Opera for Children
子どものためのオペラ

Opera for Children
Ravel: “L’enfant et les sortilèges”

Date Sep. 3 (Thu) 11:00/15:00
Sep. 4 (Fri) 11:00/15:00
Place Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre Main Hall

Opera performances intended for first year secondary school students of Nagano Prefecture. This year we will present Ravel: “L’enfant et les sortilèges”, a very well-received opera production directed by David Kneuss as a part of Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project XIII, performed this year in spring at different locations in Japan.
In 2015, 5,500 students from 71 secondary schools in the prefecture chosen by a lottery will join the performance.

* This program is intended for educational purposes only. No entry to general public.
General admission performance: OMF Family Opera

Child: Momoko Kanazawa
Armchair/ Tree: Toshiaki Komada
Mother/ Chinese Cup/Dragonfly: Mariko Ohga
Fire/ Princess/Nightingale: Yuko Sato
Cat/ Squirrel: Taeko Shimizu
Grandfather Clock/ Tomcat: Kei Kondo
Teapot/Little Old Man/ Frog: Shingo Takabatake
Louis XV Chair/ Bat: Eriko Kuribayashi
Shepherdess/ Owl: Rena Fujii

OMF Chorus, OMF Children's Chorus

Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra
Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann
Director: David Kneuss
Set & Costume Design: Sarah G. Conly
Lighting Design: Tatsuo Takasawa

Conductor/Director

Nathalie Stutzmann
Nathalie Stutzmann
© Simon Fowler
David Kneuss
David Kneuss

Artists

Momoko Kanazawa
Momoko Kanazawa
Toshiaki Komada
Toshiaki Komada
Mariko Oga
Mariko Oga
Yuko Sato
Yuko Sato
Taeko Shimizu
Taeko Shimizu
Hidekazu Machi
Hidekazu Machi
Shingo Takabatake
Shingo Takabatake
© Yuhei Tsuchida
Eriko Kuribayashi
Eriko Kuribayashi
Rena Fujii
Rena Fujii
© Shigeto Imura