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Kayoi Komachi / Komachi Visited - HIGHLIGHTS
Kayoi Komachi / Komachi Visited (a noh chamber opera) WORLD PREMIERE - October 26-28, 2017 The Cultch Historic Theatre - Vancouver BC.
A re-visioning of the story of the great poet Ono-no-Komachi and her lover Fukakusa-no-Shōsho, who haunted her even into death. Using parts of the text from the noh plays Kayoi Komachi and Sotoba Komachi combined with Komachi's poetry, this opera tells of a woman haunted by her past and coming into herself through her words. Kayoi Komachi/Komachi Visited integrates the music and aesthetics from both opera and noh, involving master artists from each tradition.
Composer Farshid Samandari Musical Director/Conductor Jonathan Girard Stage director Colleen Lanki Noh Choreography Yamai Tsunao Production Design Ines Ortner Lighting Design Jeff Harrison
Libretto created by Colleen Lanki Translator (noh) David Crandall Translator (waka) Sonja Arntzen
(Libretto extracted from the noh plays Kayoi Komachi (Komachi and the Hundred Nights) by Zeami, and Sotoba Komachi (Komachi on the Stupa) by Kan’ami. With additional text from the waka poems of Ono no Komachi.)
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------------------------------------------------------- CAST Komachi Heather Pawsey Fukakusa Yamai Tsunao Counsellor Melanie Adams Ji (noh chorus) Muraoka Kiyomi Ji (noh chorus) Kashiwazaki Mayuko Opera chorus(tenor) Joseph Bulman Opera chorus(bass-baritone) Peter Monaghan
ORCHESTRA Flute Mark McGregor Violin Domagoj Ivanovic Viola Isabelle Roland Cello Laine Longton Percussion Brian Nesselroad Kotsuzumi Ômura Kayu Rehearsal piano Angelique Po