International Tours 1956-98

 

1956

 

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

 

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 boheme

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

 

1961

 

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

 

1963

 

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

 

1966

 

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

 

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

 

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 boheme

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

 

1970

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

1971

 

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

 

1973

 

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

 

1974

 

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

 

1975

 

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 Boheme

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

 

1976

 

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

 

1979

 

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

 

1980

 

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

Wiener Staatsoper

Karl Böhm (conductor)

Helge Thoma (producer)

Bernd Weikl / Hans Helm (Count)

Gundula Janowitz (Countess)

Lucia Popp (Susanna)

Herman Prey (Figaro)

Agnes Baltsa (Cherubino)

Margarita Lilowa (Marcellina)

Heinz Zednik (Basilio)

Kurt Equiluz / Anton Wendler (Don Curzio)

Kurt Rydl (Bartolo)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper

30 Sep, 3, 28 Oct 1980 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

21, 24 Oct 1980 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

13, 17 Oct 1980 at Festival Hall, Osaka

 

R Strauss: Salome

Wiener Staatsoper

Heinrich Hollreiser / Horst Stein (conductor)

Boleslaw Barlog (producer)

Hans Beirer (Herod)

Gertrude Jahn / Margarita Lilowa (Herodias)

Leonie Rysanek / Karan Armstrong (Salome)

Peter Wimberger / Bernd Weikl (Jokanaan)

Josef Hopferwieser (Narraboth)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper

2, 4, 11, 22 Oct 1980 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

15 Oct 1980 at Festival Hall, Osaka

 

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Wiener Staatsoper

Theodor Guschlbauer (conductor)

Dieter Dorn (producer)

Curt Jürgens (Selim)

Edita Gruberova / Patricia Wise (Konstanze)

Elfriede Höbarth (Blonde)

Thomas Moser (Belmonte)

Heinz Zednik / Wilfried Gahmlich (Pedrillo)

Kurt Rydl / Helmut Berger-Tuna (Osmin)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper

7, 10, 20 Oct 1980 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

R Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

Wiener Staatsoper

Karl Böhm / Berislav Klobucar / Horst Stein (conductor)

Kurt Heintel (Major-Domo)

Gert Feldhoff (Music Master)

Agnes Baltsa (Composer)

James King (Tenor/Bacchus)

Karl Terkal (Officer)

Edita Gruberova / Patricia Wise (Zerbinetta)

Gundula Janowitz / Sabine Hass (Primadonna/Ariadne)

Hans Helm (Harlekin)

Kurt Equiluz / Anton Wendler (Scaramuccio)

Kurt Rydl (Truffaldin)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper

9, 25 Oct 1980 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

14, 16 Oct 1980 at Festival Hall, Osaka

 

R Strauss: Elektra

Wiener Staatsoper

Berislav Klobucar (conductor)

Grace Hoffman (Klytemnästra)

Birgit Nilsson (Elektra)

Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis)

Hans Beirer / James King (Aegisth)

Gert Feldhoff (Orest)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper

19, 23, 27 Oct 1980 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

1981

 

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Teatro alla Scala

Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Giorgio Strehler (director)

Piero Cappuccilli (Simon Boccanegra)

Mirella Freni (Maria /Amelia)

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Jacopo Fiesco)

Veriano Lucchetti (Gabriele Adorno)

Felice Schiavi (Paolo Albiani)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

1, 4, 7, 10 Sep 1981 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Verdi: Otello

Teatro alla Scala

Carlos Kleiber (conductor)

Franco Zeffirelli (director)

Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Desdemona)

Placido Domingo (Otello)

Silvano Calori (Iago)

Stefania Malagu (Emilia)

Ezio Di Cesare (Cassio)

Ermanno Lorenzi (Roderigo)

Luigi loni (Lodovico)

Orazio Mori (Montano)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

2, 5, 8 Sep 1981 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

Verdi: Messa Da Requiem

Teatro alla Scala

Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Mirella Freni / Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano)

Lucia Valentini-Terrani (mezzo soprano)

Veriano Lucchetti (tenor)

Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

3, 11 Sep 1981 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Puccini: La Boheme

Teatro alla Scala

Carlos Kleiber / Bruno Rigacci (conductor)

Franco Zeffirelli (director)

Mirella Freni / Jossera Ligi (Mimi)

Peter Dvorsky (Rodolfo)

Margherita Gulielmi / Fiorella Pediconi (Musetta)

