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Opera by Kumiko Tanaka
Libretto by Keizo Yamamoto, based on an idea by Keizo Yamamoto and Kenji Wakai
Staging by Shinji Tawa
Lighting by Kenji Yūnoki
Subtitles by Mayumi Oyama
Conductor Shungo Moriyama
Aoi - Rika Kunikata
Yoichi - Kenji Wakai
Nii - Rika Watanabe
Yoshitsune - Shōwa Maeda
Kenremonin - Megumi Kumano
Noritsune - Shinji Namikawa
Shino - Kazumi Murakawa
Yoshiko - Chiemi Nishimura
Stara Zagora State Opera Orchestra
Shikoku Nikikai Chorus
Stara Zagora State Opera Chorus
Joint production of Shikoku Nikikai and Stara Zagora State Opera
Taira's White Army Loses. Can one bold idea bring back the fighting spirit - on a small boat, the silhouette of a woman, Aoi, holds a scarlet fan, challenging Minamoto's Red Army one last time. The excellent archer Yoichi takes on this almost impossible mission. The women of the Taira clan face imminent doom. A life and death struggle for Minamoto's leader, Yoshitsune, and his warrior, Yoichi. The fateful arrow flies...
Running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes with one intermission
Performed in Japanese with English subtitles
Premiere: 6.10.2018
