Live Events Attended by
M SUZUKI
February 3, 2023
Suntory Hall
Daishin Kashimoto, violin
Éric Le Sage, piano
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, WoO 27
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Encore
Clara Schumann: Drei Romanzen Op. 22
Robert Schumann: Abendlied Op. 85-12 (arr. Joseph Joachim)
February 25, 2023
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Turandot
Giacomo Puccini
Production of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, in co-production with the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre
Presented by Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation
Conductor: Diego Matheuz
Stage Director: Daniel Kramer
Scenography, Digital and Light Art: teamLab
Stage Design: teamLab Architects
Costume Designer: Kimie Nakano
Lighting Designer: Simon Trottet
Choreographer: Tim Claydon
Associate Stage Director: Derek Walker
Chorus Master: Hiroshi Sato
Assistant Stage Director: Miroku Shimada
Stage Manager: Hiroshi Koizumi
Production Director: Ikuo Oshima
Associate Production Director: Noriko Sasaki
Turandot: Naomi Tasaki
Altoum: Shuichi Makikawa
Timur: Hao Zhong
Calaf: Tatsuya Higuchi
Liù: Michiko Takeda
Ping: Hiromichi Kobayashi
Pang: Kazuhiro Kodama
Pong: Yasuhito Shinkai
Un Mandarin: Hideya Masuhara
Chorus: Nikikai Chorus Group
Orchestra: New Japan Philharmonic
March 18, 2023
Setagaya Public Theatre
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
Setagaya Public Theatre
Japanese Translaton: Shoichiro Kawai
Direction: Mansai Nomura
Hamlet: Yuki Nomura
Laertes / Rosencrantz: Keito Okamoto
Ophelia: Sawako Fujima
Horatio: Yasuyuki Unezawa
Polonius: Takehiro Murata
Gravedigger / Leader of the traveling players: Kunitaro Kawarasaki
Gertrude: Mayumi Wakamura
Claudius / Ghost of Hamlet’s father: Mansai Nomura
Kainosuke Matsuura
Tomoki Morinaga
Haruo Tsukizaki
Ryosuke Jimbo
Shinsuke Urano
Yusuke Tooyama
March 21, 2023
Suntory Hall
TOKYO METROPOLITAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
PROMENADE CONCERT NO. 401
Conductor: Kazushi Ono
Piano: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Bartók: Dance Suite, Sz. 77
Bartók: Piano Concerto No.1, Sz. 83
Encore
Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye Ⅴ.”Le jardin féerique”
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet & Kazushi Ono, piano four hands
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Debussy: La mer, Trois esquisses symphoniques
March 30, 2023
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Spring Festival in Tokyo
Un ballo in maschera
Giuseppe Verdi
Concert performance
Conductor：Riccardo Muti
Riccardo (Tenor): Azer Zada
Amelia (Soprano): Joyce El-Khoury
Renato (Baritone): Serban Vasile
Ulrica (Mezzo-Soprano): Yulia Matochkina
Oscar (Soprano): Damiana Mizzi
Samuel (Bass-Baritone): Koji Yamashita
Tom (Bass-Baritone): Shigeru Hatakeyama
Silvano (Baritone): Takaoki Onishi
Un Giudice (Tenor): Yuji Shida
Un Servo di Amelia (Tenor): Toru Tsukada
Orchestra: Tokyo-HARUSAI Festival Orchestra
Chorus: Tokyo Opera Singers
April 1, 2023
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall
Spring Festival in Tokyo
1520-1620: The Golden Age
Kit Armstrong (piano)
Attr. Thomas Preston: Uppon la mi re
John Bull:
In nomine IX *
Fantasia in D minor *
Fantastic Pavan and Galliard
Giles Farnaby: A Maske in G minor *
William Byrd:
Hugh Ashton’s Grownde *
Will yow walke the woods soe wylde *
William Byrd:
The Earl of Oxfords Marche *
The Bells in C major *
Pavan and Galliard “Sir William Petre”
Thomas Tallis: Felix namque I *
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Fantasia cromatica, SwWV258
* Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
Encore
J. S. Bach
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig BWV622
April 4, 2023
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall
Spring Festival in Tokyo
1620–1720: Contrasts
Kit Armstrong (piano)
J. S. Bach
Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich BWV605
