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The Fujiwara Opera from 1985 to 1999
 
1985
 
Bizet: Carmen
Fujiwara Opera
Giuseppe Morelli (conductor)
Yasuhiko Aguni (director)
Naoko Ihara / Kumiko Yoshii (Carmen)
Makoto Hayashi / Gianni Iaia (Don José)
Yoshinobu Kuribayashi / Koichi Tajima (Escamillo)
Hiroko Motomiya / Masami Okumura (Micaela)
Meiko Oshima / Nobuko Fujita (Frasquita)
Aiko Kori / Shinko Date (Mercedes)
Keizo Takahashi / Toshio Nagano (Zuniga)
Hiroshi Kudo / Tsuyoshi Onaga (Morales)
Tasuo Morita / Soji Fujii (Remendado)
Naoki Sakurai / Taichi Uchiyama (Dancairo)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
9, 10, 11 March 1985 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Fujiwara Opera
Michelangelo Veltri (conductor)
Yasuhiko Aguni (director)
Yoko Watanabe / Yasuko Sato (Butterfly)
Renato Grimaldi (Pinkerton)
Koichi Tajima / Kenji Kojima (Sharpless)
Riseko Urano / Aiko Kori (Suzuki)
Mitsugi Oikawa / Toshiaki Nanjo (Goro)
Susumu Matsumoto / Naoki Sunada (Bonze)
Hiroyuki Okayama / Taichi Uchiyama (Yamadori)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
10, 11 July 1985 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Fujiwara Opera
Anton Guadagno (conductor)
Flavio Trevisan (director)
Yasuko Hayashi (Manon Lescaut)
Giulio Bardi (Lescaut)
Gaetano Scano (Des Grieux)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Geronte)
Susumu Irie (Edmondo)
Shinsei Nihon Symphony Orchestra
1, 4, 6 November 1985 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
1986
 
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Fujiwara Opera
Armando Gatto (conductor)
Yasuhiko Aguni (director)
Taro Ichihara / Manuel Contreras (Riccardo)
Elia Padovan / Yoshinobu Kuribayashi (Renato)
Keiko Kataoka / Eiko Katanosaka (Amelia)
Kyoko Makino / Riseko Urano (Ulrica)
Hiroko Motomiya / Tomoko Matsumoto (Oscar)
Toshihiko Komatsu / Katsuji Miura (Silvano)
Dilvo Storti / Hiroyuki Okayama (Samuel)
Keizo Takahashi / Sachio Yamada (Tom)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
4, 5, 6, February 1986 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Puccini: La Boheme
Fujiwara Opera
Michelangelo Veltri (conductor)
Paolo Trevisi (director)
Yoko Watanabe / Kyoko Tsukada (Mimi)
Ottavio Garaventa (Rodolfo)
Yoshinobu Kuribayashi / Kenji Kojima (Marcello)
Hiroko Motomiya / Hiromi Hayashi (Musetta)
Akihito Shikano / Naoki Sakurai (Schaunard)
Hiroyuki Okayama / Toshihiko Yamaguchi (Colline)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
6, 8, 10 July 1986 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Puccini: Le Villi
Fujiwara Opera
Yutaka Hoshide (conductor)
Yasuhiko Aguni (director)
Atsuko Azuma(Anna)
Yoshihisa Yamaji (Roberto)
Koichi Tajima (Guglielmo)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Narrator)
and
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Fujiwara Opera
Sho Fukumori (conductor)
Yasuhiko Aguni (director)
Fumiko Mochiki / Shinko Date (Santuzza)
Renato Grimaldi / Hiroshi Mochiki (Turiddu)
Naomi Nagata / Takako Azami (Lola)
Yoshinobu Kuribayashi / Naoki Sakurai (Alfio)
Riseko Urano / Shigeru Sawa (Lucia)
Shinsei Nihon Symphony Orchestra
11, 12, 13 November 1986 at Shinjuku Bunka Center
 
