(June 13, 2016) Among the three prestigious Japanese theatres are the Bunka Kaikan of Tokyo, Festival Hall of Osaka, Aichi Prefectural Theatre of Nagoya and the Across Theatre of Fukuoka. Participating in the Japanese tour from June 14 to July 4 are a total of 14 performances attended by 109 experimental theatre professionals of Spoleto, among singers, orchestra professionals, choir singers and technical workers. The Umbrian company will perform “La Bohème” by Giacomo Puccini, in last year’s successful version performed in Spoleto and Umbria’s major cities for the 69th experimental opera season. The event is part of the Italian Embassy in Tokyo among the 150-year celebrations of friendship treaties between Italy and Japan and it takes advantage of the collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institutes of Tokyo and Osaka. The initiative, who is expected to receive 30,000 spectators, was presented in recent days at the Claudio Lepore Palazzo in which the President of the Experimental Opera Theatre, Maria Chiara Rossi Profili and Umbria Councilor for Culture Fernanda Cecchini; Mayor of Spoleto, Fabrizio Cardarelli, Town Councilor for Culture of Spoleto; Artistic Directo of the Experimental Opera Theatre, Michelangelo Zurletti. The opera will be directed by Carlo Palleschi for Giorgio Bongiovanni. Soprano Carmela Remigio is the guest star, among one of the most internationally renowned Italian singers who will be starring in the role of “Mimi”. Ercole Sormani’s pupil Marzio Cardaropoli with set designer Andrea Stinisci collaborated in restoring Sormani’s historic set design. Experimental Opera Theatre artists interpret the Japanese production, alternating among the different casts. (Red)
