The Nihon Opera Kyokai from 1966 to 1999

 

 

1966

 

Makoto Sato: Tsureppu (Premiere)

25 January 1966 at Toranomon Hall, Tokyo

 

Makoto Sato: Yuki-onna Fudoki (Premiere) 

26, 27 October 1966 at Hibiya Kokaido, Tokyo

 

1967

 

Yutaka Makino: Ayame

Osamu Shimizu: Sumiyaki-hime

19, 20 December 1967 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo

 

1968

 

Hikaru Hayashi: Amanjaku to Uriko-hime

Hirokazu Kanno: Issoppu no Mori 

26, 27 September 1968 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo

 

1970

 

Hirokazu Sugano: Gonbougitsune

Oguri Hiroshi: Akaijinbaori

21, 22 March 1970 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo

 

1971

 

Yukyu Shiba: Mumyo to Aizen (Premiere)

Mareo Ishiketa: Sotobakomachi

27, 28 January 1971 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo

 

1972

 

Kiyoshige Koyama: Sansho Dayu (Premiere)  

29, 30 March 1972 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo

 

1973

 

Mareo Ishiketa: Mofuku (Premiere)

17,18 January 1973 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo

 

Osamu Shimizu: Yokobue (Premiere)  

15 June 1973 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo

 

1974

 

Osamu Katsuki: Warashibe Choja (Premiere)

Yutaka Makino: Kurozuka (Premiere)

27, 28 February 1974 Bunkyo Kokaido

 

Kiyoshige Koyama: Konnyaku Mondo (Premiere)

Sadao Bekku: San-nin no Onnatachi no Monogatari

3, 4 October 1974 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo

 

1975

 

Hikaru Hayashi: Amanjaku to Uriko-hime

Yoshiro Irino: Aya no Tsutsumi (Premiere)

Yutaka Makino: Shishiodori no Hajimari

25, 26 March 1975 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo

 

Minoru Miki: Shunkinsho (Premiere)  

24, 25 November 1975 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo

 

1976

 

Yutaka Makino: Ayame

Osamu Shimizu: Shunkan  

10,11 March 1976 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo

 

Minoru Miki: Shunkinsho  

14,15 October 1976 at Toranomon Hall, Tokyo

 

1977

 

Osamu Shimizu: Kitchomu Shoten  

28 Feburuary, 2 March 1977 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Osamu Shimizu: Sumiyaki-hime

Yasushi Akutagawa: Kurai Kagami

9, 10 March 1977 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo

 

Osamu Shimizu: Shuzenji Monogatari  

6, 7, 8 October 1977 at Chuo Kaikan, Tokyo

 

1978

 

Kiyoshige Koyama: Konyaku Mondo

Shinichiro Ikebe: Shinigami

8, 9 March 1978 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo

 

Osamu Shimizu: Shishiodori no Hajimari (Premiere)

4 October 1978 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo

 

1979 

 

Osamu Shimizu: Shuzenji Monogatari  

27, 28 Feburuary 1979 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Shuko Mizuno:  Tenshu Monogatari (Premiere)

8, 9 March 1979 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo

 

Osamu Shimizu: Aozora wo Utsu Otoko

Yutaka Makino: Anju to Zushio (Premiere)

14,15 September 1979 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo

 

1981

 

Sadao Bekku: Aoinoue (Premiere)

14, 15 July 1981 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

Yutaka Makino: Anju to Zushio

Oguri Hiroshi: Akaijinbaori

20 September 1, 2 October 1981 at Asakusa Kokaido, Tokyo

 

Toroku Takagi: Tojin Okichi

2, 3 March 1981 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo

 

1982

 

Akira Ogura: Neta

Yasushi Akutagawa: Orpheus of Hiroshima

23, 24, 25 September 1982 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo

 

1983

 

Kan Ishii: Kesa to Morito

2, 3 March 1983 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo

 

Shuko Mizuno: Tenshu Monogatari (The Tale of Himeji Castle)

25, 26 May 1983 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

Hiroshi Aoshima: Tasogare wa Oma no Jikan

Shinichiro Ikebe: Shinigami

5, 6, 7 October 1983 at the (former) Toshi Center Hall

 

1984

 

Minoru Miki: Ada (An Actor's Revenge)

(Japanese Version Premiere)

25, 26 May 1984 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

Note: Kon Ichikawa's classic1962 film Yukinojohenge (An Actor's Revenge) was based on a novel of the same name by Otokichi Mikami, The opera by Minoru Miki was composed with an English text by James Kirkup which received its premiere at the Old Vic in London in1979. It was subsequently performed in St.Louis in1981. The first performance in Japanese was in 1984.

 

Kazuko Hara: Iwaiuta ga Nagareruyoruni (Premiere)

5, 6 October 1984 at Sunshine Theater, Tokyo

 

1985

 

Minoru Miki: Shunkinsho

24,25 October 1985 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

Osamu Shimizu: Shuzenji Monogatari

9,10 November 1985 at Aichi Bunka Kodo, Nagoya

 

1986

 

Kazuko Hara: Shita wo Kamikitta Onna (Premiere)

21, 22 May 1986 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

Sadao Bekku: Sannin no Onnatachi no Monogatari

Osamu Shimizu: Shunkan

12, 13 September 1986 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo

 

1987

 

Shuko Mizuno: Tenshu Monogatari (The Tale of Himeji Castle)

14, 15 May 1987 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

Osamu Shimizu: Shuzenji Monogatari

5, 6 December 1987 at Itabashi-kuritsu Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo

 

1988

 

Kan Ishii: Kesa to Morito

24, 25 March 1988 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Kan Ishii: Kesa to Morito

23, 24, 25, 26, 27 October 1988 at Teatreze Wielkim (Grand Theatre), Warsaw, Poland

 

Kan Ishii: Kesa to Morito

10 December 1988 at Hamamatsu Shimin Kaikan, Hamamatsu

 

1989

 

Kazuko Hara: Sute Hime

22, 23 March 1989 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

 

Osamu Shimizu: Shuzenji Monogatari

1, 2 July 1989 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

Shuko Mizuno: Bijo to Yaju

4, 5 October 1989 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

1990

 

Kazuko Hara: Yosakoi Bushi

19, 20 May 1990 at Hamamatsu Shimin Kaikan, Hamamatsu

 

Minoru Miki: Ada, An Actor's Revenge

17 November 1990 at Hamamatsu Shimin Kaikan, Hamamatsu

 

1991

 

Minoru Miki: Ada, An Actor's Revenge

9,10 March 1991 at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space (Middle Hall)

 

Shuko Mizuno: Tenshu Monogatari (The Tale of Himeji Castle)

7, 8 June 1991 at Yuport Kani Hoken Hall, Tokyo

 

Kazuko Hara: Yosakoi Bushi

12,13 October 1991 at Kochi Kenmin Bunka Hall, Kochi

 

1992

 

Kazuko Hara: Yosakoi Bushi

20, 21 May 1992 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo

 

1993

 

Kazuko Hara: Iwai Uta ga Nagareru Yoruni

26, 27, 28 May 1993 at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space (Middle Hall)

 

Minoru Miki: Shunkinsho

22, 23 May 1993 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

Kazuko Hara: Father Kibe

22,23 September 1993 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

1994

 

Toru Nakamura: Kijimuna Toki wo Kakeru

14, 15 May 1994 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

Kan Ishii: Kesa to Morito

28, 29 September 1994 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

1995

 

Kiyoshige Koyama: Sansho Dayu (Premiere)

1, 2 March 1995 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

Kosaku Yamada: Kurofune

24, 25 May 1995 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

Toshi Ichiyanagi: Momo (Premiere)

13,14 October 1995 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan,

 

1996

 

Kazuko Hara: Nukata no okimi

22, 23 September 1996 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

1997

 

Yutaka Makino: Kurotsuka

Shinichiro Ikebe: Shinigami

29, 30 May 1997 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

1998

 

Kazuko Hara: Nasu no yoichi

20, 21 March 1998 at Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo

 

Minoru Miki: Shunkinsho

5, 6 July 1998 at the New National Theatre, Tokyo (Middle Hall)

 

1999

 

Hitoshi Tanaka: Shuzenji Monogatari (Premiere)

3, 4 July 1999 at the New National Theatre, Tokyo (Middle Hall)

 

 

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