New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House1-1-1 Honmachi
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151-0071, Japan
Dates/times in Tokyo time zone
| Sunday 01 October 2023 | 14:00 |
| Wednesday 04 October 2023 | 19:00 |
| Saturday 07 October 2023 | 14:00 |
| Monday 09 October 2023 | 14:00 |
Programme
| Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) | Suor Angelica | Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano |
| Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) | L'Enfant et les sortilèges |
Performers
| New National Theatre | ||
| Ryusuke Numajiri | Conductor | |
| Jun Aguni | Director | |
| Atsumi Yokota | Set Designer | |
| Emi Masuda | Costume Designer | |
| Masao Oshima | Lighting Designer | |
| Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| New National Theatre Chorus | ||
| Chiara Isotton | Soprano | Suor Angelica |
| Marianna Pizzolato | Contralto | La zia principessa (Aunt Princess) |
| Megumi Shiozaki | Mezzo-soprano | La badessa (The Abbess) |
| Akiko Goke | Mezzo-soprano | La suora zelatrice (The Monitress) |
| Yuka Kobayashi | Mezzo-soprano | La maestra delle novizie (Mistress of the novices) |
| Maki Nakamura | Soprano | Suor Genovieffa |
| Hare Ito | Soprano | Suor Osmina |
| Sachie Konno | Soprano | Suor Dolcina |
| Chloé Briot | Soprano | The Child |
| Junko Saito | Soprano | Mother |
| Rie Miyake | Soprano | Princess, Fire, Nightingale |
| Shoko Sogo | Soprano | China Cup, Dragonfly |
| Mao Morita | Soprano | Shepherdess, Owl, Bat |
| Yuki Sugiyama | Mezzo-soprano | Cat (female), Squirrel, Shepherd |
| Takayuki Hamamatsu | Tenor | Wedgwood teapot |
| Hideyuki Aochi | Tenor | Little old man, Tree frog |
| Teppei Kono | Bass-baritone | Clock, Cat (male) |
| Noriko Ito | Choreography |
As the third pairing in our double bill series, our 2023/2024 season will open with Puccini's Suor Angelica and Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges. Suor Angelica (Sister Angelica) is the second work in Il trittico, a collection of three one-act operas from Puccini's later years. Performed with only female singers except for the mixed chorus in the final scene, this work captures a remarkably religious and lyrical atmosphere. For approximately 50 minutes, peaceful scenes of the convent nuns, the tense interaction between Angelica and her aunt, the Princess, that dramatically turns into tragedy, and scenes of mysterious miracles, all develop through Puccini's distinctively eloquent orchestration.
