2024

New National Theatre Tokyo

Tristan und Isolde

Richard Wagner

Conductor: ONO Kazushi
Production: David McVICAR
Set and Costume Design: Robert JONES
Lighting Design: Paule CONSTABLE
Choreographer: Andrew GEORGE

Tristan: Zoltán NYÁRI
König Marke: Wilhelm SCHWINGHAMMER
Isolde: Liene KINČA
Kurwenal: Egils SILINS
Melot: AKITANI Naoyuki
Brangäne: FUJIMURA Mihoko
Ein Hirt: AOCHI Hideyuki
Ein Steuermann: KOMADA Toshiaki
Stimme eines jungen Seemanns: MURAKAMI Kota

Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus
Orchestra: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

March 29, 2024

Chamber

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Recital Hall
Spring Festival in Tokyo

Shostakovich:
　Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor op. 40
　Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major op. 134
　Sonata for Viola and Piano in C major op. 147

Violin: Ryosuke Suho
Viola: Ayako Tahara
Cello: Michiaki Ueno
Piano: Tomoki Kitamura

April 10, 2024

Lieder

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Recital Hall
Spring Festival in Tokyo

Mozart
Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt, K.619
Dvořák
”Biblical Songs” op.99
Quilter
”3 Shakespeare Songs” op.6
Mussorgsky
”Songs and Dances of Death”

René Pape, bass
Camillo Radicke, piano

Encore
R. Strauss | Zueignung
J. Sibelius | Be Still, My Soul
R. Schumann | Kinderwacht

April 13, 2024

Orchestra

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Main Hall
Spring Festival in Tokyo

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Bruckner: Mass No. 3 in F minor WAB28

Conductor: Lothar Koenigs
Soprano: Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
Mezzo-soprano: Okka von der Damerau
Tenor: Vincent Wolfsteiner
Bass: Ain Anger
Orchestra: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Chorus: Tokyo Opera Singers
Chorus Master: Eberhard Friedrich, Akihiro Nishiguchi

April 21, 2024

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Main Hall
Spring Festival in Tokyo

Elektra

Richard Strauss

Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
Elektra: Elena Pankratova
Klytämnestra: Mihoko Fujimura
Chrysothemis: Allison Oakes
Aegisth: Stephan Rügamer
Orest: René Pape
First maid: Ikuko Nakajima
Second maid: Eiko Koizumi
Third maid: Kasumi Shimizu
Fourth maid / Klytämnestra’s trainbearer: Michiko Takeda
Fifth maid / Klytämnestra’s confidante: Mihoko Kinoshita
Overseer: Rumi Kitahara
Orest’s Guardian / Old Servant: Hirotaka Kato
Young Servant: Shuhei Itoga
Servants: New National Theatre Chorus
Yoriko Maekawa, Mari Iwamoto
Akiko Osakabe, Chieko Noda
Kazusa Tachikawa, Mai Murayama
Orchestra: Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus
Chorus Master: Kyohei Tomihira

May 5, 2024

Tokyo International Forum | Hall C
La Folle Journée Tokyo

Anne Queffélec, piano

Vive 1685 !

Bach/Busoni
Prélude de Choral “Nun komm der Heiden Heiland“ BWV 659a
Marcello/Bach
Adagio du Concerto pour hautbois en ré mineur
Vivaldi/Bach
Largo du Concerto pour orgue en ré mineur BWV 596
Scarlatti
Sonate en ré mineur (Aria) K. 32
Haendel/Kempff
Menuet en sol mineur HWV 434
Bach/Hess
Choral de la Cantate “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” BWV 147
Beethoven
Sonate en la bémol majeur n°31 opus 110

June 8, 2024

Yatsugatake

Yatsugatake Kogen Salon

Elisso Virsaladze, piano

Piano Recital

Schubert
Six moments musicaux, D. 780 Op. 94

Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1

Liszt
Consolations S.172 No. 3 in D♭ major
Étude No. 1, Il lamento from Trois études de concert, S.144

Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B♭ major, Op. 83

Encores
Chopin
Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor, Op. 67
Schubert=Liszt
Soirées de Vienne (“Valses caprices” de Schubert) S.427 R.252

July 9, 2024

Yatsugatake

Yatsugatake Kogen Salon

Alexander Gadjiev, piano

Piano Recital

Chopin: From Mazurkas
F sharp minor Op. 6-1
C major Op. 24-2
A minor Op. 68-2
C sharp minor Op. 50-3
C major Op. 56-2
C sharp minor Op. 63-3

Chopin: From 24 Preludes Op. 28
Nos. 23, 22, 18, 13, 10, 2

Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9 “Black Mass” E flat minor Op. 68

Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 “Heroique” A flat major Op. 53

Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses S.173, No.7 “Funérailles”

Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-flat major (“Eroica Variations”) Op. 35