Lorenzo Saccomani / Leo Nucci (Marcello)

Antonio Salvadori (Schaunard)

Paolo Washington (Colline)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

15, 17, 19, 21 Sep 1981 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

25, 27 Sep 1981 at Festival Hall, Osaka

30 Sep 1981 Yokohama

 

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (director)

Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Rosina)

Flansisco Aleisa (Almaviva)

Leo Nucci (Figaro)

Enzo dalla (Bartolo)

Ferruccio Fluranet (Don Basilio)

Orazio Mori (Fiorello)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

16, 18, 20, 22 Sep 1981 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

1986

 

Puccini: Turandot

The Royal Opera

Jacques Delacote (conductor)

Andrei Serban (producer)

Sally Jacobs (designer)

Cynthia Haymon (Liu)

Roderick Kennedy (Timur)

Franco Bonisolli (Calaf)

Orazio Mori (Ping)

Robin Leggate (Pang)

Francis Egerton (Pong)

John Dobson (Altoum)

Olivia Stapp (Turandot)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera

15, 21, 26 September 1986 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

29 September, 2 October1986 at Festival Hall, Osaka

 

Bizet: Carmen

The Royal Opera

Mark Ermler (conductor)

Michael Geliot (production)

Jenny Beavan (designer)

Joanna Borovska (Micaëla)

José Carreras (Don José)

Agnes Baltsa (Carmen)

Judith Howarth (Frasquita)

Anne Mason (Mercedes)

Gino Quilco (Escamillo)

John Dobson (Dancairo)

Francis Egerton (Remendado)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera

18, 22, 27 September, 4 October 1986 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

1 October 1986 at Festival Hall, Osaka

7 October 1986 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

10 October 1986 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila

The Royal Opera

Jacques Delacote (conductor)

Elijah Moshinsky(producer)

Sidney Nolan (designer)

Jon Vickers (Samson)

Roderick Earle (Abimelech)

Paul Crook (1st Philistine)

Gordon Sandison (2nd Philistine)

Jonathan Summers (High Priest of Dagon)

John Dobson (Messenger)

Roderick Kennedy (Ancient Hebrew)

Elena Obraztsova (Dalila)

Kevin Mathurin (Philistine child)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera

20, 23, 25 September 1986 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Mozart: Cosi fan tutte

The Royal Opera

Gabrielle Ferro (conductor)

John Copley (producer)

John Aler (Ferrando)

William Shimell (Guglielmo)

Walter Berry (Alfonso)

Kiri te Kanawa (Fiodiligi)

Anne Sofie von Otter (Dorabella)

Lilian Watson (Despina)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera

6, 8, 11 October 1986 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 

 

1987

 

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Complete cycle Japanese premiere)

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Jesus Lopez Cobos (1.2), Heinrich Hollreiser (3) (conductor)

Götz Friedrich (director)

Peter Sykora (designer)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Wagner: Das Rheingold

Robert Hale (1.2) / Donald McIntyre (3) (Wotan)

Gerd Feldhoff (Donner)

Toni Krämer (Froh)

George Shirley (Loge)

Gottfried Hornik (1.2) / Rolf Kühne (3) (Alberich)

John Dobson (1) / Horst Hiestermann (2.3) (Mime)

Matti Salminen (Fasolt)

Bengt Rundgren (Fafner)

Ute Walther (1.3) / Diane Curry (2) (Fricka)

Lucy Peacock (Freia)

Jadwiga Rappé (Erda)

Carol Malone (Woglinde)

Barbara Vogel (Wellgunde)

Anita Herrmann (Flosshilde)

Wagner: Die Walkure

Warren Ellsworth (1) / Siegfried Jerusalem (2.3) (Siegmund)

Matti Salminen (1.2) / John Tomlinson (3) (Hunding)

Robert Hale (1.2) / Donald McIntyre (3) (Wotan)

Julia Varady (Sieglinde)

Ute Walther (1.3) / Diane Curry (2) (Fricka)

Catarina Ligendza (1.2) / Ute Vinzing (3) (Brünnhilde)

Sharon Sweet (Helmwige)

Lucy Peacock (Gerhilde)

Barbara Vogel (Ortlinde)

Annabelle Bernerd (Waltraute)

Yoko Nomura (Siegrune)

Anita Herrmann (Rossweisse)

Barbara Scerler (Grimgerde)

Kaja Borris (Schwertleite)

Wagner: Siegfried

René Kollo (Siegfried)

