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LIRICA ITALIANA
1956
- 1976
* 1956
Verdi / AIDA
9/29, 30 Tokyo Takarazuka Teater
10/23, 24 Takarazuka Grand Teater, Osaka (Hyogo)
Aida Antonietta Stella, Luciana Bertolli Amnelis Giulietta Simionato, Miliam Pirazzini Radames Umberto Borso, Salvatore Puma Amonasro GianGiacomo Guelfi Ramfis Carlo Cava King Antonio Cassinelli Messenger Mario Carlin Priestess Sumie Kawauchi Conductor Vittorio Gui, Nino Verchi There is a famous story concerning this production. Antonietta Stella apparently quarrelled with the conductor Vittorio Gui during a rehearsal, She returned to Italy after only one performance of Aida. Some people say she had a fight with a 'manager', perhaps Antonio Sojat (Alda Noni's husband) or his assistant.
Mozart / LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
10/3, 6, 13, 17 Sankei Hall, Tokyo
10/27 Takarazuka Grand Teater, Osaka (Hyogo)
Count Almaviva Antonio Cassinelli Countess Rosina Olietta Moscucci Figaro Giuseppe Taddei Susanna Alda Noni Cherubino Giulietta Simionato, Miliam Pirazzini Bartolo Carlo Cava Don Basilio Mario Carlin Don Curzio Glauco Scarlini Barbarina Kyoko Ito Conductor Vittorio Gui
Puccini / TOSCA
10/5, 7, 10, 12 Sankei Hall, Tokyo
Tosca Luciana Bertolli Cavaradossi Umberto Borso, Salvatore Puma Scarpia Gian Giacomo Guelfi, Giuseppe Taddei Angelotti Carlo Cava sacristan Antonio Boier Spoletta Glauco Scarlini Sciarrone Kunikazu Ouhashi Shepherd Boy Takako kurimoto Conductor Nino Verchi There is some mystery about why a performance of Tosca was cancelled in Osaka in 1956 and an extra performance of Falstaff was given. After Stella returned to Italy, Luciana Bertolli sang the remaining performances of Aida and all of those of Tosca. Bertolli sang Aida again in Osaka on the 23rd and the 24th. On the 26th, Bertolli was suddenly indisposed so the company decided to perform Falstaff again. That is the explanation.
Verdi / FALSTAFF
10/9, 11, 15 Sankei Hall, Tokyo
10/25,26 Takarazuka Grand Teater, Osaka (Hyogo)
Sir John Falstaff Giuseppe Taddei Ford Antonio Boier Mrs Alice Ford Olietta Moscucci Mrs Quickly Miliam Pirazzini Nannetta Alda Noni Mrs Meg Page Lina Corsi Fenton Juan Oncina Dr Cajus Glauco Scarlini Bardolfo Mario Carlin Pistola Antonio Cassinelli Conductor Vittorio Gui
Verdi / REQUIEM
10/19, 20 Hibiya-Kokaido, Tokyo
Conductor Vittorio Gui Soprano Olietta Moscucci Mezzo Soprano Miliam Pirazzini Tenor Juan Oncina Bass Carlo Cava
* 1959
Verdi / OTELLO
2/4, 7, 10, 13 Tokyo Takarazuka Teater
3/2 Osaka Festival Hall
Desdemona Gabriella Tucci Otello Mario Del Monaco Iago Tito Gobbi, Aldo Protti Emilia Anna Di Stasio Cassio Mariano Caruso Roderigo Gabriele De Julis Lodovico Plinio Clabassi Montano Takao Okamura Conductor Alberto Erede
Puccini / LA BOHEME
2/5, 9, 15, 22 Tokyo Takarazuka Teater
3/3 Osaka Festival Hall
Rodolfo Gianni Jaia, Ferruccio Tagliavini Mimi Angela Vercelli Musetta Alda Noni Marcello Scipio Colombo Schaunard Arturo La Porta Colline Plinio Clabassi Benoit, Alcindoro Giorgio Onesti Conductor Nino Verchi
Donizetti / L'ELISIR D'AMORE
2/8, 11, 14 Tokyo Takarazuka Teater
3/6 Osaka Festival Hall
Nemorino Ferruccio Tagliavini Adina Alda Noni Dulcamara Paolo Montarsolo Belcore Arturo La Porta Giannetta Santa Chissari Conductor Albert Erede
Verdi / LA TRAVIATA
2/17, 20, 23, 26 Tokyo Takarazuka Teater
3/7 Osaka Festival Hall
