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- The Royal
Opera, London in Japan 1979-92
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- The Royal
Opera made three visits to Japan in 1979, 1986 and 1992
- and then came no more!
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- 1979
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- Puccini:
Tosca
- 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, 29 September 1979 at NHK Hall,
Tokyo
- 26 September 1979 at Festival Hall,
Osaka
- 4 October 1979 at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall,
Yokohama
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- Britten: Peter
Grimes
- 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 September, 2, 5 October 1979 at
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
- 27 September 1979 at Festival Hall,
Osaka
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- Mozart: Die
Zauberflöte
- 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 September, 1, 3, 6 October 1979 at
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
- 25 September 1979 at Festival Hall,
Osaka
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- 1986
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- Puccini:
Turandot
- 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
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- Bizet:
Carmen
- 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 October1986 at
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
- 1 October at Festival Hall,
Osaka
- 7 October at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall,
Yokohama
- 10 October at NHK Hall,
Tokyo
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- Saint-Saëns: Samson
et Dalila
- 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
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- Mozart: Cosi fan
tutte
- 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
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- 1992
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- Mozart: Don
Giovanni
- 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
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- Mozart: Le nozze di
Figaro
- 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
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- Mozart: Cosi fan
tutte
- 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
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