25 Mar 2022
Great Singers Series 2022

We are pleased to announce that the concerts featuring four stellar opera singers of today, Sonya Yoncheva, Juan Diego Flórez, Lisette Oropesa and Luca Salsi, with four sumptuous programs, will be presented in Tokyo with the following schedule. Sopranos Sonya Yoncheva and Lisette Oropesa will make their Japan debuts respectively. Don't miss out!

 

Saturday 2 July 2022, 15:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Sonya Yoncheva, Soprano (Japan debut)

Nayden Todorov, Conductor

Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

 

Scheduled program (as of 25 March 2022)

Italian opera arias by Verdi, Puccini and others.

 

Ticket prices

S: ¥17,000  A: ¥15,000  B: ¥13,000  C: ¥11,000  D: ¥8,000  25 and under: ¥3,000

 

Monday 19 September 2022, 18:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor

Michele Spotti, Conductor

Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

 

Scheduled program (as of 25 March 2022)

Gioachino Rossini, "La speranza più soave" from Semiramide

Gaetano Donizetti, "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore

Giuseppe Verdi, "Questa o quella" from Rigoletto

Jules Massenet, "Pourquoi me réveiller" from Werther

Giacomo Puccini, "Che gelida manina" from La Bohème

and more.

 

Ticket prices

S: ¥25,000  A: ¥22,000  B: ¥18,000  C: ¥14,000  D: ¥12,000  25 and under: ¥4,500

 

Friday 23 September 2022, 15:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Lisette Oropesa, Soprano (Japan Debut)

Luca Salsi, Baritone

Francesco Lanzilotta, Conductor

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

 

Scheduled program (as of 25 March 2022)

Giuseppe Verdi, "Merci, jeunes amies" from Les Vêpres siciliennes (Oropesa)

"Cortigiani, vil razza dannata" from Rigoletto (Salsi)

"Ah, fors'é lui...Sempre libera" from La traviata (Oropesa)

"Di Provenza il mar, il suol" from La traviata (Salsi)

Duet Gilda - Rigoletto "Tutte le feste al tempio" from Rigoletto (Oropesa and Salsi)

Gaetano Donizetti, Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor (Oropesa)

Giuseppe Verdi, "Per me giunto è il dì supremo" from Don Carlo (Salsi)

Gaetano Donizetti, Duet Adina - Dulcamara "Quanto amore!"-"Una tenera occhiatina" from L'elisir d'amore (Oropesa and Salsi)

 

Ticket prices

S: ¥19,000  A: ¥17,000  B: ¥15,000  C: ¥13,000  D: ¥10,000  25 and under: ¥3,500


 Sunday 25 September 2022, 15:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

Lisette Oropesa, Soprano (Japan Debut)

Luca Salsi, Baritone

Francesco Lanzilotta, Conductor

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

 

Scheduled program (as of 25 March 2022)

Giuseppe Verdi, "Pietà, rispetto, onore" from Macbeth (Salsi)

"Ah, fors'è lui...Sempre libera" from La traviata (Oropesa)

"Alzati! Là tuo figlio...Eri tu" from Un ballo in maschera (Salsi)

Duet Germont - Violetta "Madamigella Valéry? ..Dite alla giovine" from La traviata (Oropesa and Salsi)

Gaetano Donizetti, Duet Enrico-Lucia "Appressati, Lucia" from Lucia di Lammermoor (Oropesa and Salsi)

Unberto Giordano, "Nemico della patria" from Andrea Chénier (Salsi)

Vincenzo Bellini, "O rendetemi la speme... Vien diletto" from I Puritani (Oropesa)

Giuseppe Verdi, "Cortigiani, vil razza dannata" from Rigoletto (Salsi)

Gioachino Rossini, Duet Rosina-Figaro "Dunque io son...tu non m'inganni?" from Il barbiere di Siviglia (Oropesa and Salsi)

 

Ticket prices

S: ¥19,000  A: ¥17,000  B: ¥15,000  C: ¥13,000  D: ¥10,000  25 and under: ¥3,500

 

Further details will be announced at a later date.

 

Japan Performing Arts Foundation (NBS)

 

*Casting and programs as of 25 March 2022 are subject to change.