Violetta Gabriella Tucci Alfredo Germont Gianni Jaia Giorgio Germont Aldo Protti, Scipio Colombo Flora Anna Di Stasio Annina Santa Chissari Gastone Mariano Caruso Douphol Arturo La Porta D'Obigny Paolo Montarsolo Dr Grenvil Giorgio Onesti Conductor Albert Erede
G.Bizet / CARMEN
2/19, 21, 24, 27 Tokyo Takarazuka Teater
3/5 Osaka Festival Hall
Carmen Giulietta Simionato Don Jose Mario Del Monaco Micaela Gabriella Tucci, Lina Gigli, Angela Vercelli Escamillo Scipio Colombo, Aldo Protti Frasquita Santa Chissari Mercedes Anna Di Stasio Zuniga Paolo Montarsolo Dancairo Arturo La Porta Remendado Mariano Caruso Morales Gabriele De Julis Conductor Nino Verchi
* 1961
Giordano / ANDREA CHENIER
9/28, 10/1, 5 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
10/28 Osaka Festival Hall
Andrea Chenier Mario Del Monaco Maddalena Renata Tebaldi Carlo Gerard Gian Giacomo Guelfi, Aldo Protti Countess Coigny, Madelon Amalia Pini Bersi Anna Di Stasio Roucher, Dumas, Steward Silvano Pagliuca Incroyable Antonio Pirino Fleville, Mathieu Arturo La Porta Fouquier Tinville, Schmidt Giorgio Onesti Conductor Franco Capuana
Verdi / RIGOLETTO
9/30, 10/3, 7 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
10/29 Osaka Festival Hall
Rigoletto Aldo Protti, Attilio D'Orazi Gilda Gabriella Tucci Duke of Mantova Gianni Poggi Count Monterone Silvano Pagliuca Sparafucile Paolo Washington Maddalena Amalia PiniCAnna Di Stasio Giovanna Anna Di Stasio Marullo Arturo La Porta Borsa Athos Cesarini Count Ceprano Giorgio Onesti doorkeeper Hiroshi Sakamoto Page of Countess kazuko matsuuchi Conductor Arturo Basile, Giuseppe Morelli Stage Producer Carlo Picchinato
Puccini / TOSCA
10/11, 14, 22 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
10/30 Osaka Festival Hall
Tosca Renata Tebaldi Cavaradossi Gianni Poggi, Angelo Loforese Scarpia Aldo Protti, GianGiacomo Guelfi Angelotti Silvano Pagliuca Sacristan Giorgio Onesti Spoletta Antonio Pirino Sciarrone, Jailer Arturo La Porta Shepherd Boy Takako Kurimoto Conductor Arturo Basile
Verdi / AIDA
10/13, 16, 18 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
11/2 Osaka Festival Hall
Aida Gabriella Tucci Amnelis Giulietta Simionato Radames Mario Del Monaco, Angelo Loforese Amonasro Aldo Protti, Gian Giacomo Guelfi Ramfis Paolo Washington King Silvano Pagliuca Messenger Athos Cesarini Priestess Sumie Kawauchi Prima Ballerina Yaoko Kaitani Conductor Franco Capuana, Giuseppe Morelli
Mascagni / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Leoncavallo / I PAGLIACCI
10/21, 23, 25 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
10/30 Osaka Festival Hall
Santuzza Giulietta Simionato Turiddu Angelo Lo forese Alfio Attilio D'Orazi Lora Anna Di Stasio Mamma Lucia Amalia Pini Conductor Giuseppe Morelli
Canio Mario Del Monaco Nedda Gabriella Tucci Tonio Aldo Protti Silvio Attilio D'Orazi Peppe Antonio Pirino Conductor Giuseppe Morelli
* 1963
Verdi / IL TROVATORE
10/16, 21, 24, 27 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
11/15 Osaka Festival Hall
Count Luna Ettore Bastianini, Aldo Protti Leonora Antonietta Stella, Claudia Parada Azucena Giulietta Simionato, Lucia Danieli Manrico Gastone Rimarilli, Antonio Annaloro Ferrando Bruno Marangoni Inez Anna Di Stasio Ruiz Mario Guggia Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis
Puccini / MADAMA BUTTERFLY
10/18, 22, 25, 29, 11/3 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
11/19, 21 Osaka Festival Hall