John Dobson (1) / Horst Hiestermann (2.3) (Mime)

Robert Hale (1.2) / Donald McIntyre (3) (Wotan/Wanderer)

Gottfried Hornik (1.2) / Rolf Kühne (3) (Alberich)

Bengt Rundgren (Fafner)

Jadwiga Rappé (Erda)

Catarina Ligendza (1.2) / Ute Vinzing (3) (Brünnhilde)

Gabrielyn Watson (Waldvogel)

Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Japanese premiere)

René Kollo (Siegfried)

Lenus Carlson (Gunther)

Gottfried Hornik (1.2) / Rolf Kühne (3) (Alberich)

Matti Salminen (1.2) / John Tomlinson (3) (Hagen)

Catarina Ligendza (1.2) / Ute Vinzing (3) (Brünnhilde)

Karan Armstrong (Gutrune)

Ute Walther (Waltraute)

Kaja Borris (Erste Norn)

Annabelle Bernerd (Zweite Norn)

Sharon Sweet (Dritte Norn)

Carol Malone (Woglinde)

Barbara Vogel (Wellgunde)

Anita Herrmann (Flosshilde)

Numbers refer to the three cycles:

1st Cycle 17, 19, 22, 25 Oct 1987 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

2nd Cycle 30 Oct 1, 4, 7 Nov 1987 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

3rd Cycle 8, 10, 12, 15 Nov 1987 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1988

 

Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann

Metropolitan Opera

J. Levine (conductor)

Domingo (Hoffmann)

E. Mills (Olympia)

Dupuy (Giulietta)

R. Alexander (Antonia)

Je. Anderson (Stella)

Morris (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dappertutto/Miracle)

Quittmeyer (Nicklausse/Muse)

A. Laciura (Andrés/Cochenille/Pitichinaccio/Frantz)

Malas (Luther)

Ma. Baker (Nathanael)

Bernard (Hermann)

Velis (Spalanzani)

Mo. Meredith (Schlemil)

Van Allan (Crespel)

Bean (Mother's Voice)

25, 28 May, I June 1988 in Tokyo

7 June 1988 in Nagoya

10 June 1988 in Osaka

 

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro

Metropolitan Opera

J. Levine (conductor)

Ponnelle (director/designer)

Cheek (Figaro)

Battle (27, 31 May, 3 June)/ Hong (9 June) (Susanna)

Hampson (Almaviva)

Vaness (Rosina)

D. Montague (Cherubino)

Korn (Bartolo)

Di Franco (Marcellina)

Sénéchal (Basilio)

Courtney (Antonio)

Upshaw (Barbarina)

Velis (Curzio)

27, 31 May, 3 June 1988 in Tokyo

9 June 1988 in Osaka

 

Verdi: Il Trovatore

Metropolitan Opera

Rudel (conductor)

Bonisolli (Manrico)

A. Millo (Leonora)

S. Milnes (Di Luna)

Cossotto (Azucena)

De Grandis (Ferrando)

Wray (Ines)

Ma. Baker (29 May, 2 June)/ C. Anthony (June 5, 8) (Ruiz)

Apy (Messenger)

R. Crolius (Gypsy)

29 May, 2, 5 June 1988 in Tokyo

8 June 1988 in Nagoya

 

1990

 

R Strauss: Salome

Welsh National Opera

Richard Armstrong (conductor)

André Engel (producer)

Nick Rieti (designer)

Catherine Malfitano (Salome)

Philip Joll (Jokanaan)

Nick Douglas (Herod)

Elizabeth Vaughan (Herodias)

Peter Bronder (Narraboth)

Matthew Best (1st Nazarene)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera

November 8, 12, 14 1990 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall

 

Verdi: Falstaff

Welsh National Opera

Richard Armstrong (conductor)

PeterStein (producer)

Lucio Fanti (designer)

Donald Maxwell (Falstaff)

Peter Bronder (Dr Caius)

John Harris (Bardolfo)

Geoffrey Moses (Pistola)

Suzanna Murphy (Alice)

Nuccia Focile (Nannetta)

Wendy Verco (Meg)

Cynthia Buchan (Mrs Quickly)

Paul Charles Clarke (Fenton)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera

November 9, 11, 13 1990 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall

 

1992

 

Mozart: Don Giovanni

The Royal Opera

Bernard Haitinck (conductor)

Johannes Schaaf (director)

Peter Pabst (designer)

