatre, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Heinrich Hollreiser (conductor)
Carl Ebert (director)
Annabelle Bernerd / Pilar Lorengar (Fiodiligi)
Patricia Johnson / Barbara Scherler (Dorabella)
Luigi Alva / Donald Grobe / Loren Driscoll (Ferrando)
Barry McDaniel / Ingvar Wixell (Guglielmo)
Erika Köth / Lisa Otto (Despina)
Jose Van Dam / Josef Greindl (Alfonso)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
31 Mar, 3/14/19/23 Apr 1970 at Nissei Theatre, Tokyo
 
Weber: Der Freischütz
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Eugen Jochum (conductor)
Gustav Rudolf Sellner (director)
William Dooley / Barry McDaniel (Ottokar)
Manfred Röhrl (Kuno)
Catarina Ligendza (Agathe)
Lisa Otto / Edith Mathis (Annchen)
Gert Feldhoff / Peter Lagger (Kaspar)
Karl Josef Hering (Max)
Walter Dicks (Samiel)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
6/11/13/15/26/28 Apr 1970 at Nissei Theatre,Tokyo
 
Berg: Lulu (Japanese premiere)
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Heinrich Hollreiser (conductor)
Gustav Rudolf Sellner (director)
Catherine Gayer (Lulu)
Patricia Johnson (Gräfin Geschwitz)
Barbara Scherler (Ein Gymnasiast)
Sieglinde Wagner (Theatergarderobiere)
Walter Dicks (Der Medizinalrat)
Loren Driscoll (Der Maler)
Hans Günter Nöcker (Dr Schön)
Donald Grobe (Alwa Schön)
Gert Feldhoff (Ein Tierbändiger/Rodrigo)
Josef Greindl (Schigolch)
Walter Dicks (Jack the Ripper)
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
12/18/21 Apr 1970 at Nissei Theatre, Tokyo
 
Puccini: Tosca
The Fujiwara Opera
13 July 1970 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Gounod: Faust
The Fujiwara Opera
9, 14, 17, 19 November 1970 at Hibiya Kokaido
 
1971
 
Shiba, Yukyu: Mumyo to Aizen (Premiere)
Ishiketa, Mareo: Sotobakomachi
Nihon Opera Kyokai
27, 28 January 1971 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo
 
Verdi: La traviata
The Fujiwara Opera
28 February, 4, 5, 11 March 1971 at Hibiya Kokaido
 
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
The Fujiwara Opera
12, 13, 14, 15, 16 May 1971 (7 performances) at the Mitsukoshi Theatre
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
The Fujiwara Opera
24, 26, 29, 31 July 1971 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Bellini: Norma
NHK Lirica Italiana
Oliviero De Fabritiis (conductor)
Elena Suliotis (Carla Ferralio) (Norma)
Fiorenza Cossotto (Adalgisa)
Gianfranco Cecchele (Pollione)
Ivo Vinco (Oroveso)
Anna Di Stasio (Clotilde)
Franco Castellana (Flavio)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
1, 4, 6, 9 September 1971, Tokyo
 
Puccini: Turandot
NHK Lirica Italiana
Lovro Von Matacic (conductor)
Marion Lippert (Turandot)
Lidia Marimpietri (Liu)
Flaviano Labo (Calaf)
Takeshi Nakamura (Altoum)
Plinio Clabassi (Timur)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
3, 8, 14, 17, 23 September 1971, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Rigoletto
NHK Lirica Italiana
Lovro Von Matacic (conductor)
Luciano Pavarotti (Duke)
Peter Glossop /Walter Monachesi (Rigoletto)
Louise Rassel (Gilda)
Anna Di Stasio (Maddalena)
Ruggero Raimondi / Ivo Vinco (Sparafucile)
Plinio Clabassi (Monterone)
Anna Di Stasio (Giovanna)
Augusto Pedroni (Borsa)
Guido Mazzini (Marullo)
Kouichi Tagima (Ceprano)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
7, 12, 15, 20, 22 September 1971, Tokyo
 
