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GUNMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

GUNMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

commissioned concert

OPERA Takano Saint

Sunday, November 16, 2025

Doors open 16:30 Performance starts 17:30

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

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Outline

This opera is a new version of Kyoka Izumi's timeless masterpiece "Kumano Hijiri" by composer Shinichiro Ikebe. It will take you into a profound world where fantasy and reality intertwine.

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Performer

Conductor
Naoto Otomo
Master (tenor)
Hironori Shiro
Woman (soprano)
Akiko Tomihira
Okinji, Housekeeper of a Woman's House (Baritone)
Shunsuke Imai
Medicine Seller (Baritone)
Kadota U
The man with the balance pole (tenor)
Yohei Kondo
Childlike Man (tenor)
Ryo Tokuyasu
Me, the listener (baritone)
Yosuke Takahashi
Teahouse Woman (Soprano)
Kumi Ishikawa
Dancer
Sankai Juku
Narration and voice acting
Tamasaburo Bando
chorus
Japan Opera Association Takano Sei Chorus
Orchestra
Gunma Symphony Orchestra
Script
Kenya Oda (script supplement: Jun Hara)
Script translation
Jun Ieda
Show
Jun Hara
Art
Shigeaki Tsuchiya
Image
Mucho Muramatsu
照明
Satoru Tsukamoto
Clothing
Jun Hara
Hair makeup
Seiko Kitou
Choreography
Semimaru (Sankai Juku)
Manners Guidance
Ranko Fujima
Stage manager
Jun Ito
Assistant director
Naaya Miura
Publicity
山本タカト

Program

Fuichiro Ikebe / Opera "Kumano Hijiri"
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Tickets

Ticket

APP & WEB SOLUTION
:5/30 (Fri)
Phone
: 6/3 (Tue)
Contact
:6/4 (Wed)

Takasaki Arts Theatre Ticket Center 027-321-3900
370-0841 Sakaemachi, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture 9-1


*Tickets are not sold by the Gunma Symphony Orchestra Office.


《Web Pre-release》5Friday, 30th of the month, 10:00am
Limited to Takasaki Arts Theatre members (free registration)
Ticketpia (P Code = 299-256)

《Telephone》6Tuesday, March 3rd, 10:00am
Takasaki City Theatre Ticket Center 
TEL:027-321-3900 (10:00-18:00)

《Window》6Month 4st (Wednesday) 10:00~
Takasaki Arts Theatre 2nd floor ticket counter (10:00-18:00)
Other Takasaki City facility play guides at nine locations in Takasaki City

Price

Type/ticket type SS seat S seat A seat B seat C seat
General ¥10,000¥8,000¥6,000¥4,000
U-25 ---¥2,000
wheelchair

For wheelchair seat sales, please contact the Takasaki Arts Theatre Ticket Center at 027-321-3900. (Wheelchair seat 8,000 yen)

Play guide

■Takasaki City Facility Play Guide

The same seats are sold at both locations.

A Takasaki City Theatre Ticket Center 027-321-3900
B Gunma Music Center 027-322-4527
C Takasaki City Cultural Hall 027-325-0681
D Takasaki City Gallery 027-328-5050
E Misato Cultural Center 027-371-7211
F Shinmachi Cultural Hall 0274-42-9133
G Haruna Cultural Center 027-374-5001
H Yoshii Cultural Center 027-387-3211
I Takasaki City Kurabuchi Branch (Regional Promotion Division) 027-378-4522
J Takasaki City Gunma Branch (Regional Promotion Division) 027-373-2604

*Regular holidays [B,C...Monday] [E,F,G,H...Monday/Tuesday] [I,J...Saturday/Sunday/Holiday]

*Reception starts from 10:00 on the first day of release.

*Sales at Play Guide A are available online (open 24 hours) and by phone/counter (open 10:00-18:00).
Tickets can only be sold at B-J play guides at the counter (business hours 8:30-17:15).

*For payment methods, please contact each facility play guide.

Sponsor etc.

Organized by: Takasaki Arts Theatre (Takasaki Foundation)
Special cooperation: Hokuriku Shimbun, Ishikawa Prefectural Arts and Culture Association
Cooperation: Izumi Kyoka Memorial Museum