Claudio Desderi (Leporello)

Carol Vaness (July 9/17/20)/Eva Johansson (July 14) (Donna Anna)

Thomas Allen (Don Giovanni)

Robert Lloyd (Commendatore)

Hans Peter Blochwitz (Ottavio)

Karita Mattila (Elvira)

Marta Marquez (July 9, 14)/ Angela Gheorghiu (July 17, 20) (Zerlina)

Bryn Terfel (Masetto)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera

9, 14, 17 July 1992 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 

20 July 1992 at Festival Hall, Osaka

 

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

The Royal Opera

Jeffrey Tate (July 21, 24, 26) / Bernard Haitinck (July 11, 16) (conductor)

Johannes Schaaf (director)

Xenia Hausner (sets)

Lucio Gallo (Figaro)

Marie McLaughlin (Susanna)

Gwynne Howell (Bartolo)

Sarah Walker(Marcellina)

Thomas Allen (Count)

Richard Greager (Basilio)

Lella Cuberli (Countess)

Bodo Schwanbeck (Antonio)

John Dobson (Curzio)

Judith Howarth (Barbarina)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera

11, 16, 24 July 1992 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 

21 July 1992 at Festival Hall, Osaka

 

Mozart: Cosi fan tutte

The Royal Opera

Jeffrey Tate (conductor)

Johannes Schaaf (director)

Hans Schavernoch (sets)

Kurt Streit (Ferrando)

William Shimell (Guglielmo)

Claudio Desderi (Alfonso)

Carol Vaness (Fiodiligi)

Diana Montague (Dorabella)

Anne Howells (Despina)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera

15, 25, 27 July 1992 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan 

23 July 1992 at Festival Hall, Osaka

 

1993

 

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Metropolitan Opera

James Levine (conductor)

Piero Faggioni (producer/designer)

Placido Domingo (Riccardo)

Juan Pons (23, 29 May)/ Vladimir Chernov (2, 5, 9 June) (Renato)

Aprile Millo (Amelia)

Harolyn Blackwell (23, 29 May, 5, 9 June) / Heidi Grant Murphy (2 June) (Oscar)

Stefania Toczyska (Ulrica)

Christopher Schaldenbrand (23, 29 May) / Mark Oswald (2, 5, 9 June) (Silvano)

Charles Anthony (Chief Justice)

Bernard Fitch (Amelia's servant)

Paul Plishka (Tom)

Terry Cook (Samuel)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York

23 May, 2 June 1993 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

29 May, 5, 9 June 1993 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore

Metropolitan Opera

Edoardo Müller (conductor)

John Copley (producer)

Beni Montresor (designer)

Heidi Grant Murphy (25, 28 May, 4, 8 June ) / Korliss Uecker (1 June) (Giannetta)

Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino)

Kathleen Battle (25, 28 May, 1 June) / Young Ok Shin (4, 8 June) (Adina)

Gino Quilco (25, 28 May, 1, 8 June) / Mark Oswald (4 June) (Belcore)

Paul Plishka (Dulcamara)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York

May 25, June 2 1993 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

May 28, June 1/4/8 1993 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Wagner: Die Walküre

Metropolitan Opera

James Levine (conductor)

Otto Schenk (producer)

Günther Schneider-Siemssen (designer)

G Jones (Brünnhilde)

Gary Lakes (Siegmund)

Sabine Hass (Sieglinde)

James Morris (Wotan)

Uta Priew (30 May, 6 June)/ Barbara Dever (10 June) (Fricka)

Haugland (Hunding)

N Warren (Gerhilde)

Shaulis (Grimgerde)

Neves (Helmwige)

E. Byrne (Ortlinde)

Christin (Rossweisse)

S. Kelly (Schwertleite)

Barbara Dever (Siegrune)

Castle (Waltraute)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York

30 May, 6, 10 June 1993 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

Rossini: La Cenerentola

Teatro Communale di Bologna

Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

Roberto De Simone (director)

Mauro Carosi (sets)

William Matteuzzi (Ramiro)

Enzo Dara (Don Magnifico)

Michele Pertusi (Alidoro)

Alessandro Corbelli (Dandini)

Fernanda Costa (Clorinda)

Gloria Scalchi (Angelina)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna

17, 20, 23, 28 June 1993 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Verdi: Rigoletto

Teatro Communale di Bologna

Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

Giancarlo Cobelli (director)

Paolo Tommasi (sets)