Donizetti: La favorita
NHK Lirica Italiana
Oliviero De Fabritiis (conductor)
Fiorenza Cossotto (Leonora)
Alfredo Kraus (Fernando)
Sesto Bruscantini (Alfonso XI)
Ruggero Raimondi (Baldassarre)
Augusto Pedroni (Don Gasparo)
Marisa Zotti (Ines)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
13, 16, 19, 21 September 1971, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
The Fujiwara Opera
19, 21, 23 October 1971 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
1972
 
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
The Fujiwara Opera
29, 31 January, 2, 4 February 1972 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Koyama, Kiyoshige: Sansho Dayu (Premiere)
Nihon Opera Kyokai  
29, 30 March 1972 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo
 
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
The Fujiwara Opera
1, 3, 7 November 1972 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
1973
 
Ishiketa, Mareo: Mofuku (Premiere)
Nihon Opera Kyokai
17,18 January 1973 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo
 
Bizet: Carmen
The Fujiwara Opera
28, 30 January, 1, 3 February 1973 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Osamu Shimizu: Yokobue (Premiere)
Nihon Opera Kyokai  
15 June 1973 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Aida
NHK Lirica Italiana
Oliviero De Fabritiis (conductor)
Orianna Santunione (Aida)
Fiorenza Cossotto (Amneris)
Carlo Bergonzi / Flaviano Labo (Radames)
Gianpiero Mastromei (Amonasro)
Ivo Vinco (Ramfis)
Franco Pugliese (Il Re)
Anna Di Stasio (messenger)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
8, 11, 16, 18 September 1973, Tokyo
 
Gounod: Faust
NHK Lirica Italiana
Paul Ethuin (conductor)
Alfredo Kraus (Faust)
Renata Scotto (Marguerite)
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Mefistofeles)
Lorenzo Saccomani (Valentin)
Guido Mazzini /Paolo Mazzotta (Wagner)
Milena Dalpiva (Siebel)
Anna Di Stasio (Marthe)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
9, 12, 15 September 1973, Tokyo
 
Verdi: La traviata
NHK Lirica Italiana
Nino Verchi (conductor)
Renata Scotto (Violetta)
Anna Di Stasio (Flora)
Jose Carreras (Alfredo)
Sesto Bruscantini (Germont)
Anna Pedroni (Annina)
Fernando Jacopucci (Gastone)
Franco Lombardi (D'Obigny)
Guido Mazzini (Douphol)
Carlo Meliciani (Grenvil)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
19, 23, 27 September 1973, Tokyo
 
Puccini: Tosca
NHK Lirica Italiana
Oliviero De Fabritiis (conductor)
Raina Kabaivanska (Tosca)
Flaviano Labo (Cavaradossi)
Gianpiero Mastromei (Scarpia)
Carlo Mericiani (Angelotti)
Fernando Jacopucci (Spoletta)
Franco Lombardi (Sciarrone)
Guido Mazzini (sacristan)
Toshiko Tsunemori (shepherd boy)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
24, 26, 29 September 1973, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Don Giovanni
The Fujiwara Opera
22, 25, 27 November 1973 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
1974
 
Menotti: The Consul
The Fujiwara Opera
5, 7, 8 February 1974 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Menotti: The Telephone
Menotti: The Medium
The Fujiwara Opera
25, 26 February 1974 at Tokyo Yubinchokin Hall
 
Katsuki, Osamu: Warashibe Choja (Premiere)
Makino, Yutaka: Kurozuka (Premiere)
Nihon Opera Kyokai
27, 28 February 1974 Bunkyo Kokaido
 
Puccini: Il Trittico
The Fujiwara Opera
12, 18, 23 July 1974 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Bayerische Staatsoper
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
Günter Rennert (director)
Jürgen Rose (designer)
William Murray / Wolfgang Brendel (Don Giovanni)
Franz Crass (Commendatore)
Margaret Price (Donna Anna)
Claes-Hakan Ahnsjo (Don Ottavio)
Julia Varady (Donna Elvira)
Stafford Dean (Leporello)
Ileana Cotrubas (Zerlina)
Raimund Grumbach (Masetto)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayerische Staatsoper
21, 27 Sep, 11 Oct 1974 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Wagner: Die Walküre
Bayerische Staatsoper
Wolfgang Sawallisch / Ferdinand Leitner (conductor)
Günter Rennert (producer)
Jan Brazda (designer)
James King (Siegmund)
Karl Ridderbusch (Hunding)
Theo Adam / Leif Roar (Wotan)
Gwyneth Jones (Sieglinde)
Ingrid Bjoner (Brünnhilde)
Brigitte Fassbeander (Fricka)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayerische Staatsoper
22, 26 Sep, 11 Oct 1974 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
5 Oct 1974 at Festival Hall, Osaka
 
