Natasha

Name: Natasha
Brand: Schott Music
SKU: 560782
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Opera in one act (prologue and 7 scenes)

Libretto by Yoko Tawada

Edition: Performance material

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Description

Natasha and Arato, who come from different backgrounds and speak different languages, meet. Due to the effects of modern climate change and war, as well as the harsh labor brought about by the acceleration of economic activity, various living things on Earth, including humans, are constantly groaning. Led by a guide who calls himself Mephisto's grandson, the two travel through this hell on earth, filled with such groans. As they travel through a world reminiscent of Goethe’s Faust and Dante’s Divine Comedy, the two find a new love that transcends the boundaries of gender and language, and discover hope for a new world.

Orchestral Cast

2 (2. auch Picc. und Altfl.) · 1 · 1 · Sax. · 1 - 2 · 2 · 1 · 1 - S. (3 Spieler) - Hfe. · Cel. · E-Git. - Str. Banda: 2 Hn. · Tr. · Trb. · S. (1 Spieler)

Cast

Arato, ein junger Japaner, der bei dem Erdbeben in seiner Heimatstadt Fukushima seine Mutter verloren hat und fortgegangen ist (Sprache: Japanisch) · Tenor - Natasha, eine junge Immigrantin, die in ihrer Heimat Ukraine nicht mehr leben kann und in Deutschland lebt · Sopran (Sprachen: Ukrainisch, Deutsch) - Mephistopheles, ein Mann mittleren Alters als Führer durch eine moderne Hölle (Sprache: Deutsch) · Bariton - Zwei verschwenderische Frauen · Chorsoli SMez - Zwei Geschäftsleute · Chorsoli TBar - Chor

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Title:

Natasha

Opera in one act (prologue and 7 scenes)

Libretto by Yoko Tawada

Language:

Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Ukrainian, English

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2024 - 2025

Duration:

125 ′0 ′′

World Premiere:

August 11, 2025 · Tokyo (J)
New National Theatre
Conductor: Kazushi Ono · Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra · New National Theatre Chorus
Original staging: Christian Räth
(scenic)

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by New National Theatre Tokyo with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung