NBS-Japan Performing Arts Foundation

The 29th NBS Premium Ballet Series
From March 2019 to March 2020

The Stuttgart Ballet
Onegin / Swan Lake
November 2018 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

The Tokyo Ballet
Masterpieces of the 20th Century
November 2018 Venue: New National Theatre, Tokyo

The Tokyo Ballet
The Kabuki
December 2018 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti Music Director
January 2019 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

10 Oct 2018	Le Corsaire, The Tokyo Ballet The Tokyo Ballet is proud to premiere one of the most thrilling masterpieces, Le Corsaire, in March 2019. Join us on an exciting journey with the pirates! Le Corsaire 【The Tokyo Ballet Premiere】Ballet in three acts with a prologue Music Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo, Peter ...
13 Sep 2018	The Royal Opera Japan Tour 2019 The Royal Opera lead by Music Director Sir Antonio Pappano returns to Japan for the first time since 2015. They will bring two operas, Otello and Faust. It will be Sir Antonio Pappano's last Japan tour as Music Director with The Royal Opera. Don't miss it! The tour begins on Friday 13...
14 Aug 2018	The 15th World Ballet Festival Sasaki GALA Program Updates Please see below for updates in the casting and the program of Sasaki GALA. - Myriam Ould-Braham has regretfully withdrawn from Sasaki Gala due to injury. Consequently, Mathias Haymann's partner in Grand Pas Classique will be Dorothée Gilbert. - Due to Cesar C...
27 Jul 2018	The 15th World Ballet Festival Program Changes Due to injury, it has become necessary to make some changes to Program A and B. We have just learned that Marijn Rademaker has regretfully withdrawn from the Festival due to injury. Consequently, Maria Eichwald's partner will instead be Alexandre Riabko to dance in Program A and ...
20 Jul 2018	The 15th World Ballet Festival Program Updates and Additional Artist We are pleased to announce that Daniel Proietto from The Norwegian National Ballet will join the festival to perform with Aurélie Dupont a ballet by Alan Lucien Øyen in Program A. At Sasaki GALA, there will be three special performances dedicated to the late Tadatsugu Sasaki, fou...
17 Jul 2018	Cast Change: Don Quixote on 28 July 2018【The 15th World Ballet Festival】 Cesar Corrales has regretfully withdrawn from his performance as Basilio in Don Quixote at the World ballet Festival on 28 July 2018, due to injury. After discussion with Alina Cojocaru who will dance as Kitri, Leonid Sarafanov will dance as Basilio. * Changes in the cast or the program do not enti...
21 Jun 2018	The 15th World Ballet Festival Program Announcement of Closing Gala〈Sasaki Gala〉 Sasaki Gala　15 August 2018, 17:00 　 Artists Maria Alexandrova Vladislav Lantratov Laurencia Vakhtang Chabukiani Alicia Amatriain Friedemann Vogel TBA Silvia Azzoni Alexandre Riabko Edvin Revazov Seven Haiku of the Moon - Pas de trois John Neumeier Elisa Badenes TBA Léonore Baulac Germain Louvet Del...
7 Jun 2018	The 15th World Ballet Festival Closing Gala〈Sasaki Gala〉 The 15th World Ballet Festival will be closed with a gala on Wednesday 15 August 2018. This year, it has been named〈Sasaki Gala〉 in memory of the late Tadatsugu Sasaki, founder of the festival, being the first gala since his passing in 2016. The program will be announced in June 2018. Tickets will b...
4 Jun 2018	Riccardo Muti and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Japan Tour 2019 Maestro Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra return to Japan for the first time since 2016. Maestro Muti will lead the orchestra in three different programs. The tour begins on Wednesday 30 January 2019 in Tokyo. Don't miss it! Wed. 30 January 2019, 19:00, Tokyo ＜Program A＞ Brahms Symph...
31 May 2018	Cast Change: Ambrogio Maestri to sing in La traviata【Teatro dell'Opera di Roma】 Baritone Leo Nucci has regretfully withdrawn from his four scheduled performances as Giorgio Germont in the upcoming Teatro dell'Opera di Roma's production of La traviata in Tokyo on 9, 12, 15 and 17 September 2018. He had been looking forward to singing for the Japanese fans, but has decided to cur...