FULL Shakespeare to You Shakespeare’s Works as Operas Sapporo 2004

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Shakespeare to You Shakespeare's Works as Operas   
• Composer: various  
• Libretto: various  
• Venue & Opera Company: Sapporo Sun Plaza Hall, Japan, Sapporo Chamber Opera  
• Recorded: January 25, 2004
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Akiko Kubota, Mari Kuramoto, Izumi Tsutsumi, Junko Narita, Noriko Hagiwara, Ayako Momoshima, Chika Watanabe, Mariko Ishida, Kumi Matsuda, Etsuko Yusa, Shinya Asari, Takashi Ishinabe, Masato Noritake, Hiroshi Miyama
• Conductor: Tomoko Iwakawa  
• Orchestra: Chamber Music Ensemble  
• Stage Director: Miwa Fukuchi  
• Stage Designer: Kiyomi Terada  
• Costume Designer:   
• Lighting Designer: Hiroyuki Soma  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: NPO Sapporo Chamber Opera  
• Date Published: 2025  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, jpsubs  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Program
[Part 1: Inhabitants of Shakespeare’s World]
~ Elizabethan Music and Opera Masterpieces ~

Elizabethan popular songs
Singer: Chika Watanabe, Kumi Matsuda, Hiroshi Miyama, Masato Noritake

1. Fantasia on the Theme of Green Sleeves
“The Merry Wives of Windsor” by Vaughan Williams
Michiko Kakizaki (Fl, Picc) Masami Tomioka (Vn) Tomoko Asai (Pf) Masuko Tsuchiya (Cemb)

2. Farewell, dear love
“Twelfth Night” song composed by Jones
Makiko Tokioka (Cemb)

3. Hold thy peace
“Twelfth Night” song/author unknown

4. It was a lover and his lass
“As You Like It” theme song / composed by Mori

Shakespeare’s comedies turned into operas
1. “Wedding March” from Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Michiko Kakizaki (Fl) Masami Tomioka (Vn) Masuko Tsuchiya (Pf)

2. “The Poet and the Fairies” from “The Fairy Queen” by Purcell (original: A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Poet: Takashi Ishinabe Fairies: Junko Narita (Sop), Ayako Momoshima (Sop), Masuko Tsuchiya (Pf)

3. “Letter Duet” from “The Merry Wives of Windsor” by Nikolai
Mrs. Fruth: Mariko Ishida (Mezz) Mrs. Reich: Etsuko Yusa (Mezz)

Shakespeare’s tragedies turned into operas
1. “To be or not to be” / from “Hamlet” by Thomas
Hamlet: Masato Noritake (Bar), Pf: Momoko Watanabe

2. Madness scene: “All my flowers” by Thomas from Hamlet
Ophelia: Akiko Kubota (Sop), Pf: Momoko Watanabe

3. “The roads of power are filled with sin” from Verdi’s Macbeth
Lady Macbeth: Chika Watanabe (Sop), Pf: Momoko Watanabe

4. Duet “Kiss me, kiss me again” from Verdi’s “Otello”
Othello: Shinya Asari (Ten), Desdemona: Noriko Hagiwara (Sop) Shiho Komazaki (Pf)

5. “Song of the Willows” from Verdi’s “Otello”
Desdemona: Noriko Hagiwara (Sop) Shiho Komazaki (Pf)

6. “Song of the Willows” / A song from the Elizabethan play “Othello”
Desdemona: Noriko Hagiwara (Sop), Shiho Komazaki (Pf)
Desdemona: Akiko Kubota (Sop), Harpsichord: Naomi Sudo

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