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Bayerische Staatsoper
Ferdinand Leitner / Wolfgang Sawalisch (conductor)
Günter Rennert (producer)
Rudolf Heinrich (designer)
Wolfgang Brendel / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Count)
Claire Watson / Leonore Kirschtein / Margaret Price (Countess)
Trudeliese Schmidt (Cherubino)
Stafford Dean / Raimund Grumbach (Figaro)
Reri Grist / Hilda de Groote (Susanna)
Benno Kusche (Bartolo)
David Thaw (Basilio)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayerische Staatsoper
23, 24 Sep 8, 10 Oct 1974 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
1, 4, 6 Oct 1974 at Festival Hall, Osaka
 
R Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Bayerische Staatsoper
Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
Otto Schenk (director)
Jürgen Rose (designer)
Gwyneth Jones (Marschallin)
Karl Ridderbusch (Ochs)
Brigitte Fassbeander (Oktavian)
Benno Kusche (Faninal)
Hilda de Groote / Ileana Cotrubas (Sophie)
Claes-Hakan Ahnsjo / James King (Singer)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayerische Staatsoper
24, 28 Sep 9 Oct 1974 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
3 Oct 1974 at Festival Hall, Osaka
 
Koyama, Kiyoshige: Konyaku Mondo (Premiere)
Bekku, Sadao: San-nin no Onnatachi no Monogatari
Nihon Opera Kyokai
3, 4 October 1974 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo
 
1975
 
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
The Fujiwara Opera
25, 26, 28 January 1975 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Hayashi, Hikaru: Amanjaku to Uriko-hime
Irino, Yoshiro: Aya no Tsutsumi (Premiere)
Makino, Yutaka: Shishiodori no Hajimari
Nihon Opera Kyokai
25, 26 March 1975 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo
 
Verdi: La traviata
Metropolitan Opera
Richard Bonynge (29, 31 May, 3, 6, 9, 12 June) / Taussig (14 June) (conductor)
Sutherland (29 May, 3, 6, 9, 12 June) / Maliponte (31 May, 14 June) (Violetta)
J. Alexander (29 May, 3, 6, 9, 12 June) / W. Lewis (31 May, 14 June) (Alfredo)
R. Merrill (29, 31 May) / C. MacNeil (3, 6, 9, 12, 14 June) (Germont)
Kraft (29, 31 May, 3, 6 June)/ Munzer (9, 12, 14 June) (Flora)
Ahlstedt (Gastone)
A. Thompson (29, 31 May, 6, 14 June) / Goodloe (3, 9, 12 June) (Douphol)
G. Boucher (29, 31 May) / Burchinal (3, 6, 9, 12, 14 June) (D'Obigny)
Karlsrud (Grenvil)
C. Webber (29, 31 May, 3 June)/ Florio (6, 9, 12, 14 June)(Annina)
Marcella (Giuseppe)
Sliker (Gardener)
29, 31 May, 3, 6, 9 June 1975 in Tokyo
12, 14 June 1975 in Osaka
 
Puccini: La bohème
Metropolitan Opera
Segerstam (conductor)
Kirsten (30 May, 2, 7, 13 June)/ Maliponte (5, 10 June) (Mimi)
Pavarotti (30 May, 2, 5 June) / Corelli (7, 10, 13 June) (Rodolfo)
Ma. Costa (Musetta)
Reardon (30 May, 2, 5 June) / W. Walker (7, 10, 13 June) (Marcello)
G. Boucher (30 May, 7, 10 June)/ Christopher (2, 5, 13 June) (Schaunard)
J. Diaz (30 May, 2, 5 June) / Mal. Smith (7, 10, 13 June) (Colline)
Schmorr (30 May, 2, 5 June) / Castel (7, 10, 13 June) (Benoit)
C. Anthony (Alcindoro)
Apy (Parpignol)
Shean (Sergeant)
Simeone (Officer)
30 May, 2, 5, 7, 10 June 1975 in Tokyo
13 June 1975 in Osaka
 
Bizet: Carmen
Metropolitan Opera
H. Lewis (conductor)
Gentele, Igesz (direction)
Svoboda (set design)
D. Walker (costume design)
Ailey (choreography)
M. Horne (Carmen)
McCracken (José)
Amara (31 May, 11, 14 June) / Maliponte (4, 7 June)(Micaela)
Sarabia (Escamillo)
Weidinger (Frasquita
Love (31 May, 4, 7 June) / M. Baldwin (11, 14 June) (Mercedes)
Velis (Remendado)
Christopher (Dancaïro)
R. Best (Zuniga)
G. Boucher (Morales)
P. Franke (Lillas Pastia)
31 (matinee) May, 4, 7 June 1975 in Tokyo
11 June 1975 in Nagoya
14 (matinee) June1975 in Osaka
 
Miki, Minoru: Shunkinsho (Premiere)
Nihon Opera Kyokai  
24, 25 November 1975 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo
 
1976
 
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
The Fujiwara Opera
19, 21, 23 January 1976 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
The Fujiwara Opera
18, 19, 20 February 1976 at Tokyo Yubinchokin Hall
 
Makino, Yutaka: Ayame
Shimizu, Osamu: Shunkan
Nihon Opera Kyokai  
10,11 March 1976 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo
 
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
The Fujiwara Opera
21, 22, 23 June 1976 (4 performances) at Nihon Toshi Centre Hall
 
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
NHK Lirica Italiana
Oliviero De Fabritiis (conductor)
Fiorenza Cossotto (Santuzza)
Placido Domingo / Giorgio Merighi (Turiddu)
Attilio D'Orazi (Alfio)
Gabriella Novielli (Lola)
Nella Veri (Mamma Lucia)
 
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci
NHK Lirica Italiana
Oliviero De Fabritiis (conductor)
Placido Domingo (Canio)
Elena Nunziata (Nedda)
Benito Di Bella (Tonio)
Lorenzo Saccomani (Silvio)
Piero De Palma (Peppe)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
2, 5, 7, 9 September 1976, Tokyo
 
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
NHK Lirica Italiana
Gianfranco Masini (conductor)
Montserrat Caballe (Adriana Lecouvreur)
Fiorenza Cossotto (Princess de Bouillon)
Jose Carreras (Maurizio)
Attilio D'Orazi (Michonnet)
Ivo Vinco (Prince de Bouillon)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
20, 22, 25, 28 September 1976, Tokyo
 
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
NHK Lirica Italiana
Oliviero De Fabritiis (conductor)
Piero Cappuccilli (Simon Boccanegra)
Katia Ricciarelli (Maria /Amelia)
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Jacopo Fiesco)
Giorgio Merighi (Gabriele Adorno)
Lorenzo Saccomani (Paolo Albiani)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
23, 26, 29 September, 2 October 1976, Tokyo
 
Miki, Minoru: Shunkinsho
Nihon Opera Kyokai  
14,15 October 1976 at Toranomon Hall, Tokyo
 
Puccini: Tosca
The Fujiwara Opera
5, 8 November 1976 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
1977
 
Verdi: La traviata
The Fujiwara Opera
17, 19, 20 January 1977 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Shimizu, Osamu: Kitchomu Shoten
Nihon Opera Kyokai  
28 February, 2 March 1977 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Shimizu, Osamu: Sumiyaki-hime
Akutagawa, Yasushi: Kurai Kagami
Nihon Opera Kyokai
9, 10 March 1977 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo
 
Cimarosa: Il matrimonio secreto
The Fujiwara Opera
3, 4, 5 June 1977 (4 performances) at Nihon Toshi Centre Hall
 
Shimizu, Osamu: Shuzenji Monogatari
Nihon Opera Kyokai  
6, 7, 8 October 1977 at Chuo Kaikan, Tokyo
 
1978
 
Koyama, Kiyoshige: Konyaku Mondo
Ikebe, Shinichiro: Shinigami
Nihon Opera Kyokai
8, 9 March 1978 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo
 
