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
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
2016
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
2010
* 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
2009
* 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
2008
* 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
2006
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
2006
* 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
2005
* 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
2004
* 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
2002
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
2001
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
2000
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
1999
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
1998
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
1997
Tosca: Maria Guleghina
Mario Cavaradossi: Vincenzo La Scola
Baron Scarpia: Renato Bruson, and others
Conductor: Daniel Oren
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Visual Director: Erich Wonder
1996
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
1996
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
1995
Rigoletto: Renato Bruson
Gilda: Rossella Ragatzun
Sparafucile: Donato di Stefanon
Maddalena: Mariana Pentcheva, and othersn
Conductor & Director: Gustav Kuhnn
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
1994
Violetta Valéry: Daniela Dessì
Alfredo Germont: Giuseppe Sabbatini
Giorgio Germont: Renato Bruson, and others
Conductor / Stage Director: Gustav Kuhn
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
1993
Mimì: Daniela Dessì
Rodolfo: Giuseppe Sabbatini
Musetta: Paola Antonucci, and others
Conductor / Stage Direction: Gustav Kuhn
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra