“THE TALE OF THE HEIKE ─TAIRA NO KIYOMORI─” Opera in 2 Acts （2025）

Instrumentation

2(II=picc).2(II=ca).2(II=Ebcl).2-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(3)-hp-celesta-Satsuma Biwa, Shinobue, Kozutsumi, Ozutsumi, Shime Daiko-strings

Duration

130’00”

Category

Opera and Others

Commissioned by

Sonic City

Premiere

4, 5 Otcober, Sonic City(Saitama), Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, cond. by Tatsuya Shimono, Hibiki Ikenouchi(bar), Miharu Kawakoshi(sop), Kaori Ikeda (msop), Mae Hayashi(msop), Toshiyuki Muramatsu(c-ten), Yusuke Kobori(ten), Kazuma Kudo(ten), Yoshiaki Shindo(ten), Kosuke Takahashi(bar), oshiaki Kimura(b.bar), Yusei Yagi(Biwa hōshi/storyteller), Nihon Opera Kyokai / Suginami Children Chorus(chor)