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12 Sep 2023	Tour Dates and Cast: The Royal Opera 2024 Japan Tour, Rigoletto \| Turandot We are pleased to announce the tour dates and cast of The Royal Opera's Japan tour in June/July 2024. It will be Music Director Antonio Pappano 's final conducting in Japan with The Royal Opera as he is to step down from the position of Music Director at the end of July 2024. The Performances are no...
26 Jul 2023	Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris 2024 Japan Tour (February 2024) We are delighted to announce that the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris returns to Japan in February 2024 for the first time since 2020.Led by Director of Dance José Martinez, the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris will bring two masterpieces: Le Lac des cygnes choreographed by Rudolf Noureev and...
14 Jul 2023	Program updates: Un Soir à l'Opéra - Gala Tribute to Nureyev We are delighted to announce the updated programs A and B with casting. Program AWednesday 26 July 2023, 19:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo)Thursday 27 July 2023, 19:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo)The Sleeping Beauty, Waltz of the FlowersChoreography Florence Clerc Music Pyotr Tchaikovsky Dan...
23 Jun 2023	The Tokyo Ballet: The Nutcracker (December 2023 - January 2024) The Tokyo Ballet is delighted to present The Nutcracker from December 2023 to January 2024. Join us for a winter feast!The NutcrackerBallet in two acts＜Tokyo Performances＞Thursday 21 December 2023, 19:00 @Tokyo Bunka KaikanMasha Kanako OkiNutcracker Prince Yasuomi AkimotoFriday 22 December 2023, 19:...
22 Jun 2023	The Royal Opera 2024 Japan Tour (June 2024) We are delighted to announce that The Royal Opera returns to Japan in June 2024 for the first time since 2019.Music Director of The Royal Opera Antonio Pappano will be conducting two masterpieces with spectacular casts: Verdi's Rigoletto in the darkly elegant production of Director of Opera Oliver M...
15 May 2023	The Tokyo Ballet: A New Production of The Sleeping Beauty (November 2023) We are delighted to announce that The Tokyo Ballet will give the world premiere of a new production of The Sleeping Beauty, ballet in three acts, in November 2023. Performance Dates and CastSaturday 11 November 2023, 14:00 Princess Aurora Kanako Oki / Prince Désiré Yasuomi AkimotoSun...
18 Apr 2023	Sonya Yoncheva in Concert (September 2023) We are delighted to present Sonya Yoncheva in Concert with a program of opera arias at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan on Saturday 30 September 2023. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva made a brilliant Japan debut last July, and it will be her second tour to Japan. She will be joined by conductor Francesco Ivan Ciampa....
8 Apr 2023	Cast Change: The Royal Ballet 2023 Japan Tour (June-July) We have just learned from The Royal Ballet that Cesar Corrales has unfortunately had to withdraw from The Royal Ballet 2023 Japan tour from June to July due to injury. A replacement for Corrales in For Four in A Royal Celebration on Saturday 24 June, 18:00 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan will be announce...
13 Mar 2023	Un Soir à l'Opéra ― Gala Tribute to Nureyev We are delighted to present, in July 2023, Un Soir à l'Opéra--Gala Tribute to Nureyev with two programs, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the legendary dancer Rudolf Nureyev's passing.The gala will be presented by the fourteen star dancers of the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris including si...
26 Jan 2023	Perfomance date change: Teatro dell'Opera di Roma 2023 Japan Tour It has become necessary to make a date change in one of the performances of Tosca due to the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma's unavoidable circumstances. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience caused, but appreciate everyone's kind understanding. Please see below the updated ful...