Kyoto Opera Festival
The Kyōto Opera Festival ( Japanese '響 の 都' オ ペ ラ の 祭典 Kyō no Miyako - Opera no strings , dt. "Opera Festival Capital of Sound", English deviating "Kyoto Opera Festival") is an opera festival in Kyoto that has been organized in cooperation with Italy since 2013 , Japan .
overview
In a press conference on October 21, 2013, Daisaku Kadokawa , Mayor of the city of Kyoto, and Francesco Ernani , director of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna , announced their intention to hold an opera festival together. Just two days later, on October 23, two works were performed under the direction of Yoshida Hirofumi in the Kiyomizu-dera with chairs , one each from the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and one from the “Friends of Japanese Arts” ( 日本 芸 術 振興 協会 Nihon Geijutsu Shinkō Kyōkai ).
The different English and Japanese names of the event go back to a play on words with the unison of the first syllable "Kyō" of the venue Kyōto with the Onyomi reading of the word Hibiku or Hibiki ( 響 , echo, sound). In addition, the second character of Kyōto ( 京都 ) means "capital" (part of the Japanese name in the Kunyomi reading: miyako ).
Were played:
- Ongaku no sensei ( 音 楽 の 先生 ) and
- Don Quixote
- Production by Gabriele Marchesini
- Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna under the direction of Hirofumi Yoshida
- Singers: Antonella Colaianni (mezzo-soprano), Aldo Caputo (tenor)
The second performance took place again on September 19 and 21 in Kiyomizu-dera and in Nijō Castle. Was played Puccini's Madama Butterfly .
Web links
- '響 の 都' オ ペ ラ の 祭典 . Kyoto Opera Festival, December 2013,accessed December 23, 2014(English, Japanese).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 世界 遺産 ・ 国宝 清水寺 本 堂 〔清水 の 舞台〕〕 初 の オ ペ ラ 公演 . (PDF) Kiyomizu-dera, accessed December 23, 2014 (Japanese).