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  • The Merry Widow

    2021

    ［Music］
    Franz Lehar
    ［Libretto］
    Viktor Léon, Leo Stein
    Original production: July 2021
    ［Conductor］
    Yutaka Sado　［Stage director］Isao Hirowatari
    ［Set designer］
    Simon Holdsworth
    ［Costume designer］
    Steve Almerighi
    ［Lighting designer］
    Yuji Sawada
    ［Choreographer］
    Kiyohiko Kawanishi
    ［Chorusmaster］
    Sadaaki Yazawa
    ［Japanese Lyrics］
    Eiko Morishima
    ［Associate costume designer］
    Nayoko Oguri
    ［Assistant stage director］
    Leo Iizuka
    ［Assistant choreographer］
    Hiroe Ohata
    ［Video designer］
    Keishi Keishi Miura
    ［Stage managers］
    Hiroshi Koizumi, Moto Kondo
    ［Producer］
    Tetsuya Oguri
    ［Casts include］
    Yurie takano, Hisami namikawa, Tadamichi Orie,
    Naoki Katagiri, Yui Takahashi, Ai Ichihara, Yuki Kuroda, Daisuke Oyama, Yusuke Kobori, Tatsuya Higuchi, Iwao Onuki,
    Kenji Mizuguchi, Toru Onuma, Masahiko Hare, Ryohei Izumi,
    Hao Zhong, Fumihiko Shimura, Hirohisa Sannohe, Tomoko Oshimi, Kasumi Shimizu, Masashi Mori, Teppei Kono, Junko Suzuki,
    Rika Itanami,Tatsuki Koju, Bunshi Katsura, Kaori Torii、
    Produce Opera Chorus, Hyogo
    Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

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    （PDF/4.6MB）

  • La Bohème

    Postponed from 2020 to 2022

    Opera in 4 acts / sung in Italian with Japanese subtitles, New production

    ［Music］
    Giacomo Puccini
    ［Libretto］
    Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
    ［Conductor］
    Yutaka Sado
    ［Stage director/ Set & Costume designer］
    Dante Ferretti
    ［Associate stage director］
    Marina Bianchi　［Chorusmaster］Silvia Rossi
    ［Set designer］
    Francesca Lo Schiavo
    ［Scheduled casts include］
    Francesca Manzo, Ryoko Sunakawa, Riccardo Della Sciucca, Hiroaki Fueda, Ewa Tracz, Sofia Mchedlishvili, Gustavo Castillo, Tomohiro Takada, Paolo Ingrasciotta, Hidekazu Machi, Eugenio Di Lieto, Yasushi Hirano, Rocco Cavalluzzi, Naoki Katagiri, Kunihito Kiyohara, Kenji Mizuguchi
    Produce Opera Chorus, Hyogo
    Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

    ダンテ・フェレッティによる装飾デザイン画

    （PDF/3.2MB）

  • On the Town

    2019

    Musical in 2 acts / sung in English with Japanese subtitles, New production

    ［Music］
    Leonard Bernstein
    ［Book and Lyrics］
    Betty Comden and Adolph Green
    ［Based on a Concept］
    Jerome Robbins
      Original production: July 2019
    ［Conductor］
    Yutaka Sado
    ［Stage director/ Set & Costume designer］
    Antony McDonald
    ［Lighting designer］
    Lucy Carter　［Movement director］Lucy Burge
    ［Choreographer］
    Ashley Page
    ［Casts include］
    Charles Rice, Alex Otterburn, Dan Shelvey, Katie Deacon, Jessica Walker, Aoife Miskelly, Stephen Richardson, Hilary Summers, Anna Dennis, François Testory
    Produce Opera Chorus, Hyogo
    Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    （PDF/3.2MB）

  • Der Freischütz

    2018

    Romantic Opera in three acts/ Sung in Germany with Japanese subtitles, New production

