New York City Opera to Make Japanese Debut at 2005 World Expo | Playbill

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Classic Arts News New York City Opera to Make Japanese Debut at 2005 World Expo New York City Opera will perform in Japan for the first time in May 2005, as part of the U.S. Pavilion of the 2005 World Expo.
The company will perform Mark Adamo's 1998 Little Women, one of the most frequently performed contemporary works in the repertoire, and Puccini's Madama Butterfly, in a production by Mark Lamos. Music director George Manahan will conduct Little Women; Atsushi Yamada, a longtime assistant conductor at NYCO who was the company's first Japanese conductor, will lead Madama Butterfly.

Each production will be performed in Tokyo and Nagoya between May 19 and 28. NYCO will also conduct an educational program for Japanese students.

The World Expo, which runs from March 25 to September 25, 2005, features cultural displays, business symposia, conferences, and presentations. The theme of the U.S. Pavilion is "Franklin Spirit," in a nod to the 200th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth.

 
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