2022

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall

Spring Festival in Tokyo (Tokyo-HARUSAI)

Piano: Alexander Melnikov

Schubert
Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major D664
3 Klavierstücke D946
Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major D894

April 12, 2022

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall

Spring Festival in Tokyo (Tokyo-HARUSAI)

Piano: Andreas Staier

Schubert
4 Impromptus D899 – No.1 in C minor
Moments musicaux D780
Piano Sonata No.21 in B-flat major D960

May 11, 2022

Hamarikyu Asahi Hall

Harpsichord: Benjamin Alard

J. S. Bach Program

Sinfonia No. 5 in E-flat major, BWV 791
French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815
Toccata in G major, BWV 916
Concerto in C major BWV 976 (after Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto RV265)
French Overture in B minor, BWV 831
Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971

June 19, 2022

The Glee (Kagurazaka)

Vento
Tenor: Hiromi Matsuoka
Bariton: Kosuke Takahashi
Soprano: Misaki Denda
Soprano: Kanon Adachi
Piano: Ryo Nakanishi

Schumann Songs (Duets)

Japanese Songs

July 17, 2022

New National Theatre, Tokyo

Pelléas et Mélisande

Claude Achille Debussy

Co-production with the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera

Conductor: ONO Kazushi
Production: Katie MITCHELL
Set Design: Lizzie CLACHAN
Costume Design: Chloe LAMFORD
Lighting Design: James FARNCOMBE
Choreographer: Joseph ALFORD
Revival Director: Gilles RICO

Pelléas: Bernard RICHTER
Mélisande: Karen VOURC’H
Golaud: Laurent NAOURI
Arkel: TSUMAYA Hidekazu
Yniold: KUSHIMA Kanae
Un médecin: KONO Teppei
Geneviève: TAMURA Yukie

Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus
Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

October 5, 2022

Toppan Hall

Christoph Prégardien, Tenor
Michael Gees, Piano

Schubert
Winterreise D911

November 20, 2022

Suntory Hall

Salome

Richard Strauss

(Concert performance)

Conductor: Jonathan Nott

Salome: Asmik Grigorian
Herodias: Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
Herod: Michael Weinius
Jochanaan: Tómas Tómasson
Narraboth & Second Nazarene: Aigaku Kishinami
The Page: Yuki Sugiyama
First Soldier & First Nazarene: Hiroshi Okawa
Second Soldier: Ken-ichi Kanou
A Cappadocian: Satoshi Takada
First Jew: Tadahiro Masujima
Second Jew: Ren Yoshida
Third Jew: Kei Takayamagi
Fourth Jew: Kohei Niitsu
Fifth Jew: Eitaro Matsui
A Slave: Hitomi Watanabe

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Stage Director: Sir Thomas Allen

December 9, 2022

Oper Frankfurt

Richard Wagner

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Conductor: Takeshi Moriuchi
Director: Johannes Erath
Set Designer: Kaspar Glarner
Costume Designer: Herbert Murauer
Lighting Designer: Joachim Klein
Video: Bibi Abel
Chorus Master: Tilman Michael
Dramaturge: Zsolt Horpácsy

Hans Sachs: Nicholas Brownlee
Veit Pogner: Georg Zeppenfeld
Sixtus Beckmesser: Michael Nagy
Eva: Magdalena Hinterdobler
Magdalene: Christina Bock
Walther von Stolzing: AJ Glueckert
Fritz Kothner: Thomas Faulkner
David: Michael Porter
Kunz Vogelgesang: Samuel Levine
Konrad Nachtigall: Barnaby Rea
Balthasar Zorn: Jonathan Abernethy
Ulrich Eisslinger: Hans-Jürgen Lazar
Augustin Moser: Andrew Bidlack
Hermann Ortel: Sebastian Geyer
Hans Schwarz: Anthony Robin Schneider
Hans Foltz: Božidar Smiljanić
Night Watchman: Domen Križaj

December 10, 2022

Oper Frankfurt

Giacomo Puccini

Manon Lescaut

Conductor: Modestas Pitrenas
Director: Àlex Ollé
Revival rehearsed by: Katharina Kastening
Set Designer: Alfons Flores
Costume Designer: Lluc Castells
Lighting Designer: Joachim Klein
Chorus Master: Álvaro Corral Matute
Dramaturge: Stephanie Schulze

Manon Lescaut: Asmik Grigorian
Renato des Grieux: Joshua Guerrero
Lescaut: Domen Križaj
Geronte de Ravoir: Alfred Reiter
Edmondo: Jonathan Abernethy
Landlord / Captain: Magnús Baldvinsson
Musician: Kelsey Lauritano
Dance Master / Lamplighter: Andrew Bidlack
Der Sergeant: Pilgoo Kang

December 11, 2022

Oper Frankfurt

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Enchantress

Conductor: Valentin Uryupin
Director: Vasily Barkhatov
Set Designer: Christian Schmidt
Costume Designer: Kirsten Dephoff
Choreography: Gal Fefferman
Lighting Designer: Olaf Winter
Video: Christian Borchers
Chorus Master: Tilman Michael
Dramaturge: Zsolt Horpácsy

Nastasia: Asmik Grigorian
Prince: Iain MacNeil
Princess: Elena Manistina
Prince Juri: Alexander Mikhailov
Mamyrow / Kudma: Frederic Jost
Nenila: Zanda Švēde
Iwan Schuran: Božidar Smiljanić
Foka: Dietrich Volle
Polja: Nombulelo Yende
Balakin: Jonathan Abernethy
Potap: Pilgoo Kang
Lukasch: Kudaibergen Abildin
Kitschiga: Magnús Baldvinsson
Paisi: Alexey Egorov
Artiste: Aslan Diasamidze
Dancers:
Rouven Pabst / Gabriele Ascani / Luciano Baptiste / Guillermo de la Chica Lopez / Carlos Díaz Torres / Jonathan Schmidt

December 12, 2022

Strasbourg

Opéra national du Rhin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Die Zauberflöte

Musical Director: Andreas Spering
Stage Director: Johanny Bert
Sets: Amandine Livet
Costumes: Pétronille Salomé
Lighting: David Debrinay
Dramaturg: Louis Geisler
Collaboration artistique: Jean-François Kessler

Chœur de l’Opéra national du Rhin, Les Petits Chanteurs de Strasbourg – Maîtrise de l’Opéra national du Rhin, Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse

Sarastro: Nicolai Elsberg
La Reine de la nuit: Marie-Eve Munger
Tamino: Trystan Llŷr Griffiths
Pamina: Helène Carpentier
Papageno: Michael Borth
Papagena: Elisabeth Boudreault
Monostatos: Peter Kirk
Première Dame: Julie Goussot
Deuxième Dame: Eugénie Joneau
Troisième Dame: Liying Yang
L’Orateur: Manuel Walser
Premier Ministre: Iannis Gaussin
Deuxième Ministre: Oleg Volkov
Trois Enfants: Nathalie Adleiba, Lily Ledermann, Hélisende Nuss
Marionnettistes: Valentin Arnoux, Chine Curchod, Faustine Lancel

December 14, 2022