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Opera "The Tale of the Heike - Taira no Kiyomori Unofficial

2025/11/01(sa.) 18:00 Starting

Hyogo Performing Arts Center KOBELCO Main HallHyogo

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This performance will feature the new opera "The Tale of the Heike - Taira no Kiyomori" composed by Kenji Sakai. The highlight of the performance will be the dramatic story woven by the precise orchestration of the Kyoto Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble Special Symphony Orchestra and the splendid cast, including Kiyomori Taira, played by Takeshi Iwata. Under the direction of Yuki Kakiuchi, experience the glory and tragedy of the Heike clan in a magnificent musical space.

Program

  • New Opera "The Tale of the Heike: Taira no Kiyomori

    Kenji Sakai

Performer

  • Yuki Kakiuchi

    Conductor

  • Kenshi Iwata

    Kiyomori (shogun)

  • Kazuma Kudo

    balance

  • Kenichiro Himi

    Later Hakuga Hosho (Japanese deity said to be descended from the grandson of Amaterasu Oomikami)

  • Kawagoe Miharu

    woman peddler in Kyoto from Ohara (typically with a bundle of sticks, etc.)

  • Kaori Ikeda

    traditional Japanese treadle-operated tall loom

  • Lea Lin

    former child

  • Hironori Takahashi

    Minamoto no Yoritomo

  • Yuki Yagi

    biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)

  • Kyoto Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble Special Symphony Orchestra

    orchestral music

  • Kyoto Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble Chorus

    chorus

  • Takarazuka Boys and Girls Choir

    children's chorus

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