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BWV614
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV639
Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott BWV721
Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV623
Alle Menschen müssen sterben BWV643
Handel
Suite for Harpsichord No. 5 in E major HWV430
Passacaglia
John Bull
Telluris ingens condit
Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
Premier livre de Pièces de clavecin Suite I – Prélude et Chaconne L’inconstante
F. Couperin
Second livre de pièces de clavecin 6e ordre – No. 5 Les Baricades Mistérieuses
Second livre de pièces de clavecin 11e ordre – No. 3 Les Grâces Naturèles
Premier livre de pièces de clavecin 4e ordre – No. 4 Le Réveil-Matin
Second livre de pièces de clavecin 8e ordre – No. 8 Passacaille
Jacques Champion de Chambonnières
Manuscrit Bauyn I – Chaconne in F major
J. S. Bach
Concerto in G major
(after Violin Concerto in B-flat major RV381 by Antonio Vivaldi)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV903
Encore
C. P. E. Bach
L’Aly Rupalich, Wq.117/27, H.95
June 11, 2023
WIENER STAATSOPER
SIEGFRIED
Richard Wagner
Dirigent
Franz Welser-Möst
Regie
Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Bühne
Rolf Glittenberg
Kostüme
Marianne Glittenberg
Video
fettFilm (Momme Hinrichs und Torge Möller)
Siegfried
Klaus Florian Vogt
Brünnhilde
Ricarda Merbeth
Der Wanderer
Eric Owens
Alberich
Michael Nagy
Erda
Noa Beinart
Mime
Matthäus Schmidlechner
Fafner
Ain Anger
Stimme des Waldvogels
Maria Nazarova
June 12, 2023
WIENER STAATSOPER
LADY MACBETH VON MZENSK
Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Dirigent
Alexander Soddy
Inszenierung
Matthias Hartmann
Bühnenbild
Volker Hintermeier
Kostüme
Su Bühler
Choreographie
Teresa Rotemberg
Boris Ismailow
Günther Groissböck
Sinowi Ismailow
Andrei Popov
Katerina Ismailowa
Elena Mikhailenko
Sergej
Dmitry Golovnin
Axinja
Evgeniya Sotnikova
Sonjetka
Maria Barakova
Zwangsarbeiterin
Jenni Hietala
der Schäbige
Thomas Ebenstein
Verwalter
Hans Peter Kammerer
Hausknecht
Marcus Pelz
Pope
Evgeny Solodovnikov
Polizeichef
Attila Mokus
Polizist
Hans Peter Kammerer
Lehrer
Carlos Osuna
Wächter
Marcus Pelz
Alter Zwangsarbeiter
Dan Paul Dumitrescu
Geist des Boris Timofejewitsch
Günther Groissböck
June 13, 2023
Wiener Konzerthaus
Wiener KammerOrchester
Wiener Singakademie
Einstudierung: Heinz Ferlesch
Nikola Hillebrand, Sopran
Anna Lucia Richter, Mezzosopran
Ilker Arcayürek, Tenor
Manuel Walser, Bariton
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, Dirigent
Ludwig van Beethoven
Messe C-Dur op. 86 für Soli, Chor und Orchester (1807)
Symphonie Nr. 5 c-moll op. 67 (1804–1808)
June 14, 2023
Wiener Konzerthaus
Schubert-Saal
Sergey Malov, Violine, Violoncello da spalla
Irina Zahharenkova, Klavier
Anton Webern
Drei kleine Stücke für Violoncello und Klavier op. 11 (1914)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonate A-Dur op. 69 für Violoncello und Klavier (1807–1808)
Anton Webern
Vier Stücke für Geige und Klavier op. 7 (1910–1914)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonate a-moll op. 23 für Violine und Klavier (1801)
June 14, 2023
Wiener Konzerthaus
Mozart-Saal
Christoph Prégardien, Tenor
Udo Samel, Lesung
Julius Drake, Klavier
»Liebe & Verlust«. Gedichte und Texte von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Franz Schubert
Der König in Thule D 367 (1816)
Franz Liszt
Es war ein König in Thule S 278/2 (1856)
Franz Schubert
An Schwager Kronos D 369 (1816)
Hugo Wolf
Anakreons Grab (Goethe-Lieder Nr. 29) (1888)
Ganymed (Goethe-Lieder Nr. 50) (1889)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wonne der Wehmut op. 83/1 (1810)
Franz Schubert
Erster Verlust D 226 (1815)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Maigesang op. 52/4 (1793 vor)
Franz Schubert
Rastlose Liebe D 138 (1815)
Edvard Grieg
Zur Rosenzeit »I Rosentiden« op. 48/5 (1884–1888)
Franz Schubert
Heidenröslein D 257 (1815)
Carl Loewe
Erlkönig op. 1/3 (1818 ca.)
Franz Schubert
Jägers Abendlied D 368 (1816)
An den Mond D 259 »Füllest wieder Busch und Tal« (1815)
Der Musensohn D 764 (1822)
Carl Loewe
Wandrers Nachtlied II op. 9/1 Nr. 4 (Nachtgesänge) »Der du von dem Himmel bist« (1828)
Franz Liszt
Der du von dem Himmel bist S 279/1 (Erste Fassung) (1842)
Robert Schumann
Freisinn op. 25/2 (Myrten) (1840)
Franz Schubert
Wandrers Nachtlied II D 768 »Über allen Gipfeln« (1824)
June 15, 2023
WIENER STAATSOPER
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Pietro Mascagni
Musikalische Leitung
Daniel Harding
Inszenierung, Bühne und Kostüme
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Santuzza
Elena Stikhina
Turiddu
Yonghoon Lee
Lucia
Noa Beinart
Alfio
Amartuvshin Enkhbat
Lola
Isabel Signoret
PAGLIACCI
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Musikalische Leitung
Daniel Harding
Inszenierung, Bühne und Kostüme
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Canio (Pagliaccio)
Yonghoon Lee
Nedda (Colombina)
Asmik Grigorian
Tonio (Taddeo)
Amartuvshin Enkhbat
Beppo (Arlecchino)
Jörg Schneider
Silvio
Stefan Astakhov
June 16, 2023
Wiener Musikverein
Brahms-Saal
Sopran Sabine Devieilhe
Klavier Mathieu Pordoy
Alban Berg
aus: Jugendlieder Bd. 1
Schliesse mir die Augen beide (1907)
Spielleute
Vielgeliebte schöne Frau
Sehnsucht II
Menuett F-Dur für Klavier solo
Schliesse mir die Augen beide (1975), aus: Ferne Lieder
Die Nachtigall, aus: Sieben Frühe Lieder
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Komm liebe Zither, KV 351
Das Veilchen, KV 479
Hugo Wolf
Albumblatt für Klavier solo
Wie glänzt der helle Mond, aus: Sechs Gedichte von Keller, Alte Weisen
aus: Italienisches Liederbuch
Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken
Mir ward gesagt du reisest in die Ferne
Mein Liebster ist so klein
Wenn du mein Liebster steigst zum Himmel
Pause
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Menuett KV 1d für Klavier solo
Abendempfindung an Laura, KV 523
Solfeggio, KV 393
Richard Strauss
Meinem Kinde, op. 37/3
Waldseligkeit, op. 49/1
Winterweihe, op. 48/4
Träumerei für Klavier solo
Ihre Augen, op. 77/1
Amor, op. 68/5
July 31, 2023
Suntory Hall
Otello (concert style)
Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
Otello: Gregory Kunde
Desdemona: Atsuko Kobayashi
Iago: Dalibor Jenis
Lodovico: Hajime Aizawa
Cassio: Francesco Marsiglia
Emilia: Ikuko Nakajima
Roderigo: Toshiaki Murakami
Montano: Takashi Aoyama
A Herald: Junbo Tang
Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
September 20, 2023
Oji Hall
Lea Desandre (Mezzo Soprano)
Thomas Dunford (Lute)
“Lettera amorosa”
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): Sì dolce è’l tormento
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643): Se l’aura spira
Girolamo Kapsberger (1580-1651): Toccata VI
Joan Ambrosio Dalza (16c-): Calata ala Spagnola
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759): Lascia la Spina
Girolamo Kapsberger: Toccata V
Claudio Monteverdi: Lettera amorosa
Girolamo Kapsberger: Figlio Dormi
Georg Friedrich Händel: Ombra mai fu
Girolamo Kapsberger: Toccata I
Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665): Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna
Girolamo Kapsberger: Toccata III
Tarquinio Merula: Folle è ben chi si crede
Tarquinio Merula: Quel sguardo sdegnosetto
Encore
Honore D’Ambruys: Le doux silence de nos bois
Reynaldo Hahn: A Chloris
Barbara: Dis, quand reviendras-tu?
