Sakurų Prisiminimai

(Sakura Memories)

An Opera in Three Acts

Edition: Performance material

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Known as the Japanese Schindler, Chiune Sugihara was a diplomat who saved over 6,000 Jews in Kaunas, Lithuania during WW II by issuing transit visas though it was against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

The opera begins with a flashback of an Old Man who is one of those saved by the ‘visa of life’. The heroic story of Sugihara was entrusted to a Sakura tree, and its fairy repeatedly sings ‘I will keep on standing still here, patiently, always, no matter what happens’. The Sakura and Sugihara’s name take root in the land, people, and succeeding generations. Atsuhiko Gondai

Orchestral Cast

2(1.pic, 2.afl).1.2(2.bcl).1(cbsn)-2.1.1.0-2perc-hp.Koto-str(14.12.10.8.6)

Cast

Sugihara · tenor - Sakura · mezzo soprano - Vaikai · boy soprano - Senelis · baritone

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Title:

Sakurų Prisiminimai

(Sakura Memories)

An Opera in Three Acts

Libretto by Rimvydas Stankevičius

Language:

Lithuanian

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2013

Duration:

90 ′

World Premiere:

January 5, 2014 · Kaunas (LT)
National Kaunas Drama Theatre
Rafailas Karpis, tenor; Jovita Vaskeviciute, mezzo soprano; Vladimiras Prudnikovas, baritone · Conductor: Tomomi Nishimoto · Kauno Miesto Simfoninis Orkestras · Kauno Berniukų Choras "Varpelis"
Original staging: Shugo Ikou · Costumes: Hidehiko Emi · Set desing: Hiromi Tokumasu
(scenic)

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by Baltic Rainbow Organizing Committee in Japan