Performances
July and August 2026
Nissay Theatre Family Festival 2026
Presented by Nissay Theatre
* These performances will be performed only in Japanese.
1. Don Quixote
Ballet
Friday, July 24, Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26, 2026
Music Leon MINKUS
[Cast]
Asami Maki Ballet Tokyo
Conductor YUKAWA Hiroe
Orchestra Theater Orchestra Tokyo
[Creative Team]
Artistic Director MITANI Kyozo
Direction and Choreography Azari M PLISSETSKI,Valentina SAVINA(After PETIPA,GORSKY)
Organizing, Planning and Production Nissay Culture Foundation [Nissay Theatre]
Sponsored by Nippon Life Insurance Company
2. Rodrigo Raubein und Knirps, sein Knappe
Musical Theater
Saturday, August 1 and Sunday, August 2, 2026
Based on the book by Michael Ende & Wieland Freund, Rodrigo Raubein und Knirps, sein Knappe, translated by Sakae Kimoto, illustrated by junaida/published by Shogakukan
[Cast]
Rodrigo Raubein Mio Tanaka
Knirps Momoko Mizue
Prinzessin Filippa Mai Imaizumi
Puppet Theater HITOMI-ZA
Co. Un Yamada
[Creative Team]
Written by Ikue Osada
Director Kae Inaba
Music Umitaro Abe
Choreographer Un Yamada
Set Designer Masahiro Norimine
Lighting Designer Shigeo Saito
Costume Designer Hiroko Sogawa
Hair and Make-up Hiroaki Miyauchi
Puppet Designer Chihiro Ogawa(Puppet Theater HITOMI-ZA)
Costume Designer Hiroko Sogawa
Lighting Designer Shigeo Saito
Sound Designer Atsushi Kennoki
Stage Director Isao Hironaka
Assistant Stage Director Miki Iwasa
Organizing, Planning and Production Nissay Culture Foundation [Nissay Theatre]
Nominal Support Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Japan
Sponsored by Nippon Life Insurance Company
Copyright © Michael Ende Estate (www.michaelende.de), represented by AVA international GmbH, Germany (www.ava-international.de)
3. The Adventures of Aya & Pinocchio
Musical Theater
Friday, August 21, Saturday, August 22 and Sunday, August 23, 2026
[Cast]
Aya Karen Miyama
Pinocchio DJ misoshiru & MC gohan
[Creative Team]
Written by Yoko Oike
Director Kinuyo Nogami
Music Keita Egusa
Choreographer Wataru Kitao
Organizing, Planning and Production Nissay Culture Foundation [Nissay Theatre]
Sponsored by Nippon Life Insurance Company
* Please kindly understand that the cast and other details are subject to
change due to unavoidable circumstances.
(Information page written in Japanese.)
November 2026
NISSAY OPERA 2026 Don Giovanni / Yuzuru
Presented by Nissay Theatre
1. Don Giovanni
NISSAY OPERA 2026
Opera in Two Acts
Sung in the original language [Italiano] with Japanese subtitles
Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte
Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15, 2026
Conductor Ryuichiro Sonoda
Director Miyuki Ikuta
Orchestra Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Chorus C. Village Singers
[Cast] Sat, Nov 14 / Sun, Nov 15
Don Giovanni Hibiki Ikeuchi / Atsushi Okubo
Il Commendatore Hidekazu Tsumaya / Takayuki Ito
Donna Anna Airi Sunada / Kanna Ogawa
Don Ottavio Yasushi Watanabe / Yusuke Kobori
Donna Elvira Chika Yamada / Asami Fujii
Leporello Takuto Yuasa / Hiroshi Okawa
Masetto Tamon Inoue / Kei Kondo
Zerlina Kirara Ishida / MayaTakahashi
[Creative Team]
Dramaturg Takuya Nemoto
Set Designer Masahiro Norimine
Lighting Designer Masao Oshima
Costume Designer Nobuko Miyamoto
Assistant Director Hideyuki Hashimoto , Nahoko Narihira
Stage Director Yuka Yamada (The Stuff)
Chorus Master So Awatsuji
Organizing, Planning and Production Nissay Culture Foundation [Nissay Theatre]
Sponsored by Nippon Life Insurance Company
2. Yuzuru
Fujiwara Opera Company & Nihon Opera Kyokai Joint Production with NISSAY OPERA 2026
Opera in One Act
Sung in the original language [Japanese] with Japanese subtitles
Music Ikuma Dan
Libretto Junji Kinoshita
Friday, November 27 and Saturday, November 28 and Sunday, November 29, 2026
Conductor Yutaka Hoshide
Director Jun Aguni
Orchestra New Japan Philharmonic
[Cast] Fri, Nov 27 & Sun, Nov 29 / Sat, Nov 28
Tsu Hare Ito / Michika Shibano
Yohyo Kazuaki Sawasaki / Riku Matsubara
Presented by The Japan Opera Foundation
Co-presented by Nissay Culture Foundation [Nissay Theatre]






