HISTORY
Belcanto Opera Festival in JAPAN 2020
Belcanto Concert
Performed by Students of “Opera Studio” with Carmen Santoro
Date/Time: Dec.1,2020 (Tue) at 18:00
Venue: Yuri Hall (Showa University of Music South Campus 5F)
Soprano: Yuko Kida, Masami Tsukamoto, Misako Beppu, Yuki Mizuno
Mezzo-Soprano: Akane Utsugi, Ayano Yoshinari
Tenor: Shoyo Kudo, Shingo Takabatake
Baritone: Kosuke Takahashi
Bass: Kazuma Goto
Piano: Tomiko Akiike, Momo Komatsu, Ryoko Motohashi, Nozomi Yokoyama
Symposium “Rossini, Mastro di Canto e di Belcanto”
Date/Time: Dec.3,2019 (Thu) at 18:00
Venue: Classroom C511 (Showa University of Music South Campus 5F)
Speaker: Carmen Santoro, Giancarlo Landini, Daniela Barcellona, Tsuneo Obata,Tadamichi Orie
Interpreter: Mika Inouchi

Belcantissimo!
Young singaers who will lead the future Fujiwara Opera &Selected members of Opera studio
Date/Time: Dec.4,2020 (Fri) at 14:00
Venue: Teatro del Giglio Showa
Soprano: Mai Kusuno, Misako Beppu, Nao Yokomae
Mezzo-Soprano: Makiko Furusawa, Rei Matsuura
Tenor: Yasuto Arimoto, Shingo Takabatake
Baritone: Akihiro Oka
Bass: Kazuma Goto
Piano: Naoko Asano, Risa Takashima, Naoki Hayashi
Baroque Concert
Date/Time: Dec.5,2020 (Sat) at 14:00
Venue: Teatro del Giglio Showa
Soprano: Akie Mitsuoka
Mezzo-Soprano: Yumiko Kono
Countertenor: Sumihito Uesugi
Musical Performance: Ensemble Partenope
BOF2020 Special Consert “Petite messe solennelle” by Gioachino Rossini
Date/Time: Dec.6,2020 (Sun) at 15:00
Venue: Teatro del Giglio Showa
Conductor: Ryuichiro Sonoda
Soprano: Miho Sakoda
Alto: Rei Matsuura
Tenor: Kazuaki Sawasaki
Bass: Hikaru Onodera
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Giglio Showa

Belcanto Opera Festival in JAPAN 2019
Belcanto Concert
Performed by Students of “Opera Studio”with Carmen Santoro
Date/Time: Nov.11,2019 (Mon) at 18:00
Venue: Yuri Hall (Showa University of Music South Campus 5F)
Soprano: Yukie Ishioka, Mai Kusuno, Hiromi Kurusaki, Anna Tomimatsu
Mezzo-Soprano: Saori Sugiyama
Tenor: Yuichiroo Sasaki
Baritone: Hikaru Onodera
Piano: Momo Komatsu, Saori Takase, Aya Yoshida
Symposium “Baroque Opera & Neapolitan School”
Date/Time: Nov.14,2019 (Thu) at 18:00
Venue: Yuri Hall (Showa University of Music North Campus 5F)
Speaker: Carmen Santoro, Antonio Greco, Giancarlo Landini, Eva Pleus, Raffaele Pe, Tadamichi Orie
Interpreter: Mika Inouchi

Baroque Opera “Il Trionfo Dell’onore” by A.Scarlatti
(3 Acts in Original Language/New Production)
Date/Time: Nov.15,2019 (Fri) at 14:00 & Nov.17,2019 (Sun) at 14:00
Venue: Teatro del Giglio Showa
Conductor: Antonio Greco
Stage Director: Giacomo Ferraù & Libero Stelluti
Riccardo Albenori: Miho Sakoda
Leonora Dorini: Tomoko Maiya
Erminio: Raffaele Pe
Doralice Rossetti: Hare Ito
Flaminio Castravacca: Yusuke Kobori
Cornelia Buffacci: Masayuki Yamauchi
Rosina Caruccia: Yuka Tajima
Capitano Rodimarte Bombarda: Patrizio La Placa
Orchestra: The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Concert Master: Gian Andrea Guerra

Baroque Concert
Date/Time: Nov.16,2019 (Sat) at 14:00
Venue: Teatro del Giglio Showa
Conductor/Cembalo: Antonio Greco
Soprano: Akie Mitsuoka
Counter Tenor: Daichi Fujiki
Musical Performance: BOF Baroque Ensemble

1st “Belcanto Opera Festival in JAPAN”
Precious Songs of S.Mercadante
Date/Time: Mar.18,2019 (Mon) at 14:00
Venue: La Sala Scala (Showa University of Music North Campus 5F)
Performer: Students of “Master Class” by Carmen Santoro
Soprano: Miho Kato, Yuko Kida, Hiromi Kurusaki, Kazuko Sagara, Miki Nakayama, Hiroko Baba, Kiyomi Yamabe
Mezzo-Soprano: Mikiko Takahashi, Yuka Maruo
Baritone: Yincong Cheng
Piano: Kohei Amaru, Ryoko Motohashi
Belcanto Concert
With selected participants in the Carmen Santoro’s Master Classes
Date/Time: Mar.22,2019 (Fri) at 18:30
Venue: Yuri Hall (Showa University of Music South Campus 5F)
Soprano: Yuko Kida, Hiromi Kurusaki, Kazuko Sagara, Hiroko Baba
Mezzo-Soprano: Mikiko Takahashi, Yuka Maruo
Tenor: Yasushi Watanabe (Extra)
Baritone: Yincong Cheng
Piano: Kohei Amaru, Ryoko Motohashi
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Soprano: Akie Mitsuoka, Leonor Bonilla
Mezzo-Soprano: Anna Pennisi
Tenor: Alessandro Luciano, Naoko Asano
Piano: Naoko Asano, Carmen Santoro
Belcanto Symposium
Date/Time: Mar.26,2019 (Tue) at 18:00
Venue: Classroom C511 (Showa University of Music South Campus 5F)
Speaker: Alberto Triola, Giancarlo Landini, Carmen Santoro, Tadamichi Orie
Interpreter: Mika Inouchi, Yuriko Inouchi
Opera “Francesca da Rimini” by S.Mercadante (Japan premiere)
(2 Acts in Original Language/Semi Stage Style)
Date/Time: Mar.27,2019 (Wed) at 14:00
Venue: Teatro del Giglio Showa
Conductor: Sesto Quatrini
Stage Director: Fabio Ceresa
Francesca: Leonor Bonilla
Paolo: Anna Pennisi
Lanciotto: Alessandro Luciano
Guido: Hikaru Onodera
Isaura: Mai Kusuno
Guelfo: Yasuto Arimoto
Chorus: Fujiwara Opera Chorus Group
Dance: Koji Igarashi, Sayaka Iwase, Mitsuyo Iwase, Yuki Nakayama, Miyu Negishi, Chie Hirose
Orchestra: The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra


