Hall Opera®

A new way of staging operas devised by Suntory Hall. The staging, sets and lighting make full use of the space and acoustics of the hall, where the stage is fully surrounded by the audience and the orchestra and the singers perform on the same stage.

  • 2021

    Verdi: La traviata

    Violetta: Zuzana Marková
    Alfredo: Francesco Demuro
    Giorgio Germont: Artur Ruciński, and others
    Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
    Suntory Hall Opera Academy & New National Theatre Chorus
    Stage Director: Michiko Taguchi

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  • 2016

    SALZBURG EASTER FESTIVAL in JAPAN

    Wagner: Music Drama "The Rhinegold" — The Ring of the Nibelung

    Wotan: Michael Volle
    Fricka: Mihoko Fujimura
    Freia: Regina Hangler
    Alberich: Albert Dohmen
    Mime: Gerhard Siegel
    Loge: Kurt Streit
    Donner: Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester
    Froh: Tansel Akszeybek
    Fasolt: Stephen Milling
    Fafner: Ain Anger
    Woglinde: Christiane Kohl
    Wellgunde: Sabrina Kögel
    Flosshilde: Simone Schroeder
    Erda: Christa Mayer
    Conductor: Christian Thielemann
    Orch: Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
    Direction/Costume/Lighting: Denis Krief

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  • 2010

    Così fan tutte

    * Suntory Hall Mozart & Da Ponte 2008 - 2010

    Fiordiligi: Serena Farnocchia
    Dorabella: Nino Surguladze
    Guglielmo: Markus Werba
    Ferrando: Francesco Demuro
    Despina: Davinia Rodriguez
    Don Alfonso: Enzo Capuano
    Conductor & Fortepiano: Nicola Luisotti
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
    Stage Director: Gabriele Lavia

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  • 2009

    Don Giovanni

    * Suntory Hall Mozart & Da Ponte 2008 - 2010

    Don Giovanni: Markus Werba
    Il Commendatore: Enzo Capuano
    Donna Anna: Serena Farnocchia
    Don Ottavio: Blagoj Nacoski
    Donna Elvira: TOMOKO
    Leporello: Marco Vinco
    Masetto: Deyan Vatchkov
    Zerlina: Davinia Rodriguez
    Conductor & Fotepiano: Nicola Luisotti
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
    Stage Director: Gabriele Lavia

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  • 2008

    Le nozze di Figaro

    * Suntory Hall Mozart & Da Ponte 2008 - 2010

    Figaro: Gabriele Viviani
    Susanna: Danielle de Niese
    Il Conte di Almaviva: Markus Werba
    La Contessa di Almaviva: Serena Farnocchia
    Cherubino: Daniela Pini
    Conductor & Fortepiano: Nicola Luisotti
    Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
    Direction: Gabriele Lavia

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  • 2006

    Tan Dun: TEA

    Seikyo: Haijing Fu
    Lan: Nancy Allen Lundy
    Chinese Prince: Warren Mok
    The Emperor : Dong-jian Gong
    Shadow/ Ritualist/ Daughter of Tea Sage Luyu: Ning Liang, and others
    Composer & Conductor: Tan Dun
    NHK Symphony Orchestra
    Stage Director: Pierre Audi

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  • 2006

    Turandot

    * Suntory Hall Puccini Festa 2004 - 2006

    Turandot : Andrea Gruber
    Calaf: Vincenzo La Scola
    Liù: Svetla Vassileva
    Timur: Giacomo Prestia
    The Emperor Altoum: Kanichi Suzuki
    Ping: Gabriele Viviani
    Pong: Makoto Sakurada
    Pang: Hiroki Shimizu, and others
    Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
    Stage & Stage Set Director, Costume Designer: Denis Krief
    Lighting: Motoko Ishii

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  • 2005

    La Bohème

    * Suntory Hall Puccini Festa 2004 - 2006

    Mimì: Tomoko Viviani
    Rodolfo: Giuseppe Sabbatini
    Musetta: Maki Mori
    Marcello: Gabriele Viviani, and others
    Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
    Stage Direction: Leo Iizuka
    Set Designer: Satsu Asakura

