Important Information
Limit 4 tickets per member for this concert. Must be at least 5 years old and have a ticket to attend.
Pick-up tickets between appoximately 6 pm – 6:45 pm on the afternoon of the concert from the Merkin Hall – Kaufman Music Center Box Office.
Full Event: Friday, May 2nd, 2025 at 7 pm
Tenshin Okakura: The White Fox
New York Festival Orchestra, Chorus & Children’s Chorus
with Members of the Circle Wind Boys and Girls Choir
Hideaki Hirai, Conductor and Stage Director
Asako Tamura, Soprano • Ryoichi Nakai, Tenor
Yuichi Toyoshima, Baritone • Motomi Tanaka, Soprano • Shoji Nagatomi, Baritone
Kyo Kasumi, Milai Taguchi and Norihiro Maruta, Supporting Actors
Sophiko Simsive, Piano
Atsuki Settangeli, Stage Art
Kyo Kasumi, Fight Director and Choreographer
A legendary Japanese scholar, TENSHIN OKAKURA, best known for “The BOOK of TEA”, wrote his only opera libretto, “THE WHITE FOX” in Boston (1913), which became a phantom opera for nearly one century. An internationally acclaimed conductor / composer, HIDEAKI HIRAI, finally completed a 3-act opera, translated in Japanese, which made a sensational success in the World premiere performance in Myoko, Japan (2013). Featuring ASAKO TAMURA, a renowned Japanese soprano based in New York, as the heroine role of Kolha, ATSUKI SETTANGELI, who contributes his outstanding stage art as well as KYO KASUMI, a stellar ‘Tate’ sword master, who joins the Opera as fight director, it will be a memorable U.S. premiere performance of the Opera, “THE WHITE FOX”.
Produced by New York Festival Orchestra (FORTE 90, Inc.) / ARIOSO LLC
Presented by BV Artists International (New York)
Programs and artists are subject to change without notice.
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Venue Location Information:
Kaufman Music Center – Merkin Concert Hall
129 W. 67th St. (1 block north of Lincoln Center – between Broadway and Amsterdam)
New York, NY 10023