September 26, 2023
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Director / Set Designer: Franco Zeffirelli
Cavaradossi: Vittorio Grigolo
Tosca: Sonya Yoncheva
Scarpia: Roman Burdenko
Sagrestano: Domenico Colaianni
Angelotti: Luciano Leoni
Spoletta: Saverio Fiore
Sciarrone: Leo Paul Chiarot
Un Carceriere: Fabio Tinalli
Pastorello: Quon Takase
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
NHK Tokyo Children Chorus
October 28, 2023
New National Theatre, Tokyo – Playhouse
All’s Well That Ends Well
William Shakespeare
Translated by Yushi Odashima
Directed by Hitoshi Uyama
King of France: OKAMOTO Kenichi
Bertram: URAI Kenji
Helena: NAKAJIMA Tomoko
Diana: Sonim
Lafeu: TACHIKAWA Mitsutaka
Lavache: YOSHIMURA Sunao
Duke of Florence: KINOSHITA Hiroyuki
Countess of Rousillon: NASU Sayoko
Rynaldo: KATSUBE Nobuyuki
Second Soldier: KONAGAYA Katsuhiko
First French Lord: SHIMOFUSA Gentaro
Capilet: FUJIKI Kumiko
First Soldier: KAWABE Kunihiro
Parolles: KAMEDA Yoshiaki
Mariana: NAGATA Eri
Gentleman: NAITO Hiroshi
Attendant: SUDO Mizuki
Page: FUKUSHI Eidai
Second French Lord: MIYAZU Yuki
October 28, 2023
New National Theatre, Tokyo – Playhouse
Measure for Measure
William Shakespeare
Translated by Yushi Odashima
Directed by Hitoshi Uyama
Angelo: OKAMOTO Kenichi
Claudio: URAI Kenji
Mariana: NAKAJIMA Tomoko
Isabella: Sonim
Provost: TACHIKAWA Mitsutaka
Barnadine/First Gentleman: YOSHIMURA Sunao
Vincentio: KINOSHITA Hiroyuki
Mistress Overdone: NASU Sayoko
Justice: KATSUBE Nobuyuki
Pompey: KONAGAYA Katsuhiko
Escalus: SHIMOFUSA Gentaro
Francisca: FUJIKI Kumiko
Elbow/Second Gentleman: KAWABE Kunihiro
Froth/Abhorson: KAMEDA Yoshiaki
Juliet: NAGATA Eri
Peter: NAITO Hiroshi
Servant: SUDO Mizuki
Messenger: FUKUSHI Eidai
Lucio: MIYAZU Yuki
November 2, 2023
Suntory Hall
Mitsuko Uchida with Mahler Chamber Orchestra Japan
Piano & Director: Mitsuko Uchida
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595
Encore
Kurtág György: Play with Infinity
November 18, 2023
New National Theatre Tokyo
Simon Boccanegra
Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: ONO Kazushi
Production: Pierre AUDI
Set Design: Anish KAPOOR
Costume Design: Wojciech DZIEDZIC
Lighting Design: Jean KALMAN
Simon Boccanegra: Roberto FRONTALI
Amelia (Maria Boccanegra): Irina LUNGU
Jacopo Fiesco: Riccardo ZANELLATO
Gabriele Adorno: Luciano GANCI
Paolo Albiani: Simone ALBERGHINI
Pietro: SUDO Shingo
Un capitano dei balestrieri: MURAKAMI Toshiaki
Un’ancella di Amelia: SUZUKI Ryoko
Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus
Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
November 26, 2023
Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
Johannes-Passion | BWV245
Johann Sebastian Bach
William Christie (Cond)
Bastien Rimondi (Ten/Evangelist)
Alex Rosen (Bas/Jesus)
Rachel Redmond (Sop)
Helen Charlston (Alt)
Moritz Kallenberg (Ten)
Matthieu Walendzik (Bas)
Les Arts Florissants (Orch&Cho)
December 17, 2023
Het Concertgebouw
Concertgebouworkest
Iván Fischer, conductor
Bruckner
Symphony No. 3 in d minor
December 17, 2023
Het Concertgebouw
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Daniel Hyde, conductor
Choral Music and Carols at Christmas
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Cantate Domino
Richard Dering (CA. 1580-1630)
Factum est silentium
John Taverner (CA. 1490-1545)
Christe Jesu, pastor bone
Robert Parsons (CA. 1535-1572)
Ave Maria
William Byrd (1540-1623)
Fantasia in C gr.t.
For solo organ
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
See, See the Word is Incarnate
William Byrd
Nunc dimittis
(Pause)
Robin Nelson (1944)
Out of Your Sleep Arise and Wake
Matthew Martin (1976)
Adam Lay Ybounden
Judith Weir (1954)
Illuminare Jerusalem (1985)
James Macmillan (1959)
O Radiant Dawn
Traditional
Gabriel’s Message
(arr. David Willcocks)
Traditional
King Jesus Hath a Garden
(arr. Stephen Cleobury)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
In dulci jubilo, BWV 729
For solo organ
Harold Darke (1888-1976)
In the Bleak Midwinter
Traditional
Hereford Carol (arr. Christopher Robinson)
Franz Gruber (1787-1863)
Silent Night (arr. John Rutter)
John Gardner (1917-2011)
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
John Rutter (1945)
All the Stars Looked Down
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
December 19, 2023
Muziekgebouw
Magnificat
Nederlandse Bachvereniging
Johann Hermann Schein
Veni redemptor gentium
Johann Hermann
Schein Galliard
Johann Hermann Schein
Verbum caro factum est
Tobias Michael
Das Volk, so im Finstern wandelt
Nicolaus Adam
Strungk Chaconne ‘Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern‘
Orlando di Lasso
Angelus ad pastores ait
Gregoriaans Illuminare Jerusalem
Gregoriaans Grates nunc omnes
Johann Kuhnau
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Andreas Hammerschmidt
Machet die Tore weit
Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat met Einlagen voor Kerstmis
Nederlandse Bachvereniging
Alex Potter, alt en leiding
Miriam Feuersinger, sopraan
Kristen Witmer, sopraan
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Stephan MacLeod, bas
December 20, 2023
Dutch National Opera & Ballet
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Libretto: Emanuel Schikaneder
Musical direction: Riccardo Minasi
Stage direction: Simon McBurney
Set design: Michael Levine
Costume design: Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting design: Jean Kalman
Video design: Finn Ross
Sound design: Gareth Fry
Dramaturgy: Simon McBurney, Klaus Bertisch
Revival direction: Rachael Hewer
Sarastro: Christof Fischesser
Tamino: Mingjie Lei
Der Sprecher: Frederik Bergman
Königin der Nacht: Rainelle Krause
Pamina: Ying Fang
Papageno: Thomas Oliemans
Monostatos: Lucas van Lierop
Papagena: Laetitia Gerards
Zweiter Priester / Erster geharnischter Mann: Marcel Reijans
Erster Priester / Zweiter geharnischter Mann: Mark Kurmanbayev*
Erste Dame: Sophia Hunt*
Zweite Dame: Martina Myskohlid*
Dritte Dame: Esther Kuiper
Drei Knaben: Soloists of Nationale Koren
* Dutch National Opera Studio
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Chorus Master: Edward Ananian-Cooper
Boys’ Chorus of Nationale Koren
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Coproduction with English National Opera (London) and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
December 21, 2023
Het Concertgebouw
Concertgebouworkest
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
Chen Reiss, soprano
Felix Mendelssohn
Overture ‘Die Hebriden’, op. 26
Fanny Mendelssohn
Hero und Leander, H. 262
Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo (Allegro vivace) (from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 21 en 61)
Felix Mendelssohn
Aria ‘Infelice’
Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55 ‘Eroica’
December 22, 2023
Dutch National Opera & Ballet
RAYMONDA
Marius Petipa / production and additional choreography Rachel Beaujean
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Production, concept and additional choreography: Rachel Beaujean, in collaboration with Ted Brandsen and Grigori Tchitcherine
Set and costume design: Jérôme Kaplan
Lighting design: James F. Ingalls
Music: Alexander Glazunov – Raymonda (1898)
Musical accompaniment: Dutch Ballet Orchestra conducted by Vello Pähn
Raymonda: Anna Tsygankova
Abd al-Rahman: Giorgi Potskhishvili
Jean de Brienne: Jacopo Tissi
December 23, 2023
Het Concertgebouw
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon, conductor
Stéphane Degout, baritone
Siobhan Stagg, soprano
Ema Nikolovska, alto
Thomas Atkins, tenor
Julie Roset, soprano
Felix Mendelssohn
Elias