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  • 2004

    Tosca

    * Suntory Hall Puccini Festa 2004 - 2006

    Floria Tosca: Doina Dimitriu
    Mario Cavaradossi: Neil Shicoff
    Baron Scarpia: Renato Bruson, and others
    Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
    Stage Directior: Dario Ponissi
    Stage, Costume and Lighting Designer: Motoko Ishii

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  • 2002

    Tan Dun: TEA (Commissioned by Suntory Hall, World premiere)

    Seikyo: Haijing Fu
    Lan: Nancy Allen Lundy
    Chinese Prince: Christopher Gillett
    The Emperor : Stephen Richardson
    Shadow/ Ritualist/ Daughter of Tea Sage Luyu: Ning Liang, and others
    Composition & Conductor: Tan Dun
    NHK Symphony Orchestra
    Stage Director: Pierre Audi

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  • 2001

    Verdi: Don Carlo

    Filippo II: Ferruccio Furlanetto
    Don Carlo: Neil Shicoffo
    Elisabetta di Valois: Fiorenza Cedolinso
    Rodrigo: Renato Bruson
    La Principessa d'Eboli: Marianne Cornettio
    Tebaldo: Akie Amouo
    Conductor: Daniel Oreno
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestrao
    Stage Director, Set & Costume Designer: Antonello Madau-Diaz

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  • 2000

    Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

    Riccardo: Neil Shicoff
    Renato: Renato Bruson
    Amelia: Michèle Crider
    Ulrica: Elena Zaremba
    Oscar: Akie Amou
    Conductor: Daniel Oren
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
    Dramaturg: Renato Bruson
    Costume Designer: Tita Tigano
    Collaborator to the Stage Director: Michiko Taguchi

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  • 1999

    Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore

    Nemorino: Giuseppe Sabbatini
    Adina: Eva Mei
    Belcore: Paolo Coni
    Dulcamara: Natale de Carolis, and others
    Conductor: Marco Boemi
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
    Stage Director: Lorenzo Mariani

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  • 1998

    Verdi: Nabucco

    Nabucco: Renato Bruson
    Ismaele: Fabio Armiliato
    Zaccaria: Ferruccio Furlanetto
    Abigaille: Maria Guleghina
    Fenena: Elena Zaremba
    Conductor: Daniel Oren
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
    Stage Director: Omri Nitzan

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  • 1997

    Puccini: Tosca

    Tosca: Maria Guleghina
    Mario Cavaradossi: Vincenzo La Scola
    Baron Scarpia: Renato Bruson, and others
    Conductor: Daniel Oren
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
    Visual Director: Erich Wonder

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  • 1996

    Rossini: Otello

    Otello: James Wagner
    Desdemona: Daniela Longhi
    Elmiro: Andrea Silvestrelli
    Rodrigo: Patrizio Saudelli
    Iago: Enrico Facini
    Emilia: Gisella Pasino
    Doge: Gianluca Floris
    Conductor & Director: Gustav Kuhn
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

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  • 1996

    Verdi: Falstaff

    Sir John Falstaff: Renato Bruson
    Ford: Alberto Rinaldi
    Fenton: Maurizio Comencini
    Dr. Cajus: Enrico Facini
    Bardolfo: Andrea Silvestrelli
    Mrs. Alice Ford: Francesca Gavarini
    Nannetta: Akie Amou
    Mrs. Quickly: Mariana Pentcheva
    Meg Page: Gisella Pasino
    Conductor & Director: Gustav Kuhn
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

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  • 1995

    Verdi: Rigoletto

    Rigoletto: Renato Bruson
    Gilda: Rossella Ragatzun
    Sparafucile: Donato di Stefanon
    Maddalena: Mariana Pentcheva, and othersn
    Conductor & Director: Gustav Kuhnn
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

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  • 1994

    Verdi: La Traviata

    Violetta Valéry: Daniela Dessì
    Alfredo Germont: Giuseppe Sabbatini
    Giorgio Germont: Renato Bruson, and others
    Conductor / Stage Director: Gustav Kuhn
    Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

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  • 1993

    Puccini: La Bohème

    Mimì: Daniela Dessì
    Rodolfo: Giuseppe Sabbatini
    Musetta: Paola Antonucci, and others
    Conductor / Stage Direction: Gustav Kuhn
    Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

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