Vincenzo La Scola (Duke)

Luciana Serra (Gilda)

Francesca Franci (Maddalena)

Leo Nucci (Rigoletto)

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Sparafucile)

Antonella Trevisan (Giovanna)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna

18, 22, 24, 26 June 1993 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur

Teatro Communale di Bologna

Roberto Abbado (conductor)

Lamberto Puggelli (director)

Paolo Bregni (sets)

Peter Dvorsky (Maurizio)

Fiorenza Cossotto (Princess)

Giuseppe Riva (Quinault)

Michele Pertusi (Prince)

Mirella Freni (Adriana Lecouvreur)

Giovanni de Angelis (Michonnet)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna

27, 30 June 1993 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

7, 9 July 1993 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

Wagner: Die Meistersinger

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Rafael Frübeck de Burgos (conductor)

Götz Friedrich (producer)

Peter Sykora (designer)

Wolfgang Brendel / Victor Braun (Hans Sachs)

Paul Frey / Thomas Sunnegardh (Walter)

Uwe Peper / Clemens Bieber (David)

Eva Johansson / Hillevi Martinpelto (Eva)

Ute Walter (Magdalena)

Julien Robbins / Peter Edelmann (Nightwatchman)

Erich Knodt (Pogner)

Barry McDaniel (Nachtigall)

Eike Wilm Schulte (Beckmesser)

David Griffith (Vogelgesang)

Lenus Carlson (Kothner)

Warren Mok (Zorn)

Peter Maus (Eisslinger)

Otto Heuer (Moser)

Klaus Lang (Ortel)

Ivan Sardi (Schwarz)

Friedrich Molsberger (Foltz)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

September 11/15/18/22/25 1993 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Jiri Kout (conductor)

Götz Friedrich (producer)

Günther Schneider-Siemssen (designer)

Reen Kollo (Tristan)

Gwyneth Jones / Janis Martin (Isolde)

Gerd Feldhoff (Kurwenal)

Peter Edelmann / Barry McDaniel (Melot)

Hanna Schwarz (Brangäne)

Clemens Bieber (young seaman)

Uwe Peper / Peter Maus (shepherd)

Ivan Sardi / Klaus Lang (steersman)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

September 24/29, October 3/6/9 1993 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

Wagner: Lohengrin

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Christian Thielemann (conductor)

Götz Friedrich (producer)

Peter Sykora (designer)

Manfred Schenk (Heinrich der Vogler)

Paul Frey / Thomas Sunnegardh (Lohengrin)

Karan Armstrong / Eva Johansson (Elsa)

Oskar Hillebrandt (Friedrich)

Janis Martin / Gwyneth Jones (Ortrud)

Wolfgang Brendel / Ralf Lukas (Herald)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

September 30, October 2/4/7/11 1993 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1994

 

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

Wiener Staatsoper

Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Jonathan Miller (producer)

Cecilia Gasdia / Charlotte Margiono (Countess)

Barbara Bonney (Susanna)

Gabriele Sima / Angelika Kirschlager (Cherubino)

Margarita Lilowa (Marcellina)

Ruggero Raimondi (Count)

Valentina Valente (Barbarina)

Lucio Gallo (Figaro)

Heinz Zednik (Basilio)

Peter Jelosits (Don Curzio)

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Bartolo)

Istvan Gati (Antonio)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper

September 16/18/20/23/27 1994 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov

Wiener Staatsoper

(Production in cooperation with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)

Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Andre Tarkovsky (producer)

Gabriele Sima (Fyodor)

Valentina Valente (Xenia)

Anna Gonda (Nurse)

Mariana Lipovsek (Marina)

Elena Zaremba (Hostess)

Anatoli Kotcherga (Boris Godunov)

Heinz Zednik (Shuisky)

Albert Schlagidullin (Shchelkalov)

Alexander Morosov (Pimen)

Sergei Larin (The Pretender)

Monte Pederson (Rangoni)

Gleb Nikolsky (Varlaam)

Wilfried Gahmlich (Missail)

Peter Jelosits (Simpleton)

Goran Simic (Nikitich)

Istvan Gati (Mityukha/Lavitsky)

Franz Kasemann (Krushchov/Boyar)

Wolfgang Bankl (Chernikovsky)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper and the Slovak Philharmonic Choir

September 25/28/30 1994 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

R Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

Wiener Staatsoper

Carlos Kleiber (conductor)

Otto Schenk (director)

Rudolph Heinrich (designer)

Felicity Lott (Marschallin)

Anne Sofie von Otter (Oktavian)

Barbara Bonney (Sophie)

Olivera Miljakovic (Leitmetzerin)

Margarita Lilowa (Annina)

Kurt Moll (Ochs)

Gottfried Hornik (Faninal)

Heinz Zednik (Valzacchi)

Lotte Leitner (Modeston)

Keith Ikaia-Purdy (Singer)

Waldemar Kmentt (Majordomo to Marschallin)

Franz Kasemann (Majordomo to Faninal)

Peter Wimberger (Police Commissar)

Peter Jelosits (Landlord)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper

October 7/10/12/15/18/20 1994 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

J Strauss: Die Fledermaus

Wiener Staatsoper

Ulf Schirmer (conductor)

Otto Schenk (producer)

Günther Schneider-Siemssen (designer)

Karita Mattila (Rosalinde)

Edith Lienbacher (Adele)

Lotte Leitner (Ida)

Jochen Kowalski (Orlovsky)

Hermann Prey (Eisenstein)

Hans Helm (Falke)

Josef Hopferwiesser / Richard Brunner (Alfred)

Walter Berry (Frank)

Hans Kraemmer (Frosch)

Waldermar Kmentt (Dr Blind)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper

October 9/13/16/19 1994 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

1995

 

Verdi: La Traviata

Teatro alla Scala

Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Liliana Cavani (producer)

Tiziana Fabbricini (Violetta)

Nicoletta Zanini / Lucia Rizzi (Flora)

Antonella Trevisan / Anna Zoroberto (Annina)

Vincenzo La Scola / Ramon Vargas(Alfredo)

Paolo Coni / Juan Pons (Germont)

Enrico Cossutta (Gastone)

Orazio Mori (Douphol)

Silvestro Sammaritano (d'Obigny)

Miguel Angel Zapater (Dr Grenvil)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

September 6/9/12/16/18/20 1995 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

Verdi: Falstaff

Teatro alla Scala

Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Giorgio Strehler (director)

Juan Pons (Falstaff)

Roberto Frontali (Ford)

Ramon Vargas (Fenton)

Ernesto Gavazzi (Dr Caius)

Paolo Barbacini (Bardolfo)

Luigi Roni (Pistola)

Nancy Gustafson (Alice)

Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (Nannetta)

Monica Bacelli (Meg)

Bernadette Manca di Nissa (Mrs Quickly)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

September 24/27 1995 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West

Teatro alla Scala

Giuseppe Sinopoli / Armando Gatto on October 1(conductor)

Jonathan Miller (director)

Mary Jane Johnson / Barbara Daniels on October 1 (Minnie)

Alan Titus / Juan Pons on October 1 (Jack Rance)

Segei Larin / Craig Sirianni / Keith Olsen on October 1 (Dick Johnson)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

September 25/28/30 October 1/2 1995 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

1996

 

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

Teatro Communale di Firenze

Zubin Mehta (conductor)

Graham Vick (director)

Mariella Devia / Edita Gruberova (Lucia)

Roberto Frontali / Alexandro Agache (Ashton)

Vincenzo La scola /Jose Bros (Edgardo)

Marco Berti (Arturo)

Carlo Colombara / Giovanni Furlanetto (Raimondo)

Pierre Lefebvre (Normanno)

Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Sept 18/20/23/25/26 1996 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Verdi: Aida

Teatro Communale di Firenze

Zubin Mehta (conductor)

Lorenzo Mariani (director)

Michele Crider / Leona Mitchell (Aida)

Gegam Grigorian / Giuseppe Giacomini (Radames)

Larissa Diadkova / Florence Quivar (Amneris)

Dimitri Kavrakos / Carlo Colombara (Ramfis)

Alexandru Agache /Carlo Guelfi (Amonasro)

Giovanni Furlanetto / Simone Alberghini (Il Re)

Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Sept 22 1996 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

Sept 27/28/29 1996 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

1997

 

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Metropolitan Opera

James Levine (conductor)

Franco Zeffirelli (director)

Maria Guleghina (Santuzza)

Fabio Armiliato (Turiddu)

Stephanie Blythe (Lucia)

Bruno Pola (Alfio)

Wendy White (Lola)

and

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

Metropolitan Opera

James Levine (conductor)

Franco Zeffirelli (director)

Juan Pons (Tonio)

Placido Domingo (Canio)

