Oct 2022 - Jul 2023

New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT)’s upcoming line-ups of operas, dance and ballet productions, as well as drama productions

New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT)’s Artistic Directors of Opera ONO Kazushi, Ballet & Dance YOSHIDA Miyako, and Drama OGAWA Eriko announced the theatre’s 2022/2023 season which opens on 2 October 2022. This season celebrates its 25th Anniversary. Here are the upcoming line-ups of operas, dance and ballet productions, as well as drama productions.  

NNTT’s 22/23 Season

10 Opera Productions including 3 New Productions

  • October 2022: Handel’s Giulio Cesare <New Production by Laurent PELLY 
  • November 2022: Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov <25th Anniversary New Production by Mariusz TRELIŃSKI> 
  • December 2022: Mozart’s Don Giovanni production by Grischa ASAGAROFF 
  • January 2023: Wagner’s Tannhäuser production by Hans-Peter LEHMANN 
  • February 2023: Verdi‘s Falstaff production by Jonathan MILLER 
  • March 2023: Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann production by Philippe ARLAUD 
  • April 2023: Verdi‘s Aida  <25th Anniversary Production by Franco ZEFFIRELLI> 
  • May 2023: Verdi‘s Rigoletto <New Production by Emilio SAGI> 
  • May 2023: Strauss’s Salome production by August EVERDING 
  • June 2023: Puccini’s La Bohème <25th Anniversary Production by AGUNI Jun> 

For further details about each opera production, please visit:  
https://www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english/news/opera/2223-season-opera.html 
https://www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english/2022-23season/ 

Six Ballets & Three Dance Productions 

For further details about each ballet & dance production, please visit: 
https://www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english/news/ballet-dance/2223-season-balletdance.html 
https://www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english/2022-23season/ 

Seven Drama Productions 

  • September 2022: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WILLIAMS
    • Directed by Ivo van HOVE, performed by Odeon-Theatre de L’Europe
  • October 2022: Leopoldstadt by Sir Tom STOPPARD <25th Anniversary Production> 
    • Translated by HIROTA Atsuro                                  
    • Directed by OGAWA Eriko  
  • November 2022: My Month a New Play by SUGAI Ei <Bridge to the Future Series>          
    • Directed by INABA Kae, developed through the Royal Court Playwrights’ Workshop 
  • December 2022: Beaching at Dawn a New Play by YOKOYAMA Takuya <Bridge to the Future Series> 
    • Directed by OSAWA Yu 
  • April 2023: Angels in America by Tony KUSHNER 
    • Translated by ODASHIMA Soshi 
    • Part 1 Millennium Approaches / Part 2 Perestroika – Directed by KAMIMURA Satoshi 
  • June 2023: A New Play by YAMADA Kana <Bridge to the Future Series> 
    • Directed by MANABE Takashi 
  • July 2023: A New Play by NAGATSUKA Keishi 
    • Directed by NAGATSUKA Keishi 

For further details about each drama production, please visit:
https://www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english/news/drama/2223-season-drama.html