1987
 
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Fujiwara Opera
Alberto Ventura (conductor)
Mario Licalsi (director)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Masako Deguchi (Lucia)
Taro Ichihara (Edgardo)
Kenji Kojima (Enrico)
Hiroshi Mochiki (Arturo)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Raimondo)
Fumiko Mochiki / Aiko Kori (Alisa)
Makoto Tashiro (Normanno)
6, 8, 11, February 1987 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: Rigoletto
Fujiwara Opera
Armando Gatto (conductor)
Francesco Privitera (director)
Licinio Montefusco (Rigoletto)
Vincenzo Bello (Duke)
Masako Deguchi (Gilda)
Sachio Yamada (Sparafucile)
Kyoko Makino (Maddalena)
Kenji Kojima (Monterone)
Hiroshi Mochiki (Borsa)
Tasuku Hasegawa (Marullo)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
5, 8, 11 July 1987 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Fujiwara Opera
Alberto Ventura (conductor)
Yasuhiko Aguni (director)
Mauro Augustini (di Luna)
Yasuko Hayashi (Leonora)
Fiorenza Cossotto (Azucena)
Giorgio Lamberti (Manrico)
Hiroshi Mochiki (Ruiz)
Sachio Yamada (vecchio zingaro)
Kazuhiko Ichikawa (messo)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
11, 17 October 1987 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
1988
 
Verdi: La Traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Edoardo Müller (conductor)
Giam Paolo Zennaro (director)
Masako Deguchi / Masako Saida (Violetta)
Yoshihisa Yamaji / Saburo Nagasawa / Kazuhiro Tsunoda (Alfredo)
Kenji Kojima / Tadamichi Orie (Giorgio Germont)
Fumiko Mochiki / Naomi Nagata / Kyoko Moriyama (Flora)
Hiroshi Mochiki / Makoto Tashiro (Gastone)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Douphol)
Akihito Shikano / Toshihiko Komatsu (D'Obigny)
Yasuo Yanagisawa (Grenvil)
Shigeru Sawa / Hiroko Ito (Annina)
Kazuhiko Ichikawa / Ken Matsuura (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
21, 23, 25 February at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
2, 3, March 1988 at Shinjuku Bunka Center
 
Verdi: Macbeth
Fujiwara Opera
Michelangelo Veltri (conductor)
Paolo Trevisi (director)
Justino Diaz Tadamichi Orie (Macbeth)
Shirley Verrett / Yasuko Sato (Lady Macbeth)
Taro Ichihara / Hiroshi Mochiki (Macduff)
Hiroyuki Okayama / Carlo Colombara (Banco)
Kazuhiro Tsunoda / Makoto Tashiro (Malcolm)
Chieko Tachihara / Naomi Nagata (Dama di Lady Macbeth)
Sachio Yamada / Yasuo Yanagisawa (Medico)
Naoki Sakurai / Masataka Sugino (Domestico)
Teruo Osano / Hidekazu Tsumaya (Sicario)
Ikuo Matsuyama Toshiro Ishii (herald)
Naoki Sakurai (Apparizione 1)
Masayo Yamadate (Apparizione 2)
Saori Adachi (Apparizione 3)
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
11, 12, 13, 15 July 1988 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
17 July 1988 at Omiya Sonic City Hall
 
Bizet: Carmen
Fujiwara Opera
Sho Fukumori (conductor)
Yasuhiko Aguni (director)
Fumiko Mochiki / Kumiko Yoshii (Carmen)
Saburo Nagasawa / Bruno Sebastian (Don José)
Koichi Tajima / Yoshinobu Kuribayashi (Escamillo)
Kyoko Tsukada / Masako Saida (Micaela)
Masayo Yamadate / Hisara Sato (Frasquita)
Naomi Nagata / Kyoko Moriyama (Mercedes)
Katsuji Miura / Yasuo Yanagisawa (Zuniga)
Kan Hasegawa / Akihito Shikano (Morales)
Kazuhiko Ichikawa / Soji Fujii (Remendado)
Ken Yamada / Naoki Sakurai (Dancairo)
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
8, 9 November 1988 at Shinjuku Bunka Center
 
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Fujiwara Opera
Yoshinori Kikuchi (conductor)
Yasuhiko Aguni (director)
Yasuko Sato / Yasuko Hayashi (Butterfly)
Bruno Sebastian (Pinkerton)
Yoshinobu Kuribayashi / Koichi Tajima (Sharpless)
Aiko Kori / Kumiko Yashii (Suzuki)
Mitsugi Oikawa / Eiichi Taira (Goro)
Masaaki Okazaki / Naoki Sakurai (Bonze)
Taichi Uchiyama / Hiroyuki Okayama (Yamadori)
Shinsei Nihon Symphony Orchestra
11, 12 November 1988 at Shinjuku Bunka Center
 
1989
 
Bellini: I Puritani
Fujiwara Opera
Carlo Franci (conductor)
Mario Corradi (director)
Lucia Aliberti / Masako Deguchi / Masako Saida (Elvira)
Aldo Bertolo (Arturo)
Hiroyuki Okayama / Sachio Yamada (Giorgio)
Tadamichi Orie / Kenji Kojima (Riccardo)
Yasuo Yanagisawa / Katsuji Miura (Gualtiero Valton)
Kazuhiro Tsunoda / Makoto Tashiro (Buruno Roberton)
Fumiko Mochiki / Naomi Nagata (Enrichetta)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
1, 3, 5 February 1989 ar Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
8 February 1989 at Shinjuku Bunka Center
 
Verdi: Don Carlo
Fujiwara Opera
Donato Renzetti (conductor)
Yasuhiko Aguni (director)
Nicola Ghiuselev / Hiroyuki Okayama (Filippo II)
Giorgio Lamberti / Hiroshi Mochiki (Don Carlo)
Piero Cappuccilli / Lorenzo Saccomani / Tadamichi Orie (Rodrigo)
Yasuko Hayashi / Keiko Kataoka (Elisabetta)
Kumiko Yoshii / Fumiko Mochiki (Eboli)
Hiroyuki Okayama / Sachio Yamada (Il Grande Inquisitore)
Sachio Yamada / Katsuji Miura (friar)
Masako Saida / Mika Sato (Tebaldo)
Kazuhiro Tsunoda / Makoto Tashiro (Lerma)
Saori Adachi / Masako Saida (heavenly voice)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
25, 27 May 1989 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
30, 31 May, 2 June 1989 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: Aida
Fujiwara Opera
Alberto Ventura (conductor)
Yasuhiko Aguni (director)
Yasuko Hayashi (Aida)
Fiorenza Cossotto (Amneris)
Giuseppe Giacomini (Radames)
Kenji Kojima (Amonasro)
Ivo Vinco (Ramfis)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Il Re)
Fumiko Mochiki (Sacerdotessa)
Makoto Tashiro (messenger)
Shinsei Nihon Symphony Orchestra
24, 26 November 1989 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
1, 3 December 1989 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
Puccini: La boheme
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
 
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
 
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
 
1995
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Angelo Campori(conductor)
Kuniaki Ida (director)
Giusy Devinu / Masako Saida (Violetta)
Pietro Ballo / Saburo Nagasawa (Alfredo)
Paolo Coni / Rentaro Kurosaki (Giorgio Germont)
Irina Romishevskaya / Kyoko Moriyama (Flora)
Kazuhiro Komiya / Satoshi Chubachi (Gastone)
Stefano Romagnoli (Douphol)
Katsuji Miura (D'Obigny)
Francesco Musinu / Sachio Yamada (Grenvil)
Noriko Ieda / Aya Yamaguchi (Annina)
Ikuo Oho (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
14, 15, 16 January 1995 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Fujiwara Opera
6, 8, 11 February 1995 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Anton Guadagno (conductor)
Antonello Madau Diaz (director)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Masako Deguchi / Nobuko Takahashi (Adina)
Pietro Ballo (Nemorino)
Giuseppe Taddei (Dulcamara)
Tadamichi Orie / Masato Makino (Belcore)
Keiko Takemura / Noriko Ieda (Giannetta)
 
Gounod: Faust
Fujiwara Opera
Vjekoslav Sutej (conductor)
Henning Brockhaus (director)
Giuseppe Sabbatini (Faust)
Ruggero Raimondi (Méphistophéles)
Yoko Watanabe (Marguerita)
Masato Makino (Valentin)
Keiko Takemura (Siebel)
Masanobu Shibayama (Wagner)
Megumi Kono (Marthe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
3, 6, 9 July 1995 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
1996
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Giorgio Croci (conductor)
Vincenzo Grisostomi Travaglini (director)
June Anderson / Sue Chen (Violetta)
Salvatore Fisichella / Shigehiro Sano (Alfredo)
Boris Statsenko / Yoshinobu Kuribayashi (Giorgio Germont)
Kyoko Moriyama / Mami Takahashi (Flora)
Ken Matsuura / Ikuo Oho (Gastone)
Sachio Yamada (Douphol)
Katsuji Miura (D'Obigny)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Grenvil)
Noriko Ieda / Aya Yamaguchi (Annina)
Seiji Ishikawa (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
13, 14, 15 January 1996 Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
 
