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