Daniela Dessi (May 24, June 4, 7)/ Elizabeth Holleque (May 30) (Nedda)

Eduardo Valdes (Beppe)

Dwayne Croft (May 24, June 4, 7) / Kim Josephson (May 30) (Silvio)

Chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York

May 24 1997 at Aichi Prefectural Art Theatre, Nagoya

May 30, June 4 1997 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

June 7 1997 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

 

Puccini: Tosca

Metropolitan Opera

James Levine (conductor)

Franco Zeffirelli (director)

Luciano Pavarotti (May 25, 29, June 1, 8)/ Fabio Armiliato (June 14) (Cavardossi)

Carol Vaness (May 25, 29) / Maria Guleghina (June 1, 8, 14) (Tosca)

James Morris (Scarpia)

James Courtney (Angelotti)

David Evitts (Sacristan)

Charles Anthony (Spoletta)

Bradley Garvin (Sciarrone)

Suzuki (Shepherd)

Vaclovas Daunoras (Jailer)

Chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York

May 25 1997 at Aichi Prefectural Art Theatre, Nagoya

May 29 1997 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

June 1/8/14 1997 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

Bizet: Carmen

Metropolitan Opera

Placido Domingo (conductor)

Franco Zeffirelli (director)

Waltraud Meier (Carmen)

Luis Lima (Don José)

Ainhoa Arteta (28 May) / Angela Gheorghiu (31 May, 5 June) (Micaela)

Sergei Leiferkus (Escamillo)

Emily Pulley (Frasquita)

Kristine Jepson (Mercedes)

Tony Stevenson (Remendado)

Kim Josephson (Dancaïro)

Jeffrey Wells (Zuniga)

Christopher Schaldenbrand (Morales)

Chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York

28 May 1997 at Aichi Prefectural Art Theatre, Nagoya

31 May, 5 June 1997 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

Mozart: Cosi fan tutte

Metropolitan Opera

James Levine (conductor)

Lesley Koenig (director)

Jerry Hadley (Ferrando)

Dwayne Croft (Guglielmo)

Thomas Allen (Don Alfonso)

Carol Vaness (Fiordiligi)

Susanne Mentzer (Dorabella)

Clare Gormley (Despina)

Chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York

June 3/6/9/12 1997 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (Concert performance)

Metropolitan Opera

James Levine (conductor)

Olga Borodina (Marguerite)

Vinson Cole (Faust)

James Morris (Mephistopheles)

Rene Pape (Brander)

Chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York

June 13 1997 at Suntory Hall, Tokyo

 

Mozart: Die Zuberflote

Staatsoper Berlin

Daniel Barenboim /Sebastian Weigle (conductor)

August Everding (producer)

John Tomlinson / Rene Pape (Sarastro)

Endrik Wottrich / Peter Schreier (Tamino)

Ana Camelia Stefanescu (Queen of the Night)

Tina Kiberg (Pamina)

Roman Trekel (Papageno)

Par Lindskog / Andreas Schmidt (Monostatos)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin

Nov 8/10/13/15/17 1997 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Wagner: Die Walkure

Staatsoper Berlin

Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Poul Elming (Siegmund)

Rene Pape (Hunding)

Waltraud Meier / Tina Kiberg (Sieglinde)

John Tomlinson / Falk Struckmann (Wotan)

Deborah Polaski (Brunnhilde)

Rosemarie Lang (Fricka)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin

Nov 9/12/21 1997 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

Berg: Wozzeck

Staatsoper Berlin

Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Patrice Chereau (producer)

Falk Struckmann (Wozzeck)

Reiner Goldberg (Tambourmajor)

Endrik Wottrich (Andres)

Graham Clark (Hauptmann)

Gunter von Kannen (Doctor)

Waltraud Meier (Marie)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin

Nov 22/24 1997 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

 

1998

 

J Strauss II: Die Fledermaus

Prague State Opera

Harry Prever (conductor)

Martin Otaver (director)

Soloists etc. of the Prague State Opera,

Jan 4 1998 at Aichi Prefectural Arts Theatre, Nagoya

Jan 8/9/11/12 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall Hall, Tokyo

Jan 15 1998 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

 

Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Christian Thielemann (conductor)

Gotz Friedrich (producer)

Deborah Voigt / Gabriela Benackova-Cap (Senta)

Matti Salminen (Daland)

Peter Seiffert / Wolfgang Neumann (Erik)

