Opera for Children
子どものためのオペラ

Opera for Children
Ravel: "L'enfant et les sortilèges"

This program is intended for educational purposes only. No entry to general public.

Date Sep. 7 (Wed) 11:00/15:00
Sep. 8 (Thu) 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 of Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project, performed in spring of 2015 at different locations in Japan. In 2016, 5,263 students from 67 secondary schools in the prefecture chosen by lottery will join the performance.

Ravel: L’enfant et les sortileges
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: Hidekazu Machi
Teapot/Little Old Man/Frog: Shingo Takabatake
Louis XV Chair/ Bat: Eriko Kuribayashi
Shepherdess: Rena Fujii

Conductor: Eric Melear
Director: David Kneuss
Set & Costume Design: Sarah G. Conly
Lightning Design: Tatsuo Takasawa

Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra
Chorus: OMF Chorus, OMF Children’s Chorus
Chorus Master: Kyosuke Matsushita
Children's Chorus Master: Reiko Sahara

Co-presenter: Matsumoto City Art Foundation

* General admission performance: OMF Opera

Conductor, Director

Eric Melear
Eric Melear
David Kneuss
David Kneuss

Artists

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