Encores
Scriabin
Etude in D flat major Op. 42-6
Etude in C sharp minor Op. 42-5
Etude in D sharp major Op. 8-12 “Pathétique”
Chopin
Nocturne No. 4 in F major Op. 15-1

July 15, 2024

Orchestra

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Daishin Kashimoto, Violin
Amihai Grosz, Viola

Charles Ives (arranged by Henry Brant)
The Alcotts from A Concord Symphony

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E-flat major K364

Encore
Antonín Dvořák
Terzetto Op. 74-2
Alan Gilbert(!), Daishin Kashimoto, Violin
Amihai Grosz, Viola

(Pause)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67

August 20, 2024

Bayreuther Festspielhaus

Richard Wagner

Das Rheingold

Conductor
Simone Young

Director
Valentin Schwarz

Stage design
Andrea Cozzi

Costumes
Andy Besuch

Dramaturgy
Konrad Kuhn

Lighting
Reinhard Traub
Nicol Hungsberg

Video
Luis August Krawen

Wotan
Tomasz Konieczny

Donner
Nicholas Brownlee

Froh
Mirko Roschkowski

Loge
John Daszak

Fricka
Christa Mayer

Freia
Christina Nilsson

Erda
Okka von der Damerau

Alberich
Olafur Sigurdarson

Mime
Ya-Chung Huang

Fasolt
Jens-Erik Aasbø

Fafner
Tobias Kehrer

Woglinde
Evelin Novak

Wellgunde
Natalia Skrycka

Floßhilde
Marie Henriette Reinhold

August 21, 2024

Bayreuther Festspielhaus

Richard Wagner

Die Walküre

Conductor
Simone Young

Director
Valentin Schwarz

Stage design
Andrea Cozzi

Costumes
Andy Besuch

Dramaturgy
Konrad Kuhn

Lighting
Reinhard Traub
Nicol Hungsberg

Siegmund
Michael Spyres

Hunding
Georg Zeppenfeld

Wotan
Tomasz Konieczny

Sieglinde
Vida Miknevičiūtė

Brünnhilde
Catherine Foster

Fricka
Christa Mayer

Gerhilde
Catharine Woodward

Ortlinde
Brit-Tone Müllertz

Waltraute
Claire Barnett-Jones

Schwertleite
Christa Mayer

Helmwige
Dorothea Herbert

Siegrune
Alexandra Ionis

Grimgerde
Marie Henriette Reinhold

Rossweisse
Noa Beinart

August 23, 2024

Bayreuther Festspielhaus

Richard Wagner

Siegfried

Conductor
Simone Young

Director
Valentin Schwarz

Stage design
Andrea Cozzi

Costumes
Andy Besuch

Dramaturgy
Konrad Kuhn

Lighting
Reinhard Traub
Nicol Hungsberg

Siegfried
Klaus Florian Vogt

Mime
Ya-Chung Huang

Der Wanderer
Tomasz Konieczny

Alberich
Olafur Sigurdarson

Fafner
Tobias Kehrer

Erda
Okka von der Damerau

Brünnhilde
Catherine Foster

Waldvogel
Alexandra Steiner

August 25, 2024

Bayreuther Festspielhaus

Richard Wagner

Götterdämmerung

Conductor
Simone Young

Director
Valentin Schwarz

Stage design
Andrea Cozzi

Costumes
Andy Besuch

Dramaturgy
Konrad Kuhn

Lighting
Reinhard Traub
Nicol Hungsberg

Video
Luis August Krawen

Choral Conducting
Eberhard Friedrich

Siegfried
Klaus Florian Vogt

Gunther
Michael Kupfer-Radecky

Alberich
Olafur Sigurdarson

Hagen
Mika Kares

Brünnhilde
Catherine Foster

Gutrune
Gabriela Scherer

Waltraute
Christa Mayer

Norn 1
Noa Beinart

Norn 2
Alexandra Ionis

Norn 3
Christina Nilsson

Woglinde
Evelin Novak

Wellgunde
Natalia Skrycka

Floßhilde
Marie Henriette Reinhold

September 19, 2024

Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall

Giuseppe Verdi

Macbeth (concert style)

Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung (Honorary Music Director)

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Macbeth: Sebastian Catana
Lady Macbeth: Vittoria Yeo
Banquo: Albert Pesendorfer
Macduff, thane of Fife: Stefano Secco
Malcolm, Duncan’s son: Keiroh Ohara
Lady-in-waiting to Lady Macbeth: Yuka Tajima
A Doctor: Takayuki Ito
Servant of Macbeth/Murderer/Herald: Yuichiro Ichikawa
Apparition 1: Ryusuke Yamamoto
Apparition 2: Rumi Kitahara
Apparition 3: Momoko Yoshida
Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus (Chorusmaster: Kyohei Tomihira)