    Music
    Carl Maria von Weber　Libretto Friedrich Kind
    Original production:
    July 2018
    Conductor
    Yutaka Sado Stage director Michael Temme
    Set & Costume designer
    Friedrich Despalmes
    Lighting & Video designer
    Michael Grundner
    Casts include:
    Teruhiko Komori, Hidekazu Machi, Bernd Hofmann, Yoshiyuki Shikano, Jessica Muirhead, Katharina Hagopian, Sarah Kobayashi, Maria Rosendorfsky, Tomohiro Takada, Joshua Bloom, Torsten Kerl, Christopher Ventris, Hidekazu Tsumaya, Kenji Saiki, Tetsutaro Shimizu, Peter Goessner
    Produce Opera Chorus, Hyogo
    Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    (PDF/3.2MB)

  • Le nozze di Figaro

    2017

    Opera buffa in four acts/ Sung in Italian with Japanese subtitles, New production

    Music
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Libretto
    Lorenzo da Ponte, after Caron de Beaumarchais
    Original production:
    July 2017
    Conductor
    Yutaka Sado
    Stage director
    David Kneuss
    Set & Costume designer
    Robert Perdziola
    Lighting designer
    Tatsuo Takasawa
    Casts include:
    Yunpeng Wang, Tomohiro Takada, Kelebogile Besong, Hisami Namikawa, Lydia Teuscher, Eri Nakamura,
    John Moore, Hidekazu Machi
    Produce Opera Chorus, Hyogo, Hyogo Performing Arts Centre Orchestra

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    （PDF/2.0MB）

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    2016

    Opera in three acts/ Sung in English (partly in Japanese) with Japanese subtitles, New production

    Music
    Benjamin Britten
    Libretto
    Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears, after William Shakespeare
    Translator
    Kazuko Matsuoka
    Original production:
    July 2016
    Conductor
    Yutaka Sado
    Stage director, Set & Costume designer
    Antony McDonald
    Lighting designer
    Wolfgang Göbbel
    Choreographer & Movement director
    Lucy Burge
    Casts include:
    Tadashi Miroku, Daichi Fujiki, Mari Moriya, Minami Shioya, Masashi Mori, Kasumi Shimizu, Clare Presland,
    Aoife Miskelly, Peter Kirk, Charles Rice, Alan Ewing,
    Joshua Bloom, Andrew Dickinson, Matthew Stiff,
    Philip Sheffield, Alexander Robin Baker
    Produce Opera Children’s Chorus, Hyogo
    Hyogo Performing Arts Centre Orchestra

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    （PDF/3.2MB）

  • La traviata

    2015

    Opera in Three Acts/ Sung in Italian with Japanese subtitles,
    New production

    Music
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Libretto
    Francesco Maria Piave, after Alexandre Dumas fils
    Original production:
    July 2015
    Conductor
    Yutaka Sado
    Stage director
    Rocco Mortelliti
    Set designer
    Italo Grassi
    Costume designer
    Carmela Lacerenza
    Lighting designer
    Luciano Novelli
    Video designer
    Mauro Matteucci
    Casts include:
    Maki Mori, Teona Dvali, Luciano Ganci, Chad Shelton,
    Mark S. Doss, Tomohiro Takada, Mutsumi Taniguchi,
    Renée Tatum, Atsuko Watanabe, Misato Iwamori
    Produce Opera Chorus, Hyogo
    Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    （PDF/2.2MB）

  • Cosi fan tutte

    2014

    Opera buffa in two acts/ Sung in Italian with Japanese subtitles, New production

    Music
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Original production:
    July 2014
    Conductor
    Yutaka Sado
    Stage director
    David Kneuss
    Set & Costume designer
    Robert Perdziola
    Lighting designer
    Tatsuo Takazawa
    Casts include:
    Susanna Philips, Satomi Ogawa, Sandra Piques Eddy, Huiling Zhu, John Moore, Kyu Won Han, Chad Shelton,
    John Ken Nuzzo, Lyubov Petrova, Asako Tamura,
    Rod Gilfry, Hidekazu Machi
    Produce Opera Chorus, Hyogo
    Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    Video (YouTube)

