Performances
July and August 2025
Nissay Theatre Family Festival 2025
Presented by Nissay Theatre
* These performances will be performed only in Japanese.
1. Aladdin’s Magical Song
Classical Concert with Story
Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27, 2025
[Cast]
Conductor Kanako Abe
Aladdin (Baritone) Hideki Matayoshi
Lamp Genie Makoto Okada
Cantabile (Soprano) Ena Miyachi
Wizard Musa (Baritone) Hidekazu Machi
Concertmaster Tomoko Kawada
Orchestra Nissaytheater Orchestra
[Creative Team]
Director Takashi Manabe
Music and Arrangement Masanori Kato
Written by Sayaka Shimizu
Set Designer Masako Ito
Lighting Designer Satoshi Sato
Costume Designer Emi Masuda
Sound Designer Hideo Takahashi
Choreographer Momoko Shiraga
Stage Director Takayuki Iida
Organizing, Planning and Production Nissay Culture Foundation [Nissay
Theatre]
Sponsored by Nippon Life Insurance Company
2. The Stage – The Special Cat in the World
Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3, 2025
Based on the book by Yuko Higuchi, The Special Cat in the World, published
by Hakusensha
Direction, Choreography, Written and Lyrics by Un Yamada
[Cast]
Puppet Theater HITOMI-ZA
Co. Yamada Un
[Creative Team]
Music Direction and Composition Satoru Wono
Set Designer Hiroko Matsuo
Lighting Designer Akiyo Kushida
Costume Designer Kumiko Iijima
Sound Designer Chikako Ezawa
Puppet Designer Chihiro Ogawa (Puppet Theater HITOMI-ZA)
Mask Designer Mao Oishi
Assistant Director Ryosuke Saito
Stage Director Jun Kabakura (Art Creation)
Organizing, Planning and Production Nissay Culture Foundation [Nissay
Theatre]
Sponsored by Nippon Life Insurance Company
3. Coppelia – Nissaytheatre Version –
Ballet
Friday, August 15, Saturday, August 16 and Sunday, August 17, 2025
Music Léo Delibes
[Cast]
Tokyo City Ballet
Conductor Katsuhiro Ida
Orchestra Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
[Creative Team]
Production and Choreography Kiyoko Ishii
Artistic Director Etsuko Adachi
Organizing, Planning and Production Nissay Culture Foundation [Nissay
Theatre]
Sponsored by Nippon Life Insurance Company
4. NHK Minna no Uta Musical – The Little Zombie-Girl
Musical
Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24, 2025
Written by Yumi Tokuno
Director Higashi Suzuki
[Cast]
Nono Iroha Kumagai
Sho Hana Minamino
Boss Kong Kuwata
Haru Kanako Ishida
Cruz Taisuke Maruyama
Lily Yuga Yamato
[Creative Team]
Composition and Music Direction Shigeru Yawata
Choreographer Yu Kimoto
Stage Designer Atsumi Yokota
Lighting Designer Yasuyuki Kusaka
Sound Designer Toshiya Homma
Costume Designer Miki Oto
Hair and Makeup Designer Naoko Shibasaki
Assistant Director Masatoshi Tokieda
Stage Director Yukio Sugata, Akihiro Shinozaki
Producer Masayuki Sasaki (TOHO)
Planning Takumi Ohsawa (NISSAY THEATRE),
Kota Kawamura (NHK ENTERPRISE), Hiroshi Yonekubo (TOHO)
Presented by Nissay Culture Foundation [Nissay Theatre]
Planning and Production Nissay Culture Foundation [Nissay Theatre],
NHK Enterprises, Inc., TOHO CO., LTD.
Planning Cooperation TOHO AGENCY Co.,Ltd.
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 2025
NISSAY OPERA 2025 Cendrillon / DIE FLEDERMAUS
Presented by Nissay Theatre
1. Cendrillon
NISSAY OPERA 2025
Opera in Four Acts
Sung in the original language [French] with Japanese subtitles
Music Jules Massenet
Libretto Henri Caïn
Based on the book by Charles Perrault’s, Cinderella
Saturday, November 15 and Sunday, November 16, 2025
Conductor Maiku Shibata
Direction and Choreography Uran Hirosaki
Orchestra Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
Chorus C. Village Singers
[Cast] Sat, Nov 15 / Sun, Nov 16
Cendrillon(Lucette) Mao Morita / Sayumi Kaneko
Le Prince Charmant Yuki Sugiyama / Hiroka Yamashita
La Fée Reina Suzuki / Kazumi Yokoyama
Madame de la Haltière Junko Saito / Yukako Hoshi
Pandolfe Tatsuhiko Kitagawa / Teppei Kono
Noémie Risa Ichikawa / Misako Beppu
Dorothée Asami Fujii / Saika Kitazono
Le Roi Shinichiro Ryu (all days)
Le Doyen de la Faculté Atsuki Teruya (all days)
Le Surintendant des plaisirs Takuto Yuasa (all days)
Le Premier Ministre Masataka Matoba (all days)
Six esprits Satomi Aihara, Mayuko Kudo, Mone Kusaka, Emiko Saito,
Mio Hatanaka, Naoko Baba (all days)
[Creative Team]
Set Designer Hiroko Matsuo
Costume Designer Maki Nagamine
Lighting Designer Ryuichi Nakagawa
Hair and Makeup Designer Fusae Tachibana
Video Noriyuki Mori
Assistant Director Yoko Hashizume
Assistant Choreographer Yukiko Matsumoto
Stage Director Jun Kabakura (Art Creation)
Chorus Master Katsuhiko Abe
Alive Painting Akiko Nakayama
Organizing, Planning and Production by Nissay Culture Foundation [Nissay
Theatre]
Sponsored by Nippon Life Insurance Company
2. DIE FLEDERMAUS
Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre with NISSAY OPERA 2025
Operetta in three acts
Sung in the original language [German] with Japanese subtitles and Japanese
dialogue
Music JOHANN STRAUSS II
Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28 and Saturday,
November 29 and Sunday, November 30, 2025
Conductor Elias Grandy
Director Andreas Homoki
Orchestra New Japan Philharmonic
Chorus Nikikai Chorus Group
[Cast] Thu, Nov 27th and Sat, Nov 29th / Fri, Nov 28th and Sun, Nov 30th
Eisenstein Toru Onuma / Hideki Matayoshi
Rosalinde Tamayo Yosiha / Mihoko Kinoshita
Frank Takahiro Sugiura / Koji Yamashita
Orlofsky Aoha Ichijo / Yuka Kobayashi
Alfred Kyosuke Kanayama / Takashi Otsuki
Falke Yuki Kuroda / Yohei Sugawara
Blind Hiromasa Jisai / Kohei Niitsu
Adele Yui Takahashi / Yukari Kiyono
Ida Maho Ishino / Mai Murayama
Frosch Yoshiyuki Shikano
[Creative Team]
Set & Costume Designer Wolfgang Gussmann
Lighting Designer Franck Evin
Chorus Master Yoshinao Kihara
Assistant Stage Director Maki Uebaru
Stage Manager Hiroshi Koizumi
Production Director Kiyotaka Kaga
Associate Production Director Tetsuya Ono
Presented by Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation
Co-presented by Nissay Culture Foundation [Nissay Theatre]
* Please kindly understand that the cast and other details are subject to
change due to unavoidable circumstances.
(Information page written in Japanese.)