The Fujiwara Opera from 1934 to 1984

 

1934

 

Puccini: La Bohème

7, 8 June 1934 at the Hibiya Kokaido, Tokyo

 

1935

 

Berte, after Schubert: Das Dreimädelhaus

7 to 30 June 1935 at the (former) Yurakudo, Tokyo

 

Bizet: Carmen

2 to 16 August 1935 at the (former) Yurakudo, Tokyo

 

Verdi: Rigoletto

31 October, 1 November 1935 at the Hibiya Kokaido, Tokyo

 

Puccini: Tosca

Maria Kousnetzova (Tosca)

24 to 26 December 1935 at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo

 

1938

 

Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns (Japanese premiere)

26 to 30 October 1938 at the (former) Yurakudo, Tokyo

 

1939

 

Bizet: Carmen

26, 27 March, 28, 29 April at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

Verdi: Traviata

26, 28 November, 26 Decemeber 1939 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

Verdi: Rigoletto

27 November, 27 December 1939 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

1940

 

Puccini: La Bohème

26, 27 February at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

1941

 

Verdi: Aida

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

26, 27, 28 May 1941 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

Bizet: Carmen

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

25, 26 November 1941 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

1942

 

Puccini: Tosca

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

27, 28, 29 May 1942 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

Gounod: Faust

29, 20 June, 1 July 1942 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

Wagner: Lohengrin (Japanese premiere)

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

23 to 26, 28, 29 November 1942 (8 performances) at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

1943

 

Puccini: La Bohème

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

3, 4, 5 April 1943 at the Tokyo Gekijo

 

Hirota, Ryotaro: Nishiura no kami

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor Il barbiere di Siviglia )

28 to 30 May 1943 (5 performances) at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

Beethoven: Fidelio (Japanese premiere)

27, 28 December 1943 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

1946

 

Verdi: La Traviata

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

27 to 31 January 1946 at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

Bizet: Carmen

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

27 to 30 April, 2 to 5 May 1946 at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

20 to 30 September 1946 (13 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

1947

 

Puccini: La Bohème

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

13 to 23 February 1947 (14 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

Wagner: Tannhäuser (Japanese premiere)

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

12 July to 3 August 1947 (25 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

Bizet: Carmen

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

6 to 25 December 1947 (28 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

1948

 

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

5 to 20, 23 to 30 March 1948 (31 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

Verdi: La Traviata

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

28 May to 3 June 1948 (14 performances) at Yurakudo, Tokyo

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

1 to 12 September 1948 (24 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

14 to 27 December 1948 (27 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

1949

 

Bizet: Carmen

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

15 to 28 January 1949 (27 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

Verdi: La Traviata

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

12 to 25 March 1949 (28 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

Wagner: Lohengrin

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

15 June to 3 July 1949 (25 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

2 to 24 August 1949 (28 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Japanese premiere)

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

2 to 14 December 1949 (25 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

1950

 

Bizet: Carmen

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

7 to 12 February 1950 (9 performances) at the Hibiya Kokaido, Tokyo

 

Verdi: La Traviata

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

15 to 22, 25 to 28 February 1950 (28 performances) at the Yurakudo, Tokyo

 

Puccini: Tosca

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

11 to 19 June 1950 (16 performances) at the Yurakudo, Tokyo

 

Hadley, Henry: Bianca

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

25, 26 June 1950 at the Hibiya Kokaido, Tokyo

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

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

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

15 to 29 December 1950 (30 performances) at the Teikoku Gekijo, Tokyo

 

1951

 

Bizet: Carmen

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

February (dates unknown) 1951 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

Verdi: Aida

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

31 May to 6 June 1951 (14 performances) at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

Thomas: Mignon (Japanese premiere)

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

1 to 14 September 1951 (21 performances) at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo

 

Bizet: Carmen

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

15 to 18 December (8 performances) at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

19 to 23 December 1951 (10 performances) at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo

 

1952

 

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

28 January 1952 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

Dan, Ikuma: Yuzuru (Twilight Heron/Twilight Crane)

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

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

27 to 30 May 1952 at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

3 to 5 July 1952 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

Dan, Ikuma: Yuzuru (Twilight Heron/Twilight Crane)

30 October at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

21 November 1952 at the Hibiya Kokaido

26 November 1952 at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo

 

