TOKYO NIKIKAI OPERA MADAMA BUTTERFLY

TOKYO NIKIKAI OPERA MADAMA BUTTERFLY

July 18, 2024 (Thu.) - July 21, 2024 (Sun.)

Tokyo Nikikai Opera is Japan's leading opera production company. They collaborate with renowned European opera houses to produce world-class, high-quality opera performances in Japan. If you want to see the most advanced opera in Tokyo today, come to Tokyo Nikikai Opera!

The costumes have been designed by Kenzo Takada, a world-renowned Japanese designer who died in the suburbs of Paris from COVID-19 infection in October 2020. TheMade-in-Japan opera production “Madama Butterfly” was critically acclaimed at not only Tokyo but also the Semperoper Dresden and San Francisco Opera! The production is directed by Miyamoto Yamon, a Japanese director who has also worked on New York's On Broadway.

Opera in three acts
Sung in the original (Italian) language with Japanese supertitles

Music by GIACOMO PUCCINI

Conductor: Dan ETTINGER
Stage Director: Amon MIYAMOTO
Costume Designer: Kenzo TAKADA

Chorus: Nikikai Chorus Group
Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

<July 18 (Thu.) & July 20 (Sat.)>
Madama Butterfly: Hiromi OMURA
Suzuki: Eriko HANAFUSA
Kate Pinkerton: Yuki SUGIYAMA
B.F. Pinkerton: Hironori JO
Sharpless: Shunsuke IMAI
Goro: Kei KONDO
Il Principe Yamadori: Takahiro SUGIURA
Lo zio Bonzo: Hiroshi KANEKO
Il commissario Imperiale: Tetsuya OI

<July 19 (Fri.) & July 21 (Sun.)>
Madama Butterfly: Eri TAKAHASHI
Suzuki: Eiko KOIZUMI
Kate Pinkerton: Maho ISHINO
B.F. Pinkerton: Gohei KOHASHI
Sharpless: Kei YONASHIRO
Goro: Tadahiro MASUJIMA
Il Principe Yamadori: Yoshiki KOBAYASHI
Lo zio Bonzo: Hirohisa SANNOHE
Il commissario Imperiale: Kimihiro SUGAYA

* Performers are subject to change due to unavoidable circumstances.
* Please check the official website for the cast schedule.

Official Website