Cio-Cio-San Mietta Sighele Pinkerton Angelo Mori Sharpless Attilio D'Orazi Suzuki Anna Di Stasio Goro Mario Guggia Bonzo Mario Rinaudo Kate Pinkerton Takako Kurimoto Yamadori Arturo La Porta Conductor Nino Verchi Stage Producer Yoshio Aoyama
Rossini / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
10/23, 28, 11/1, 6, 9 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
11/17, 20 Osaka Festival Hall
Figaro Aldo Protti Rosina Giulietta Simionato Almaviva Lorenzo Sabatucci Bartolo Arturo La Porta Don Basilio Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Berta Anna Di Stasio Fiorello Giorgio Onesti Conductor Nino Verchi
Puccini / LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST
11/2, 5, 8, 11 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
11/18 Osaka Festival Hall
Minie Antonietta Stella Dick Johnson Gastone Rimarilli, Antonio Annaloro Jack Rance Ansermo Colzani Nick Mario Guggia Ashby, Jake Wallace Bruno Marangoni Sonora Arturo La Porta Trin Antonio Saba Sid, Billy Jackrabbit, Jose Castro Giorgio Onesti Bello Marco Scotti Harry Augusto Pedroni Joe Antonio Pirino, Athos Cesarini Happy Paolo Mazzotta Larkens Mario Rinaudo Wowkle Anna Di Stasio Postman Takeshi Nakamura Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis
* 1967
Verdi / DON CARLO
9/2, 4, 6, 9 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Filippo II Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Don Carlo Sandor Konya Rodrigo Sesto Bruscantini Grand Inquisator Antonio Zerbini Un Frate Franco Pugliese Elisabetta Gwyneth Jones Eboli Biserka Cvejic Tebaldo Mirella Fiorentini Lerma Sergio Baldi reale Giuseppe Baratti Voice from Heaven Bianca Mauri Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis
Donizetti / LUCIA DI LAMERMOOR
9/3, 5, 11, 13 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Enrico Mario Zanasi, Renato Bruson Lucia Renata Scotto Edgardo Carlo Bergonzi, Veriano Luchetti Arturo Angelo Marchiandi, Giuseppe Barratti Raimondo Plinio Clabassi Alisa Mirella Fiorentini Normanno Giuseppe Baratti Conductor Bruno Bartoletti
Verdi / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
9/10, 12, 18, 20 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Riccardo Carlo Bergonzi Renato Mario Zanasi Amelia Antonietta Stella Urlica Lucia Danieli Oscar Margherita Gulielmi Silvano Mario Frasca Samuel Plinio Clabassi Tom Antonio Zerbini Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis
Puccini / LA BOHEME
9/15, 17, 21, 23 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Rodolfo Ruggero Bondino Marcello Sesto Bruscantini, Renato Bruson Schaunard Guido Mazzini Colline Plinio Clabassi Benoit Sergio Baldi Alcindoro Elvio Varzi Mimi Mietta Sighele Musetta Margherita Gulielmi Parpignol Giuseppe Baratti Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis
* 1971
Bellini / NORMA
9/1, 4, 6, 9 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Pollione Gianfranco Cecchele Oroveso Ivo Vinco Norma Elena Souliotis (Carla Ferrario) Adalgisa Fiorenza Cossotto Clotilde Anna Di Stasio Flavio Franco Castellana Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis
Puccini / TURANDOT
9/3, 8, 14, 17, 23 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Turandot Marion Lippert Timur Plinio Clabassi Calaf Flaviano Labo Liu Lidia Marimpietri Ping Guido Mazzini Pang Augusto Pedroni Pong Franco Castellana Altoum Takeshi Nakamura Mandarin Koichi Tajima Conductor Lovro von Matacic
Oliviero De Fabritiis (23)Stage Producer Giuseppe De Tomasi
