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Season Announcement

Eri Nakamura, Brandon Jovanovich, Aya Wakizono, Carmen Giannattasio, Kristina Mkhitaryan Headline New National Theatre Tokyo’s 2026-27 Season

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The New National Theatre Tokyo has announced its 2026-27 season. First up is Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” under the baton of Alessandro Bonato, with production and costume design by Laurent Pelly. The cast includes Giorgi Manoshvili, Claudia Muschio, Paolo Bordogna, Ruzil Gatin, Bruno Taddia, Yuka Tajima, and Yasuhiro Yamamoto. Performance Dates: Oct. 2–12, 2026 A new production of Britten’s {…}

News, Streaming

New National Theatre Tokyo’s ‘Natasha’ to Stream on OperaVision & NNTT Stream

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The New National Theatre Tokyo will stream Toshio Hosokawa’s “Natasha” worldwide following its acclaimed August 2025 premiere. The opera will be available to stream for free on OperaVision and NNTT Stream from Dec. 12, 2025 at 7 p.m. CET through June 12, 2026 at 12 p.m. CET. The recording date was August 17, 2025, with a running time of approximately {…}

News, Streaming

New National Theatre Tokyo Releases Making of Documentary for ‘Guillaume Tell’ Production

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The New National Theatre Tokyo has released a new behind-the-scenes documentary focusing on the making of its production of “Guillaume Tell.” The documentary, titled “The Making of an Opera: The Journey of ‘Guillaume Tell,’” was filmed during the 40 days before the opening performance of the production in November 2024. It has a duration of 15 minutes and can be viewed {…}

News, Streaming

New National Theatre Tokyo to Stream ‘Guillaume Tell’ Production

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New National Theatre Tokyo is set to stream its recent production of “Guillaume Tell” starting on March 21, 2025. Audiences will be able to catch the opera on either OperaVision or NNTT  Stream. The production premiered this fall and featured René Barbera, Olga Peretyatko, and Gezim Myshketa. Yannis Kokkos directed and Kazuki Ono, the Artistic Director of the opera company, {…}

News, Season Announcement

Carolina Lopez Moreno, Marina Costa-Jackson, Charles Castronovo, Lawrence Brownlee & Francesca Pia Vitale Lead New National Theatre Tokyo’s 2025-26 Season

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The New National Theatre Tokyo has announced its 2025-26 season featuring two new productions and eight revivals with a total of 46 performances. Marina Costa-Jackson leads Puccini’s “La Bohème” with  Luciano Ganci, Massimo Cavalletti, Hare Ito, Toshiaki Komada, and Andrea Pellegrini. Paolo Olmi conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 1-11, 2025 Berg’s “Wozzeck” will get a new production by Richard Jones. Kazushi {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

New National Theatre Tokyo 2024-25 Review: Guillaume Tell

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(Photo by Rikimaru Hotta) The New National Theatre Tokyo is on the rise. Fresh off its announcement earlier this year that the company would be hosting the 2028 World Opera Forum, the organization has committed to expanding its repertory in recent seasons, taking on increasingly ambitious projects, oftentimes in collaboration with the major opera houses around the world. Over the {…}

News

New National Theatre Tokyo to Host 2028 World Opera Forum

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The New National Theatre Tokyo will be the site off the 2028 World Opera Forum. The event, which inaugurated in Madrid in 2018 before heading to Los Angeles in 2024, will be presented in partnership with Opera Europa, Opera America, and Ópera Latinoamérica. The announcement was made by President Masami Zeniya at the closing ceremony of the 2024 World Opera {…}

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Rosa Feola, Olga Peretyatko, Samantha Hankey & Lawrence Brownlee Lead New National Theatre Tokyo’s 2024-25 Season

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New National Theatre Tokyo has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with Bellini’s “La Sonnambula.” The cast includes Hidekazu Tsumaya, Mutsumi Taniguchi, Rosa Feola, Antonio Siragusa, Hare Ito, and Kei Kondo. Maurizio Benini conducts a production directed by Bárbara Lluch. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-14, 2024 Gezim Myshketa, René Barbera, Yoko Yasui, Hidekazu Tsumaya, Olga Peretyatko, and Junko Saito star in {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Artistic Director Kazushi Ōno Opens Up About His Vision for New National Theatre Tokyo

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(Photo © Rikimaru Hotta) When he was 10-years-old, Kazushi Ōno went to the opera for the first time. What opera did he witness? “La Traviata.” He was hooked. This led him to study at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music before he headed off to Germany to study as a scholar of the Japanese Ministry of Culture {…}