2022
Opera for Children
子どものためのオペラ

Opera for Children

(Opera intended for first grade junior high school students of Nagano Prefecture)
This program is intended for educational purposes only. No entry to general public.

Dates
Venue
Aug. 30, 2022 (Tue) 11:00 / 15:00
Aug. 31, 2022 (Wed)11:00 / 15:00
Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre Main Hall
Program Mozart: ”Le nozze di Figaro” Act 1
(In Italian with Japanese supertitles)

Cast
Il Conte di Almaviva : Hidekazu Machi
Susanna: Rena Fujii
Figaro: Kei Kondo
Cherubino: Yuki Akimoto
Marcellina: Ai Ishii
Bartolo: Tatsuhiko Kitagawa
Basilio: Shuhei Itoga

Chorus: Tokyo Opera Singers

Performance: Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra
Conductor: Kensho Watanabe
Production: Laurent Pelly
Revival Stage Director: Laurie Feldman
Set: Chantal Thomas
Costume: Laurent Pelly & Jean-Jacques Delmotte
Original Lighting Design: Duane Schuler
Associate Lighting Design: Lee Fiskness
Chorus Master: Takuya Nemoto
Head of Music Staff: Dennis Giauque

Opera performances intended for first year secondary school students of Nagano prefecture. This year we will present Act 1 of Mozart: “Le nozze di Figaro”. In 2022, about 4500 students from 57 secondary schools in the prefecture will join the performance.

Conductor

ケンショウ・ワタナベKensho Watanabe
Kensho Watanabe
© Irina Belashov