Japan Opera Promotion Society Unveils 2025/26 Season Lineup

The Japan Opera Foundation, Fujiwara Opera Company and Japan Opera Association have released the 2025/26 Season Lineup.

2025/26 Season Lineup

2025/26 Season Lineup List

Fujiwara Opera Company Performances

Romeo and Juliet" by C. Gounod

Opera in 5 acts / Semi-staged

New Production

April 26 (Sat.) and 27 (Sun.), 2025 at Teatro Giglio Showa

Fujiwara Opera Company Performance (Co-sponsored by New National Theatre, Tokyo Nikikai)

La Traviata" by G. Verdi

Opera in 3 acts

September 5 (Fri.), 6 (Sat.), 7 (Sun.), 2025 New National Theatre, Opera Palace

Fujiwara Opera Company

Vigli the Fairy" by G. Puccini

Opera in 2 acts

Cavalleria Rusticana" by P. Mascagni

Opera in 1 act

New Production

Saturday, January 31 and Sunday, February 1, 2026 at Ueno, Tokyo

　　　Feb. 7 (Sat) Aichi Prefectural Arts Center, Main Hall

Japan Opera Association Performance Japan Opera Series No.88

Original story and libretto by Michiko Oishi / Composed by Toshiyuki Watanabe

The Miraculous Prima Donna: In Search of the Voice of Tamaki Miura, Opera Singer

Opera in two acts

New work, world premiere

March 7 (Sat.) and 8 (Sun.), 2026 Shinjuku Bunka Center Main Hall

Fujiwara Opera Company

Composed by C. Gounod

Romeo and Juliet" Opera in 5 acts / Semi-staged

ROMEO ET JULIETTE

New Production

April 26 (Sat.) & 27 (Sun.), 2025 Teatro Giglio Showa

[Conductor]Ryuichiro SONODA

[Stage Director]Shigetaka MATSUMOTO

＜April 26

[Romeo]Tetsutaro SHIMIZU

[Juliette]Akie MITSUOKA

[Mercutio]Soshiro IDE

[Tybalt]Yasushi WATANABE

[Friar Laurent]Takayuki ITO

[Stephano]Mana YAMAKAWA

[Capulet]Shinji SAKAMOTO

[Gertrude]Mikiko TAKAHASHI

[Paris]Hajime AIZAWA

[Gregorio]Daisuke WAGETA

[Le Duc de Verone]Sadahiko HIGASHIHARA

＜April 27th

[Romeo]Yasuhiro YAMAMOTO

[Juliette]Nanami YONEDA

[Mercutio]Yuichiro ICHIKAWA

[Tybalt]Shoyo KUDO

[Friar Laurent]Masumi KUBOTA

[Stephano]ISHIDA Koh / [Stephano]Kirara ISHIDA

[Capulet]Hikaru ONODERA

[Gertrude]Chizuru YAMAMOTO

[Paris]Hajime AIZAWA

[Gregorio]Yodai IWAMI

[Le Duc de Verone]Sadahiko HIGASHIHARA

[Chorus]Fujiwara Opera Chorus Group

[Orchestra del Teatro Giglio Showa Orchestra

　　　　Orchestra del Teatro Giglio Showa

Staff

[Scenery Designer]Sumiko MASUDA

[Costume Designer]Naoko MAEOKA

[Lighting Designer]Kazuhiro NARUSE

[Stage Manager]Takahiro SUGAHARA

[Assistant Stage Director]Yuko TEZUKA

[Organizer] Japan Opera Foundation

Fujiwara Opera Company Performance (Co-sponsored by New National Theatre, Tokyo Nikikai)