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel

26 December 1952 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

1953

 

Bizet: Carmen

9, 10, 13, 15 January 1953 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

Verdi: La Traviata

1-8 February 1953, alternating with Il barbiere di Siviglia, at the Shinjuku Gekijo

 

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

1-8 February 1953, alternating with La Traviata at the Shinjuku Gekijo

 

Verdi: La Traviata

14 to 17 March 1953 (7 performances) at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo

 

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

18 to 20 March 1953 (6 performances) at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo

 

Puccini: La Bohème

21 to 24 March 1953 (8 performances) at the (former) Shimbashi Embujo

 

Bizet: Carmen

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

1 to 3 July 1953 at the Nihon Seinenkan

 

1954

 

Massenet: Manon (Japanese premiere)

14 , 19, 28 March 1954 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle (Japanese premiere)

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (Japanese premiere)

Fujiwara Opera Seinen Group

29 April 1954 at the Daiichi Seimei Hall

 

Puccini: Tosca

10, 12, 13, 15 June 1954 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

Verdi: Rigoletto

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

25 to 30 December 1954 (8 performances) at the Toyoko Hall

 

1955

 

Bizet: Carmen

24, 26 February 1955 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

Verdi: La Traviata

23, 24, 26 March 1955 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

'Schubert': Unfinished Symphony

28 to 31 March, 1 to 3 April 1955 (10 performances) at the Toyoko Hall

 

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

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)

6, 8, 10, 11 13 July 1955 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

1956

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

6, 7 January 1056 at the Nihon Seinenkan

 

Massenet: Thaïs (Japanese premiere)

13, 14, 16 April 1956 at Sankei Hall

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

9 June 1956 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

29 June, 1 July 1956 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

1957

 

Puccini: La Bohème

21, 22 February 1957 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

9, 10 April 1957 at Sankei Hall

 

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci

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

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

1 February 1958 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

Puccini: Tosca

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

29, 31 July, 1, 4 August 1958 at Sankei Hall

 

Puccini: Tosca

14 September 1958 at Sankei Hall

23 September 1958 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

Dan, Ikuma: Yokihi ('Yang Kwei-fei')

11 to 13 December 1958 at Sankei Hall

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Act 1), La Bohème (Act 3), Tosca (Act 1)

22, 27 December 1958 at Sankei Hall

 

1960

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 March 1960 at the Kyoritsu Kodo

 

Kanai, Kikuko: Hiren Karafune (premiere)

27, 28 March 1960 (3 performances) at the Kabukiza, Tokyo

 

Bizet: Carmen

Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)

30 June, 7 July 1960 at the Kyoritsu Kodo

 

1961

 

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

23 February 1961 at the Yomiuri Hall

 

Britten: Let's Make an Opera (Japanese premiere)

7 April 1961 at the Kyoritsu Kodo

 

Clutsam and Berte, after Schubert: Lilac Time

21, 22 June 1961 at the Iino Hall

 

Puccini: Suor Angelica

Ravel: L'heure espagnole (Japanese premiere)

1, 3 July 1961 at the Kyoritsu Kodo

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

10, 11 December 1961 at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1962

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

20 January 1962 (2 performances) at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Puccini: La Bohème

7, 9 May 1962 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

Menotti: The Consul

10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23 July 1962 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

1963

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

27, 28 January 1963 at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Bizet: Carmen

20, 23 to 28 June 1963 (7 performances) at the Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Kaikan

 

Puccini: Il Trittico

18, 19 September 1963 at the Bunkyo Kokaido

 

Strauss, Johann : Die Fledermaus

15 December 1963 (2 performances) at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1964

 

Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Japanese premiere)

12, 14 Aptil 1964 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1965

 

Mozart: Don Giovanni

7, 9, 11 July 1965 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

26, 27 October 1965 at the Nihon Toshi Centre Hall

 

1966

 

Bizet: Carmen

7, 8, 10 January 1966 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex

Dallapiccola: Volo di notte (Japanese premiere)

26, 28 February 1966 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

7, 10 April 1966 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Puccini: Tosca

4, 15, 18 Jluy 1966 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1967

 

Massenet: Manon

22, 24, 27 Aptil 1967 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Bizet: Carmen

4, 7, 9 August 1867 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1968

 