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
The Fujiwara Opera
11, 13, 14 March 1978 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Mozart: Idomeneo (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
24, 25, 26 March 1978 (4 performances) at Nihon Toshi Centre Hall
 
Wolf-Ferrari: Il Campiello (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
7 to 9 July 1978 (4 performances) at Nihon Toshi Centre Hall
 
Shimizu, Osamu: Shishiodori no Hajimari (Premiere)
Nihon Opera Kyokai
4 October 1978 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo
 
 1979
 
Mascagni: L'amico Fritz
The Fujiwara Opera
17, 19, 20 February 1979 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Shimizu, Osamu: Shuzenji Monogatari
Nihon Opera Kyokai  
27, 28 February 1979 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Mizuno, Shuko:  Tenshu Monogatari (The Tale of Himeji Castle) (Premiere)
Nihon Opera Kyokai
8, 9 March 1979 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo
 
Bellini: La sonnambula
The Fujiwara Opera
21, 22. 23 March 1979 at Tokyo Yubinchokin Hall
 
Wolf-Ferrari: I quattro rusteghi (Japanese premiere)
The Fujiwara Opera
30 June, 1, 2 July (4 performances) at Nihon Toshi Centre Hall
 
Shimizu, Osamu: Aozora wo Utsu Otoko
Makino, Yutaka: Anju to Zushio (Premiere)
Nihon Opera Kyokai
14,15 September 1979 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo
 
Puccini: Tosca
The Royal Opera
Colin Davis (18, 20, 26 September) / Robin Stapleton (29 September, 4 October) (conductor)
Franco Zeffirelli (producer)
Renzo Mongiardino (designer)
Robert Lloyd (18, 26, September, 4 October) / Roderick Kennedy (20, 29 September) (Angelotti)
Domenico Trimarchi (Sacristan)
José Carreras (18, 26, 29 September, 4 October)/ Cecchele (20 September) (Cavaradossi)
Montserrat Caballé (Tosca)
Ingvar Wixell (Scarpia)
Paul Crook (26, 29 September, 4 October) / John Dobson (18, 20, September) (Spoletta)
Roderick Kennedy (26 September, 4 October) / Paul Hudson (18, 20, 29 September) (Sciarrone)
D Martinez (Shepherd boy)
Paul Statham (gaoler)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera
18, 20, 26, 29 September, 4 October 1979
 
Britten: Peter Grimes
The Royal Opera
Colin Davis (conductor)
Elijah Moshinsky (producer)
Timothy O'Brien and Tazeena Furth (designer)
Paul Hudson (19, 22, 27 September) / Robert Lloyd (2, 5 October) (Hobson)
Forbes Robinson (Swallow)
Jon Vickers (Peter Grimes)
Thomas Allen (19, 22, 27 September, 5 October) / Philip Gelling (2 October) (Ned Keene)
John Lanigan (Rector)
John Dobson (Bob Boles)
Elizabeth Bainbridge (Auntie)
Elizabeth Robson (1st neice)
Anne Pashley (2nd neice)
Patricia Payne (Mrs Sedley)
Heather Harper (Ellen Orford)
Geraint Evans (Balstrode)
Ignatius McFadyen (Dr Crabbe)
Knight (Apprentice)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera
19, 22, 27 September, 2, 5 October 1979
 
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
The Royal Opera
Colin Davis (conductor)
August Everding (producer)
Jürgen Rose (designer)
Stuart Burrows (Tamino)
Helen Lawrence (Ist lady)
Diana Montague / Anne Pashley (2nd Act, 3 October) (2nd lady)
Elizabeth Bainbridge (3rd lady)
Thomas Allen (Papageno)
Barbara Carter (Queen of the Night)
Paul Crook (Monostatos)
Mitchell (Pamina)
Ingvar Wixell (21, 25 September, 3, 6 October) / Philip Gelling (1 October) (Speaker)
Robert Lloyd (Sarastro)
Elaine Mary Hall (Papagena)
Alberto Remedios (1st man in armour)
Michael Burt (2nd man in armour)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera
21, 25 September, 1, 3, 6 October 1979 
 
Acknowledgements: Opera japonica is most grateful to Hikaru Suzuki <tenpika@rnac.ne.jp> for contributing to the data on this page.
 
Opera japonica, 31 July 2001