Puccini: Tosca
Fujiwara Opera
Yoshinori Kikuchi (conductor)
Pierfrancesco Maestrini (director)
Yasuko Hayashi / Chieko Shimohara (Tosca)
Taro Ichihara / Saburo Nagasawa (Cavaradossi)
Tasuku Naono / Kan Hasegawa (Scarpia)
Katsuji Miura / Hiroyuki Okayama (Angelotti )
Sachio Yamada / Yasushi Nakamura (sacristan)
Ikuo Oho / Seiji Ishikawa (Spoletta)
Norihira Aoki (Sciarrone)
Yoshiya Nagano (gaoler)
Miho Kuzunuki (shepherd boy)
Shinsei Nihon Symphony Orchestra
7, 9, 11 February 1996 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: Il trovatore
Fujiwara Opera
Fillippo Zigante (conductor)
Antonello Madau Diaz (director)
Maria Guleghina (Leonora)
Alberto Cupido (Manrico
Franco Giovine (di Luna)
Mariana Pentcheva (Azucena)
Hidekazu Tsumaya (Ferrando)
Kyoko Moriyama (Ines)
Hiroshi Mochiki (Ruiz)
Yoshiya Nagano (vecchio zingaro)
Kazuhiko Ichikawa (messo)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
28 June, 2 July 1996 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Galuppi: L'italiana in oriente
Fujiwara Opera
Roberto Rizzi (conductor)
Antonello Madau Diaz (director)
Fiorenza Cedolin (Agnesina)
Toshiro Gorobe (Zonzon)
Giovanini Guerini (Geminiano)
Saori Adachi (Xunchia)
Kyoko Moriyama (Zyda)
Keiko Takemura (Kam-si)
Ken Matsuura (Ly-lam)
Satoshi Chubachi (Si-sin)
Shinji Sakamoto (herald)
Orchestra: Il Ponte Della Musica
4, 5 October 1996 at Chofu Green Hall
 
Puccini: Tosca
Fujiwara Opera
Yoshinori Kikuchi (conductor)
Pierfrancesco Maestrini (director)
Yasuko Hayashi (Tosca)
Taro Ichihara (Cavaradossi)
Tasuku Naono(Scarpia)
Katsuji Miura (Angelotti)
Sachio Yamada (sacristan)
Ikuo Oho (Spoletta)
Norihira Aoki (Sciarrone)
Yoshiya Nagano (gaoler)
Miho Kuzunuki (shepherd boy)
Philharmonic Orchestra of Tokyo
10 October 1996 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
 
1997
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Kazushi Ono (conductor)
Shigetaka Matsumoto (director)
Angela Gheorghiu / Mina Yamazaki (Violetta)
Marco Berti / Hiroshi Mochiki (Alfredo)
Yasuo Horiuchi / Kan Hasegawa (Giorgio Germont)
Naomi Nagata / Kyoko Moriyama (Flora)
Ken Matsuura / Kazuhiko Ichikawa (Gastone)
Sachio Yamada (Douphol)
Katsuji Miura (D'Obigny)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Grenvil)
Keiko Takemura / Noriko Ieda (Annina)
Ikuo Oho (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
15, 16, 17 January 1997 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Verdi: Macbeth
Fujiwara Opera
Anton Guadagno (conductor)
Vincenzo Grisostomi Travaglini (director)
Yasuo Horiuchi / Masato Makino (Macbeth)
Francesca Patane / Chieko Shimahara (Lady Macbeth)
Taro Ichihara / Satoshi Mizuguchi (Macduff)
Hidekazu Tsumaya / Katsuji Miura (Banco)
Kazuhiro Tsunoda / Makoto Tashiro (Malcolm)
Naomi Nagata / Keiko Takemura (Dama Di Lady Macbeth)
Sachio Yamada / Yasushi Nakamura (Medico)
Yoshiya Nagano (Sicario)
Toshiro Ishii (herald)
Kazuhiko Ichikawa (first apparition)
Saori Adachi (second apparition)
Masaya Suzuki / Nobuharu Okamoto (third apparition)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
27, 29 June, 1 July 1997 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Donizetti: La Favorita
Fujiwara Opera
Marco Boemi (conductor)
Beppe De Tomasi (director)
Mariana Pentcheva (Leonora)
Giuseppe Sabbatini (Fernando)
Roberto Frontali (Alfonso XI)
Bonaldo Giaiotti (Baldassare)
Chiho Oiwa (Ines)
Kazuhiro Tsunoda (Don Gasparo)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
27, 29 June, 1 July 1997 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Bizet: Carmen
Fujiwara Opera
Vjekoslav Sutej (conductor)
Grischa Asagaroff (director)
Agnes Baltsa / Irina Romishevskaya (Carmen)
Luis Lima / Satoshi Mizuguchi (Don José)
Masako Deguchi / Chiho Oiwa (Micaela)
Tadamichi Orie / Yoshinobu Kuribayashi (Escamillo)
Katsuji Miura (Zuniga)
Kan Hasegawa / Toshihiro Tachibana (Morales)
Naoki Sakurai / Yasushi Nakamura (Dancairo)
Ken Matsuura / Ikuo Oho (Remendado)
Keiko Takemura / Masayo Yamadate (Frasquita)
Megumi Kono / Reiko Nakano (Mercedes)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
5, 9, 11, 13 September 1997 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
1998
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Maurizio Benini / Sho Fukumori (conductor)
Beppe De Tomasi (director)
Cristina Gallardo-Domas / Andrea Rost (Violetta)
Roberto Aronica / Octavio Arévalo (Alfredo)
Roberto Serville / Tadamichi Orie (Giorgio Germont)
Naomi Nagata / Kyoko Moriyama (Flora)
Ken Matsuura / Satoshi Chubachi (Gastone)
Katsuji Miura (Douphol)
Sachio Yamada (D'Obigny)
Hiroyuki Okayama (Grenvil)
Noriko Ieda / Keiko Takemura (Annina)
Ikuo Oho (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
21, 22, 23, 24 February 1998 at New National Theatre Opera House
28 February, 1 March 1998 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
 
Verdi: Nabucco
Fujiwara Opera and New National Theatre coproduction
Anton Guadagno (conductor)
Antonello Madau Diaz (director)
Paolo Gavanelli / Tasuku Naono (Nabucco)
Lauren Flanigan / Chieko Shimohara (Abigaille)
Paata Burchuladze /Bonaldo Giaiotti (Zaccaria)
Taro Ichihara / Kosuke Taguchi (Ismaele)
Kyoko Moriyama / Naomi Nagata (Fenena)
Keiko Takemura / Masayo Yamadate (Anna)
Makoto Tashiro / Kazuhiko Ichikawa (Abdallo)
Katsuji Miura / Sachio Yamada (Gran Sacerdote di Belo)
The Japan Shinsei Symphony Orchestra
18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25 June 1998 at New National Theatre Opera House
 
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Fujiwara Opera and New National Theatre coproduction
Maurizio Benini (conductor)
Pierfrancesco Maestrini (director)
Raúl Giménez / Toshiro Gorobe (Almaviva)
Cecilia Gasdia / Mika Shigematsu (Rosina)
Bruno Praticò / Masumi Kubota (Bartolo)
Roberto Frontali / Masato Makino (Figaro)
Carlo Colombara / Katsuji Miura (Don Basilio)
Michiko Taguchi / Kyoko Moriyama(Berta)
Toshiro Ishii / Hiroaki Murakami (Fiorello)
Kan Hasegawa (officer)
Hachiro Ika (Ambrogio)
Masataka Nakajima (notary)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
9, 11, 12, 14 October 1998 at New National Theatre Opera House
 
1999
 
Verdi: La traviata
Fujiwara Opera
Renato Palumbo (conductor)
Beppe De Tomasi (director)
Victoria Loukianetz / Masako Deguchi (Violetta)
Marcelo Alvarez / Taro Ichihara (Alfredo)
Giorgio Cebrian (Giorgio Germont)
Reiko Nakano / Ryoko Hosomi (Flora)
Satoshi Chubachi / Seiji Ishikawa (Gastone)
Masumi Kubota (Douphol)
Yasushi Nakamura (D'Obigny)
Kazuhiro Yatabe (Grenvil)
Keiko Takemura / Reiko Takanami (Annina)
Naoto Watanabe (Giuseppe)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
15, 16, 17 January 1999 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
 
Puccini: La bohème
Fujiwara Opera
Stefano Ranzani (conductor)
Beppe De Tomasi (director)
Mirella Freni / Masako Deguchi (Mimi)
Roberto Aronica / Shigehiro Sano (Rodolfo)
Yasuo Horiuchi / Masato Makino (Marcello)
Sue Chen Panariello / Marie Igarashi (Musetta)
Yuichi Toyoshima / Tomohiro Tani (Shaunard)
Nicolai Ghiaurov / Kang-liang Peng (Colline)
Sachio Yamada / Katsuji Miura (Benoit)
Katsuji Miura / Sachio Yamada (Alcindoro)
Toshiaki Murakami / Seiji Ishikawa (Parpignol)
The Japan Shinsei Symphony Orchestra
3, 5, 6, 7 March 1999 at New National Theatre Opera House
 
 
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