La Traviata" Opera in three acts by G. Verdi

LA TRAVIATA

September 5 (Fri.), 6 (Sat.), 7 (Sun.), 2025 New National Theatre, Opera Palace

[Conductor]Kanako ABE

[Stage Director]Jun AGUNI

＜September 5

[Violetta Valery]Miho SAKODA

[Alfredo]Hiroaki FUEDA / [Alfredo Germont]Hiroaki FUEDA

[Germont]Tadamichi ORIE / [Giorgio Germont]Tadamichi ORIE

[Flora Bervoix]Makiko FURUSAWA

[Gastone]Toshinari HORIKOSHI

[Douphol]Arturo ESPINOSA / [Barone Douphol]Arturo ESPINOSA

[Marchese d'Obigny]Shinji SAKAMOTO

[Dottor Grenville]Yuichi TOYOSHIMA

[Annina]Wakana ISHII

[Giuseppe]Sho HAMADA / [Giuseppe]Sho HAMADA

[Messenger]Minoru EBARA / [Commissionario]Minoru EBARA

[Hajime OKAYAMA / [Domestico]Hajime OKAYAMA

＜September 6

[Violetta]Erika TANAKA / [Violetta Valery]Erika TANAKA

[Alfredo]Riku MATSUBARA / [Alfredo Germont]Riku MATSUBARA

[Giorgio Germont]Hiroshi OSHIKAWA

[Flora]Saika KITAZONO / [Flora Bervoix]Saika KITAZONO

[Gastone]Shoyo KUDO

[Barone Douphol]Shinichiro RYU

[Marchese d'Obigny]Yuta OTSUKA

[Dottor Grenvil]Hajime AIZAWA

[Annina]Shiika HAGIWARA

[Giuseppe]Yuichi HARA

[Commissionario]Minoru EBARA

[Hajime OKAYAMA [Domestico]Hajime OKAYAMA

＜September 7

[Violetta Valery]Misaki MORINO

[Alfredo]Hiroaki FUEDA / [Alfredo Germont]Hiroaki FUEDA

[Germont]Tadamichi ORIE / [Giorgio Germont]Tadamichi ORIE

[Flora Bervoix]Makiko FURUSAWA

[Gastone]Toshinari HORIKOSHI

[Douphol]Arturo ESPINOSA / [Barone Douphol]Arturo ESPINOSA

[Marchese d'Obigny]Shinji SAKAMOTO

[Dottor Grenville]Yuichi TOYOSHIMA

[Annina]Wakana ISHII

[Giuseppe]Sho HAMADA / [Giuseppe]Sho HAMADA

[Messenger]Minoru EBARA / [Commissionario]Minoru EBARA

[Hajime OKAYAMA [Domestico]Hajime OKAYAMA

[Fujiwara Opera Chorus Group

　　　New National Theatre Chorus

　　　Nikikai Chorus Group

[Orchestra]Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Staff

[Art Director & Costume Designer]Alessandro Ciammarugi

[Scenery Designer & Costume Designer]Alessandro CIAMMARUGHI

[Lighting Designer]Harumi HARANAKA

[Stage Manager]Takahiro SUGAHARA

[Choreographer]Noriko ITO

[Organizer]Japan Opera Foundation

[Co-sponsor]New National Theatre Foundation / Tokyo Nikikikai

Fujiwara Opera Company

Opera in two acts by G. Puccini "The Fairy Vigli

LE VILLI

P. Mascagni "Cavalleria Rusticana" opera in 1 act

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA

New Production

Saturday, January 31 and Sunday, February 1, 2026 at Ueno, Tokyo

　　　Feb. 7 (Sat) Aichi Prefectural Arts Center, Main Hall

[Conductor]Maiku SHIBATA

[Stage Director]Tatsuji IWATA

VILLI THE FAIRY

＜January 31

[Anna]Ryoko SUNAKAWA

[Roberto]Kazuaki SAWASAKI

[Guglielmo Wulf]Akihiro OKA

＜February 1

[Anna]Miho SAKODA

[Roberto]Naoki TOKORODANI

[Guglielmo Wulf]Ryoichi SHIMIZU

＜February 7

[Anna]Hare ITO

[Roberto]Kazuaki SAWASAKI

[Guglielmo Wulf]Akihiro OKA

Cavalleria Rusticana

＜January 31 & February 7

[Santuzza]Mayuko SAKURAI

[Turiddu]Hiroaki FUEDA

[Lucia]Mayumi MAKINO

[Alfio]Soshiro IDE / [Alfio]Soshiro IDE

[Lola]Yuriko TANGO

＜February 1

[Santuzza]Atsuko KOBAYASHI

[Turiddu]Takuya FUJITA

[Lucia]Tomoko MAIYA

[Alfio]Kenji MORIGUCHI

[Lola]Mikiko TAKAHASHI

[Chorus]Fujiwara Opera Chorus Group

[Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (Tokyo)／Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra (Aichi)

　　　　Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra (AICHI)

　　　　Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (TOKYO)／ Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra (AICHI)

　　　　Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra (AICHI)

Staff

[Scenery Designer]Hiroko MATSUO

[Costume Designer]Daisuke SHIMOTOMAI

[Lighting Designer]Masao OSHIMA

[Stage Manager]Takahiro SUGAHARA

[Assistant Stage Director]Kenji KITA

[Organized by] Japan Opera Foundation

　　　Aichi Arts Theatre (Aichi Prefecture Cultural Promotion Organization) *Aichi performance only

Japan Opera Series No.88

Original story and libretto by Michiko Oishi / Composed by Toshiyuki Watanabe

The Miraculous Prima Donna: In Search of the Voice of Tamaki Miura, Opera Singer

Opera in two acts

New work, world premiere

March 7 (Sat.) and 8 (Sun.), 2026 Shinjuku Bunka Center Main Hall

[Conductor]Yuko TANAKA

[Stage Director]Tatsuji IWATA

＜March 7

[MIURA Tamaki]Mieko SATO

＜March 8

[MIURA Tamaki]Kazuko SAGARA

etc.

[Chorus] Nihon Opera Kyokai Chorus Group

[Orchestra]Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra

[Organizer]Japan Opera Foundation