Verdi / RIGOLETTO
9/7, 12, 15, 20, 22 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Duke of Mantova Luciano Pavarotti Rigoletto Peter Glossop, Walter Monachesi Gilda Louise Russel Sparafucile Ruggero Raimondi, Ivo Vinco Maddalena, Giovanna Anna Di Stasio Count Monterone Plinio Clabassi Marullo Guido Mazzini Borsa Augusto Pedroni Count Ceprano Koichi Tajima Countess Ceprano Marisa Zotti doorkeeper Thunesuke Shimada Conductor Lovro von Matacic
Donizetti / LA FAVORITA
9/13, 16, 19, 21 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Alfonso XI Sesto Bruscantini Leonora Fiorenza Cossotto Fernando Alfredo Kraus Baldassarre Ruggero Raimondi Don Gasparo Augusto Pedroni Ines Marisa Zotti Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis
* 1973
Verdi / AIDA
9/8, 11, 16, 18 NHK Hall, TOKYO
King Franco Pugliese Amnelis Fiorenza Cossotto Aida Orianna Santunione Radames Carlo Bergonzi, Flaviano Labo Ramfis Ivo Vinco Amonasro Gianpiero Mastromei Messenger Fernando Jacopucci Priestess Anna Di Stasio Prima Ballerina Yoko Morishita Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis
Gounod / FAUST
9/9, 12, 15 NHK Hall, TOKYO
Faust Alfredo Kraus Mefistofeles Nicolai Ghiaurov Valentin Lorenzo Saccomani Wagner Guido Mazzini, Paolo Mazzotta Marguerite Renata Scotto Siebel Milena Dalpiva Marthe Anna Di Stasio Conductor Paul Ethuin Stage Producer Antonello Madau Diaz
Verdi / LA TRAVIATA
9/19, 23, 27 NHK Hall, TOKYO
Violetta Renata Scotto Flora Anna Di Stasio Annina Anna Pedroni ? Alfredo Germont Jose Carreras Giorgio Germont Sesto Bruscantini Gastone Fernando Jacopucci Douphol Guido Mazzini D'Obigny Franco Lombardi Dr Grenvil Carlo Meliciani Conductor Nino Verchi
Puccini / TOSCA
9/24, 26, 29 NHK Hall, TOKYO
Tosca Raina Kabaivanska Cavaradossi Flaviano Labo Scarpia Gianpiero Mastromei Angelotti Carlo Mericiani Sacristan Guido Mazzini Spoletta Fernando Jacopucci Sciarrone Franco Lombardi Shepherd Boy Toshiko Tsunemori Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis
* 1976
Mascagni / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Leoncavallo / I PAGLIACCI
9/2, 5, 7, 9 NHK Hall, TOKYO
Santuzza Fiorenza Cossotto Lora Gabriella Novielli Turiddu Placido Domingo (2.5), Giorgio Merighi (7.9) Alfio Attilio D'Orazi Mamma Lucia Nella Verri Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis Stage Producer Antonello Madau Diaz
Nedda Elena Nunziata Canio Placido Domingo Tonio Benito Di Bella Peppe Piero De Palma Silvio Lorenzo Saccomani Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis Stage Producer Antonello Madau Diaz
Cilea / ADRIANA LECOUVREUR
9/20, 22, 25, 28 NHK Hall, TOKYO
Adriana Lecouvreur Monserrat Caballe (Gabriella Novielli) Princess Bouillon Fiorenza Cossotto Maurizio Jose Carreras Prince Bouillon Ivo Vinco Abbe' of hazeuil Piero De Palma Michonnet Attilio D'Orazi Jouvenot Scilly Fortunato Dangeville Nella Verri Quinault Paolo Mazzotta Poisson Pietro Di Vietri Conductor Gianfranco Masini Stage Producer Giuseppe De Tomasi
Verdi / SIMON BOCCANEGRA
9/23, 26, 29, 10/2 TOKYO
Simon Boccanegra Piero Cappuccilli Maria (Amelia) Katia Ricciarelli Jacopo Fiesco Nicolai Ghiaurov Gabriele Adorno Giorgio Merighi Paolo Albiani Lorenzo Saccomani Pietro Paolo Mazzotta Captain Pietro Di Vietri Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis
Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra
The operas whose StageProducer is not mentioned were all produced by Bruno Nofri