October 27, 2024

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Richard Strauss

Die Frau Ohne Schatten

Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Coproduction with Theater Bonn

Stage Director: Peter KONWITSCHNY
Set & Costume Designer: Johannes LEIACKER
Lighting Designer: Guido PETZOLD
Dramaturg: Bettina BARTZ
Chorus Master: Yoshiaki OSHIMA
Assistant Stage Directors: Maiko OTA / Taro MORIKAWA
Stage Manager: Hiroshi KOIZUMI
Production Director: Noriko SASAKI
Associate Production Director: Tetsuya ONO

Der Kaiser: Tatsuya HIGUCHI
Die Kaiserin: Hitomi WATANABE
Die Amme: Yuka HASHIZUME
Der Geisterbote: Takashi TOMOKIYO / Satoshi TAKADA / Ko MIYAGISHIMA

Erscheinung eines Jünglings: Shota SHIMOMURA
Die Stimme des Falken: Noriko TANETANI
Barak, der Färber: Teppei KONO
Sein Weib: Naomi TASAKI
Des Färbers Brüder: Aigaku KISHINAMI / Masataka MATOBA / Ken-ichi KANOU

Chorus: Nikikai Chorus Group
Orchestra: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

November 23, 2024

New National Theatre Tokyo – Opera Palace

Gioachino Rossini

Guillaume Tell

Sung in French with English and Japanese surtitles

Conductor: ONO Kazushi
Production, Set and Costume Design: Yannis KOKKOS
Artistic Collaborator: Anne BLANCARD
Lighting Design: Vinicio CHELI
Video Scenography: Eric DURANTEAU
Choreographer: Natalie VAN PARYS

Guillaume Tell: Gezim MYSHKETA
Arnold Melchtal: René BARBERA
Walter Furst: SUDO Shingo
Melchtal: TANAKA Taiki
Jemmy: YASUI Yoko
Gesler: TSUMAYA Hidekazu
Rodolphe: MURAKAMI Toshiaki
Ruodi: YAMAMOTO Yasuhiro
Leuthold: NARITA Hiroyuki
Mathilde: Olga PERETYATKO
Hedwige: SAITO Junko
Un chasseur: SATO Shoji

Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus
Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

November 26, 2024

Vocal ensemble

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan – Recital Hall

The Gesualdo Six

Owain Park (Director, Bass)
Guy James (Countertenor)
Alasdair Austin (Countertenor)
Joseph Wicks (Tenor)
Josh Cooter (Tenor)
Michael Craddock (Baritone)

“Wishing Tree”

William Byrd: This sweet and merry month of May
David Bednall: Put out into the deep
Traditional arr. Ralph Vaugham Williams: Bushes and Briars
John Tavener: Funeral Ikos
Anonymous: Pulcherrima rosa
Clemens non Papa: O Maria vernans rosa
Joby Talbot: The Wishing Tree
Traditional arr. Gordon Langford: The Oak and the Ash

(Interval)

Traditional arr. James Whitbourn: The Lark in the clear air
Luca Marenzio: Potrò viver io più se senza luce
Carlo Gesualdo: Felice primavera
Arvo Pärt: Morning Star
Alison Willis: The Wind’s Warning
Jacques Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno
Orlando Gibbons: The Silver Swan
Owain Park: O send out thy light
Eleanor Daley: grandmother moon

November 29, 2024

Oji Hall

Jean-Guihen Queyras (Cello)
Alexandre Tharaud (Piano)

Johann Sebastian Bach
– Jesus, joy of man’s desiring BWV147 (transcription by Wolfgang Birtel)
– Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord No. 2 in D major, BWV1028
– Sicilienne BWV1031 (transcription by Alexandre Tharaud) (piano solo)
– Adagio from Concerto BWV974 after Marcello (transcription by Joachim Stutschewsky)
– Allemende from Suite for lute No. 1 in E minor BWV996 (transcription by Jean-Guihen Queyras) (cello solo)
– “Aus Liebe will lein Heiland sterben” from St. Matthew Passion BWV244 (transcription by Alexandre Tharaud) (piano solo)
– Siciliano BWV1017 (transcription by Jeffrey Solow)
– Courante from Suite for Solo Cello No. 3 in C major BWV1009 (cello solo)
– Allegro from Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord No. 3 BWV1029

(Intermission)

Franz Schubert
– Sonatine in D major, D384
Benjamin Britten
– Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 65

Encore
Fritz Kreisler
– Liebesleid
Johannes Brahms
– Hungarian Dance No. 5
– Hungarian Dance No. 11

November 30, 2024

Sapporo

Orchestra

Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara

Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
Elias Grandy, conductor
Nils Mönkemeyer, viola

HINDEMITH
Der Schwanendreher
MAHLER
Symphony No. 1 “Titan”

Solist encore
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sarabande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1

December 13, 2024