Verdi: Rigoletto

1, 3, 7 March 1968 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Verdi: La Traviata

27, 29 July, 2, 3, 5 August 1968 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1969

 

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore

22, 23, 24 January 1969 at Bunkyo Kokaido

 

Bizet: Carmen

25 February, 3, 5 March 1969 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Puccini: La Bohème

27, 29 May 1969 at the Hibiya Kokaido

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

3, 7, 10, 12 July 1969 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci

19, 24, 26 September 1969 at Sankei Kaikan

 

Verdi: Aida

14, 17, 19, 24 November 1969 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1970

 

Puccini: Tosca

4, 5, 7 March 1970 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Puccini: Tosca

13 July 1970 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Gounod: Faust

9, 14, 17, 19 1970 at Hibiya Kokaido

 

1971

 

Verdi: La Traviata

28 February, 4, 5, 11 March 1971 at Hibiya Kokaido

 

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

12, 13, 14, 15, 16 May 1971 (7 performances) at the Mitsukoshi Theatre

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

24, 26, 29, 31 July at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

19, 21, 23 October 1971 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1972

 

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

29, 31 January, 2, 4 February 1972 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

1, 3, 7 November 1972 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1973

 

Bizet: Carmen

28, 30 January, 1, 3 February 1973 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Mozart: Don Giovanni

22, 25, 27 November 1973 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1974

 

Menotti: The Consul

5, 7, 8 February 1974 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Menotti: The Telephone

Menotti: The Medium

25, 26 February 1974 at Tokyo Yubinchokin Hall

 

Puccini: Il Trittico

12, 18, 23 July 1974 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1975

 

Donizetti: Don Pasquale

25, 26, 28 January 1975 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1976

 

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte

19, 21, 23 January 1976 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

18, 19, 20 February 1976 at Tokyo Yubinchokin Hall

 

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail

21, 22, 23 June 1976 (4 performances) at Nihon Toshi Centre Hall

 

Puccini: Tosca

5, 8 November 1976 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1977

 

Verdi: La Traviata

17, 19, 20 January 1977 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Cimarosa: Il matrimonio secreto

3, 4, 5 June 1977 (4 performances) at Nihon Toshi Centre Hall

 

1978

 

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore

11, 13, 14 March 1978 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Mozart: Idomeneo (Japanese premiere)

24, 25, 26 March 1978 (4 performances) at Nihon Toshi Centre Hall

 

Wolf-Ferrari: Il Campiello (Japanese premiere)

7 to 9 July 1978 (4 performances) at Nihon Toshi Centre Hall

 

1979

 

Mascagni: L'amico Fritz

17, 19, 20 February 1979 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Bellini: La Sonnambula

21, 22. 23 March 1979 at Tokyo Yubinchokin Hall

 

Wolf-Ferrari: I quattro rusteghi (Japanese premiere)

30 June, 1, 2 July (4 performances) at Nihon Toshi Centre Hall

 

1980

 

Puccini: La Bohème

15, 16, 17 February 1980 at the Tokyo Yubinchokin Hall

 

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Japnese premiere)

1, 2, 3 March 1980 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore

24, 25, 26 September 1980 at Shinjuku Bunka Centre

 

Mozart: Cosi fan tutte

20, 21, 22 November 1980 at Shinjuku Bunka Centre

 

1981

 

Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Japanese premiere)

14, 15, 16 March 1981 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

22, 23, 24 July 1981 at Shinjuku Bunka Centre

 

Verdi: Rigoletto

17, 18, 19 November 1981 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1982

 

Verdi: La Traviata

20, 21, 22 February 1982 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Donizetti: Anna Bolena (Japanese premiere)

6, 9, 13 July 1982 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Puccini: Il Trittico

29, 30 November, 1 December 1982 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1983

 

Puccini: Tosca

5, 6, 7 February 1983 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

18, 20, 21 June 1983 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Weill: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Japanese premiere)

14, 15, 16 October 1983 (4 performances) Nihon Toshi Centre Hall

 

1984

 

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

24, 25, 26 February 1984 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Donizetti: Maria Stuarta (Japanese premiere)

12, 15, 18 June 1984 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Puccini: Tosca

29, 30 September 1984 at Osaka Koseinenkin Kaikan

 

 

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