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 {…}
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, {…}
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 {…}
(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 {…}
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 {…}
Japanese soprano Eri Nakamura is in the prime of her career. The soprano, who has become a go-to interpreter of Cio-Cio San around the world, first came into prominence as a member of Jette Parker Young Artist Program. During that time, she stepped in for Anna Netrebko in “I Capuleti e i Montecchi,” a moment that she describes as one {…}
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 {…}
(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 {…}
In a celebration of its 25th anniversary, The New National Theatre – Tokyo (NNTT) will conclude with Puccini’s “La Bohème,” running from June 28 to July 8, 2023. Alessandra Marianelli and Stephen Costello will take the stage as Mimì and Rodolfo, respectively, in a production directed by Aguni Jun and conducted by NNTT Artistic Director Ono Kazushi. Additionally, making her {…}
The New National Theatre Tokyo is set to present Verdi’s “Rigoletto” starting on May 18, 2023. The Verdi work will star Roberto Frontali in the title role. Joining him will be soprano Hasmik Torosyan as Gilda; she previously performed Norina in “Don Pasquale” with the company back in 2019. As the Duca di Mantua, audiences will hear tenor Iván Ayón {…}
The New National Theatre Tokyo has announced the programming for its 2023-24 season. The season will open with a new production of Puccini’s “Suor Angelica” presented with Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les Sortileges.” This double bill will be led by conductor Numajiri Ryusuke and director Aguni Jun, with a cast featuring Chiara Isotton, Marianna Pizzolato, Chloe Briot, and Saito Junko. Performance {…}
