NBS-Japan Performing Arts Foundation

The Tokyo Ballet The Nutcracker
December 2022 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Great Singers Series 2023-Ⅰ Vittorio Grigolo in Concert
January 2023 Venue: Suntory Hall

The Tokyo Ballet Mizuka Ueno on Stage
February 2023 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Hamburg Ballet Japan Tour 2023
March 2023 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Waltraud Meier farewell concert
March 2023 Venue: Suntory Hall

The 32nd NBS Premium Ballet Series
From June 2022 to March 2023

29 Nov 2022	The Royal Ballet 2023 Japan Tour (24 June-2 July) We are delighted to share with you with updated information about The Royal Ballet's Japan tour in June/July 2023. The tour will open at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan with A Royal Celebration, a mixed programme illustrating the dazzling range of The Royal Ballet's repertoire and the brilliance and versatility ...
25 Oct 2022	Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo: Pre-performance talk by Choreographer-Director Jean-Christophe Maillot (12 November) We are pleased to announce that a pre-performance talk will be given by Choreographer-Director of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Jean-Christophe Maillot on Saturday 12 November from 16:20. It is free for all ticket holders for the soirée of the day. Join us for this precious opportunity to hear the insi...
16 Sep 2022	The Tokyo Ballet presents "Mizuka Ueno on Stage" The Tokyo Ballet is delighted to present three special performances titled "Mizuka Ueno on Stage" in February 2023, celebrating her receipt of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize in March 2022. Photo:Shoko MatsuhashiJoined by her colleagu...
13 Sep 2022	Teatro dell'Opera di Roma 2023 Japan Tour The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma returns to Japan for the first time since 2018. Japan Performing Arts Foundation is all the more delighted to announce this news as we have been forced to postpone all the opera performances that had been planed for three years since the outbreak of COVID-19.Led by cond...
12 Sep 2022	Concerts: Vittorio Grigolo in Concert in January 2023 and Waltraud Meier's Farewell Concert in March 2023 We are pleased to announce that two great concerts will be given. Tenor Vittorio Grigolo sings arias from Italian and French operas in concert conducted by Maestro Daniel Oren on 28 January 2023 at Suntory Hall. Legendary mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier will give a farewell concert on 14 Marc...
8 Sep 2022	Hamburg Ballet 2023 Japan Tour The Hamburg Ballet returns to Japan in March 2023 for the first time since 2018, after an unfortunately postponed tour due to COVID-19 originally scheduled for 2020. It will be the Company's ninth Japan tour, and the performances will be given as part of the Company's special 2023 season--Mr. John N...
1 Sep 2022	The Tokyo Ballet debuts in Australia in July 2023 In recent years, The Tokyo Ballet had toured internationally every year until the outbreak of COVID-19 which has forced us to refrain from travelling freely for almost three years. Today we are delighted to announce that The Tokyo Ballet will perform in Melbourne, Australia, in July 2023, which will...
6 Jul 2022	Programmes for The Royal Ballet 2023 Japan Tour As previously announced in February, The Royal Ballet's Japan Tour as a full company is scheduled for June/July 2023. Following discussion with the Director, Kevin O'Hare, we are delighted to announce that the Company will present Romeo and Juliet choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan and a gala progra...
29 Jun 2022	Royal Ballet Gala: Cast and Programme Changes We have just learned from The Royal Ballet that Lauren Cuthbertson is regrettably unable to participate in the Royal Ballet Gala as originally planned due to health reasons. We are sorry for any disappointment caused. Changes to the repertory will bring Edward Watson, former Principal of The Royal B...
22 Jun 2022	Royal Ballet Gala: Pre-performance talk by Director Kevin O'Hare (17 July) We are pleased to announce that a pre-performance talk will be given by Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O'Hare on Sunday 17 July from 17:10. It is free for all ticket holders for the soirée of the day. Join us for this precious opportunity to hear the insightful talk lead by the director of one o...