Photo©Spring Festival in Tokyo/Satoshi Aoyagi
*The young conductor Nodoka Okisawa, after participating in the Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy in Tokyo on “Rigoletto” (March 2019), has won the Grand Prix at the “Besancon International Competition for Young Conductors”. The young musician has also been awarded with the prizes for “Coup de cœur de l’orchestre” (Orchestra’s favorite) and “Coup de cœur du public” (public’s favorite) .
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The second year of the “Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy” in Tokyo will be held from March 6 to 15, 2020.
After the great success of the first year on Rigoletto, Riccardo Muti chooses Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi.
For any information see the Spring Festival website.
The Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy in Tokyo – March 28 to April 4, 2019
“Rigoletto”
by Giuseppe Verdi
Extracts of the press release 2019:
– Verdi in tempesta a Tokyo by Carla Moreni, IlSole24ORE – April 7, 2019
– Tokyo Spring Festival III: posier-kimonos und Riccardo Mutis fanatische fan-omis by Manuel Brug, Brugs Klassiker (WELT) – April 6, 2019
Extracts of the press release (in Japanese language):
Watch the photo gallery of the “Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy” in Tokyo:
Watch the photo gallery of the press conference and presentation of the Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy at the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo – May 30, 2018:
Discover how to participate on the Tokyo Spring Festival Website