    （PDF/3.6MB）

  • Il barbiere di Siviglia

    2013

    Opera buffa in two acts/ Sung in Japanese with subtitles,
    New production

    Music
    Gioachino Rossini
    Libretto
    Cesare Sterbini
    Original production:
    July 2013
    Conductor
    Yutaka Sado
    Stage director
    Leo Iizuka
    Set designer
    Italo Grassi
    Costume designer
    Steve Almerighi
    Lighting designer
    Marco Filibeck
    Casts include:
    Jun Suzuki, Ryoichi Nakai, Michiko Hayashi, Maki Mori
    Produce Opera Chorus, Hyogo
    Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    Video (YouTube)

    （PDF/3.3MB）

  • Tosca

    2012

    Opera in three acts/ Sung in Italian with Japanese subtitles,
    New production

    Music
    Giacomo Puccini
    Libretto
    Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica
    Original production:
    July 2012
    Conductor
    Yutaka Sado
    Stage director
    Daniele Abbado
    Set & Costume designer
    Luigi Perego
    Lighting designer
    Varelio Alfieri
    Video designer
    Luca Scarzella
    Casts include:
    Svetla Vassileva, Hisami Namikawa, Thiago Arancam,
    Kei Fukui, Greer Grimsley, Kenji Saiki
    Produce Opera Chorus, Produce Opera Children’s Chorus, Hyogo
    Opening Beethoven 9th Commemorative Chorus, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    （PDF/2.9MB）

  • Die Fledermaus

    2011

    Operetta in three acts/ Sung in Japanese with subtitles,
    New production

    Music
    Johann Strauss II
    Libretto
    Karl Haffner, Richard Genée
    Original production:
    July 2011
    Conductor
    Yutaka Sado
    Stage director
    Isao Hirowatari
    Set designer
    Simon Holdsworth
    Costume designer
    Steve Almerighi
    Lighting designer
    Yuji Sawada
    Choreographer
    Kiyohiko Kawanishi
    Casts include:
    Minako Shioda, Noriko Sasaki, Hiroshi Kuroda,
    Teruhiko Komori, Maki Mori, Sara Kobayashi,
    Produce Opera Chorus, Hyogo
    Produce Opera Dance Ensemble, Hyogo
    Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    （PDF/4MB）

  • Candide

    2010

    Comic operetta in two acts/
    Sung in English with Japanese subtitles

    Music
    Leonard Bernstein
    Libretto
    Hugh Wheeler
    July - August 2010 (Hyogo)　August 2010 Bunkamura (Tokyo)
    Original production by Theatre du Chatelet (2006), as a co-production with Teatro alla Scala and English National Opera
    Conductor
    Yutaka Sado
    Stage director
    Robert Carsen
    Choreographer
    Rob Ashford
    Set designer
    Michael Levine
    Costume designer
    Buki Shiff
    Lighting designer
    Peter van Praet, Robert Carsen
    Dramaturg
    Ian Burton
    Casts include:
    Alex Jennings, Jeremy Finch, Marnie Breckenridge,
    Beverley Klein, Bonaventura Bottone, Jeni Bern,
    David Adam Moore
    Produce Opera Chorus, Hyogo
    Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    （PDF/7.8MB）

  • Carmen

    2009

    Opera in four acts/ Sung in French with Japanese subtitles,
    New production

    Music
    Georges Bizet
    Libretto
    Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy
    Original production:
    June-July 2009
    July 2009 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo)
    July 2009 Aichi Arts Center (Aichi)
    Conductor
    Yutaka Sado
    Stage director
    Jean-Louis Martinoty
    Set designer
    Hans Schavernoch
    Costume designer
    Sylvie de Segonzac
    Lighting designer
    Fabrice Kebour
    Casts include:
    Stella Grigorian, Michiko Hayashi, Luca Lombardo,
    Shigehiro Sano, Jean-François Lapointe, Hiroyuki Narita,
    Mihoko Kinoshita, Fumiko Ando
    Nikikai Chorus Group, Produce Opera Chorus, Hyogo
    Produce Opera Children’s Chorus, Hyogo (Hyogo)
    NHK Tokyo Children Chorus (Tokyo)
    Nagoya Children's Choir (Aichi)
    Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra (Hyogo, Aichi)
    Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (Tokyo)

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    （PDF/2.5MB）

  • The Merry Widow

    2008

    Operetta in three acts/ Sung in Japanese with subtitles,
    New production

    Music
    Franz Lehar
    Libretto
    Viktor Léon, Leo Stein
    Original production:
    June-July 2008
    Conductor
    Yutaka Sado
    Stage director
    Isao Hirowatari
    Set designer
    Simon Holdsworth
    Costume designer
    Steve Almerighi
    Lighting designer
    Yuji Sawada
    Choreographer
    Kiyohiko Kawanishi
    Casts include:
    Shinobu Sato, Minako Shioda, Daisuke Oyama,
    Hiroshi Kuroda, John Ken Nuzzo, Yasuhiko Idane,
    Tadahiko Hirano, Susumu Matsumoto, Hisami Namikawa, Akie Amou
    Produce Opera Chorus, Hyogo
    Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    （PDF/2.1MB）

  • Die Zauberflöte

    2007

    Singspiel in two acts/ Sung in German with Japanese subtitles, New production

    Music
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Libretto
    Emanuel Schikaneder
    Original production:
    July-August 2007
    Conductor
    Yutaka Sado
    Stage director
    Emmanuelle Bastet
    Set & Costume designer
    Antony McDonald
    Lighting designer
    François Thouret
    Casts include:
    Eric Halfvarson, Akira Hasegawa, Jane Archibald,
    Michiyo Iida, Gordon Gietz, Jun Suzuki, Marie Arnet,
    Akie Amou, Josef Wagner, Masahiko Hare
    Produce Opera Chorus, Hyogo
    The College Opera House Chorus, Osaka
    Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    （PDF/2.6MB）

  • Madama Butterfly

    2006

    Opera in three acts/ Sung in Italian with Japanese subtitles,
    New production

    Music
    Giacomo Puccini
    Libretto
    Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
    Original production:
    July 2006
    Revival:
    March-April 2008
    Conductor
    Yutaka Sado
    Stage director
    Masayoshi Kuriyama
    Set designer
    Norio Ishiguro
    Costume designer
    Kikuko Ogata
    Lighting designer
    Yuji Sawada
    Casts include:
    Rie Hamada, Chiho Oiwa, Hisami Namikawa,
    Alessandro Liberatore, John Matz, David Okerlund,
    Kyu Won Han
    Produce Opera Chorus, Hyogo
    Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    （PDF/2.2MB）

  • Hänsel und Gretel

    2005

    Opera in three acts/ Sung in Japanese with subtitles,
    New production

    Music
    Engelbert Humperdinck
    Libretto
    Adelheid Wette
    Original production:
    December 2005
    Revivals:
    December 2007, December 2009
    Conductor
    Yutaka Sado
    Stage director
    Keisuke Suzuki
    Set designer
    Pantelis Dessyllas
    Costume designer
    Sonoko Watanabe
    Choreographer
    Etsuko Adachi
    Casts include:
    Michiko Hayashi, Aiko Toda, Hiroko Kouda, Emi Ishibashi, Akemi Nishi, Miho Asai
    Nishinomiya Boys Choir, Yasuda Ballet School
    Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

    *Click on the photo to view a gallery

    （PDF/3.8MB）