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 {…}
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 {…}
(Credit: © rosellina garbo) Anna Pirozzi and Erwin Schrott are set to take over the Tokyo Nippon Festival performance originally scheduled for Plácido Domingo. The soprano and bass-baritone will collaborate with one of Japan’s most famous kabuki actors, Ichikawa Ebizo XI, for Tokyo 2020’s Nippon Festival. The event, one of four that will form what is an official cultural program {…}
Placido Domingo has announced its upcoming Tokyo tour with Saioa Hernandez. The tenor announced via social media that he will sing two concerts in Tokyo alongside the Spanish soprano. The first concert on Jan 28 will be held at the Forum Concert while the Jan. 31 concert will take place at the Suntory Hall Tokyo. Both concerts will be led {…}