HIDEAKI HIRAI
Music Director and Conductor
Join the N Y "festival" Orchestra to Celebrate the Spirit of the Great Composers!
CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT! "Maestro Hirai made a remarkable Carnegie Hall debut in front of an audience of about 3,000 people who recognized his outstanding job with the New York Festival Orchestra."
- New York Cultural Examiner -
～Let's Celebrate NYFO's Exciting Season!!～
New York Festival Orchestra (NYFO) will present an exciting series of concerts with everyone's favorite masterworks by great composers as well as unique repertoire. It would be our great pleasure to have you at our concerts.
Postponed until Spring, 2024 due to COVID-19.
More info: TBA
Coming up next!!
HIDEAKI HIRAI: OPERA, "THE WHITE FOX" Showcase
< U. S. premiere>
Original Libretto: Tenshin (Kakuzo) OKAKURA
Japanese Translation, Libretto and Music: Hideaki HIRAI
Monday, April 6, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center
129 West 67th Street (Bet. Broadway & Amsterdam)
New York, NY 10023
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Hideaki Hirai, Music Director/ Conductor
"The White Fox" by Atsuki Settangeli, Painter
Asako Tamura, Soprano
Takumi Yogi, Tenor
Takaki Kurihara, Baritone
"...Her voice is brilliant jewel of the voice..."
by Graeme Kay (British writer/broadcaster)
Motomi Tanaka, Soprano
Kohei Yokoyama, Baritone
Kyo Kasumi, "Tate" Sword Master
The New York Festival Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Hideaki Hirai, will present the U. S. premiere of the OPERA, "THE WHITE FOX" .
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The Opera, “The White Fox” is based on the original English libretto by a legendary Japanese scholar TENSHIN OKAKURA (1863-1913), widely-known for his best-seller, “THE BOOK OF TEA”, published in 1906 (New York).
In 2013, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Okakura's death, Maestro Hideaki Hirai successfully completed as an Opera in 3 acts with Japanese translation, libretto and music.
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The U.S. premiere of the entire opera will be held at MERKIN HALL of Kaufman Art Center, in collaboration with astonishing Atsuki Settangeli’s paintings as stage art.
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NYFO is proud to present our Music Director, Hideaki Hirai's own acclaimed Opera, "The White Fox", featuring an internationally acclaimed Japanese Soprano, Asako Tamura, who appeared as soloist with the Three Tenors- Domingo, Pavarotti and Carreras , 4 other brilliant soloists from Italy, New York and Tokyo as well as an award-winning stellar "Tate" Sword master, Kyo Kasumi, New York Festival Chorus & Children's Chorus, Members from Circle Wind Boys & Girls Choir and A Little White Fox Ballet.
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It will absolutely be an unforgettable operatic evening not to be missed!
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<Program>
Hideaki Hirai: Opera,"THE WHITE FOX" (in 3 Acts/Japanese)
- U. S. premiere
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Original Libretto: Tenshin (Kakuzo) OKAKURA
Japanese Translation, Libretto and Music: Hideaki HIRAI
Conductor/Stage Director: Hideaki HIRAI
Stage Art: Atsuki SETTANGELI
Sword Fight Director/Choreographer: Kyo KASUMI
Ballet Choreographer: Akiko MAKINO
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CAST:
Kuzunoha/Kolha: Asako TAMURA, Soprano
Yasuna: Takumi YOGI, Tenor
Ackeimon: Takaki KURIHARA, Baritone
Damsel/Fox Maiden/Pilgrim: Motomi TANAKA, Soprano
Huntsman/Soldier/Pilgrim: Kohei YOKOYAMA, Baritone
Supporting Actors: Master Kyo KASUMI, Taiju NAKANE
and Norihiro MARUTA
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Chorus: New York Festival Chorus & Children's Chorus,
Members from Circle Wind Boys & Girls Choir
Ballet: A Little White Fox Ballet
Orchestra: New York Festival Orchestra
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Produced by New York Festival Orchestra (FORTE 90, Inc.) and ARIOSO LLC
Presented by BV Artists International (New York)
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Tickets: $35
Box Office: 212-501-3330
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NYFO Office: 718- 232-3712
E-mail: info@NYFO.org
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Supported by Robert Crowder Foundation, Y.K. Transasset, Sengokudama, Atelier73, Circle Wind Boys & Girls Choir, Hideaki Hirai Opera Chorus, TATE Hatoryu NY, Ibaraki Prefectural People's Opera Association, Myoko Byakko Club Chorus, Myoko City Board of Education, Myoko Cultural Promotion Agency and many other corporate/individual supporters.
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