Bernd Weikl / Jukka Rasilainen (Dutchman)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin

Jan 28/29/31 Feb 2 1998 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo

 

Kalman: Die Csardasfurstin

Soloists etc. of the Hunagrian State Budapest Operetta Theatre,

Jan 30/31 Feb 1 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall Hall, Tokyo

 

Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe

Soloists etc. of the Hunagrian State Budapest Operetta Theatre,

Feb 3/4/5 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall Hall, Tokyo

 

Wagner: Tannhauser

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Christian Thielemann / Jiri Kout (conductor)

Gotz Friedrich (producer)

Matti Salminen (Landgraf Hermann)

Rene Kollo (Tannhauser)

Bernd Weikl / Peter Edelmann (Wolfram)

Clemens Bieber (Walter)

Ralf Lucas (Biterolf)

David Griffith (Heinrich)

Friedrich Molsberger (Reinmar)

Eva Johansson / Gabriela Benackova-Cap (Elizabeth)

Karan Armstrong (Venus)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin

Feb 5/8/11/14 1998 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

R Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Jiri Kout (conductor)

Gotz Friedrich (producer)

Karan Armstrong (Marschallin)

Gunter von Kannen (Ochs)

Yvonne Weidstruck (Octavian)

Lenus Carlson (Faninal)

Fionnuala McCarthy (Sophie)

Lucy Peacock (Leitmetzerin)

Uwe Peper (Valzacchi)

Ulrike Helzel (Annina)

Boiko Zvetlanov (Singer)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin

Feb 13/15 1998 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

 

Mozart: Marriage of Figaro

Soloists of the Opera Atelier/Canadian Baroque Opera Company from the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto

March 11/12/13 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo

 

J Strauss II: Die Fledermaus

Berlin Komische Oper

Harry Kupfer (director)

Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Berlin Komische Oper,

June 27/28/29 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall Hall, Tokyo

 

Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann

Berlin Komische Oper

Harry Kupfer (director)

Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Berlin Komische Oper,

July 3/4/5 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall Hall, Tokyo

 

Cavalleria Rusticana: Mascagni

Teatro Communale di Bologna

Massimo de Bernart (conductor)

Liliana Cavani (producer)

Agnes Baltsa/ Waltraud Meyer (Santuzza)

Jose Cura/ Giorgio Merighi (Turiddu)

Carlo Guelfi/Bruno Pola (Alfio)

Sarah M'Punga (Lola)

and

Gianni Schicchi; Puccini

Teatro Communale di Bologna

Massimo de Bernart (conductor)

Marco Gandini (producer)

Juan Pons (Gianni Schicchi)

Luca Canonici (Rinuccio)

Alida Ferrarini (Lauretta)

Cinzia De Mola (Zita)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Sept 25/27 1998 at Biwako Hall, Shiga

Sept 30 Oct 6/9/13 1998 at Orchard Hall, Tokyo

Oct 3 1998 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

 

Giordano: Fedora

Teatro Communale di Bologna

Stefano Ranzani (conductor)

Beppe de Tomasi (producer)

Mirella Freni (Fedora)

Jose Cura (Loris/Otsu)

Jose Carreras (Loris/Tokyo)

Bruno Pola (De Siriex)

Adelina Scarabelli (Olga Sukarev)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Sept 26 1998 at Biwako Hall, Shiga

October 1/4/7/10 1998 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

Don Carlo: Verdi

Teatro Communale di Bologna

Daniele Gatti (conductor)

Andrei Serban (producer)

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Philip II)

Alberto Cupido (Don Carlo)

Daniela Dessi (Elizabeth)

Paolo Coni (Rodrigo)

Gloria Scalchi (Eboli)

Askare Abdrasakov (Grand Inquisitor)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna

October 11 1998 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama

Oct 15/17 1998 at NHK Hall, Tokyo

 

Verdi: La Traviata

Hungarian State Opera

Soloists, chorus, ballet and orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera

October 24/26 1998 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo

October 23 1998 at Sagami-ono Green Hall, Kanagawa Prefecture

October 31 1998 at Yokosuka Art Theatre, Kanagawa Prefecture

 

NOTE: This list is incomplete and probably will always be so.

The cast lists are those that were published and announced.

In some cases they may subsequently have been changed.

 

Acknowledgements: Opera japonica is most grateful to Hikaru Suzuki <tenpika@rnac.ne.jp> for contributing to the data on this page.

 

Opera japonica, 4 August 2001