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Summer Holiday Children's Opera Workshop Let's Play with Opera♪

We will create an original opera (approximately 30 minutes) based on the motif of "Hansel and Gretel"!
Director Naaya Miura will be providing fun and energetic instruction on dance, lines and expression. In addition, popular opera singers Toru Onuma and Ena Miyaji will be working with the children to liven up the stage.

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Date and Time	2025年8月2日（土）①10:00～12:00頃 ②14:00～16:00頃
Venue	Ota Ward Hall / Aplico Large Hall
cost	2,000 yen (tax included)
Instruction and direction	Naaya Miura
Appearance	Toru Onuma (baritone) Ena Miyaji (soprano) Takashi Yoshida (piano)
Scheduled performance songs	Do-Re-Mi Song "My Father" from the opera "Gianni Schicchi" Arias from the opera "Rigoletto" and more
Message	Workshop (approx. 75 mins) - Break - Stage performance (approx. 30 mins)
Capacity	30 people each time (if the number of participants exceeds the capacity, there will be a lottery)
Target	<span>Grade 1-2</span>
Application period	Must arrive between 2025:7 on Tuesday, July 1, 10 and 00:7 on Tuesday, July 15, 18
How to apply	Please apply using the application form below.
Organizer / Inquiry	(Public interest incorporated foundation) Ota Ward Cultural Promotion Association Cultural Arts Promotion Division TEL: 03-3750-1614 (Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:00)

Workshop tour information (reservation required)

The public will be able to see children experiencing the production of an opera stage, and an opera performance created by children together with professional opera singers. Children from 0 years old are welcome to attend!

cost	All seats are unreserved (1st floor row 15 onwards), admission is free
Capacity	About 200 people
Application period	Must arrive between 2025:7 on Wednesday, July 16, 10 and 00:8 on Friday, August 1, 19 *Refunds at the counter will begin at 7:17 on Thursday, July 10th.
How to apply	Ticket hotline: 03-3750-1555 (10:00-19:00 *Excluding days when the Civic Plaza is closed) Exchange at the counters of Aprico, Ward Plaza, and Ota Cultural Forest

2023 implementation

Naaya Miura (director)

Graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Mainly active as an opera director, assistant director and choreographer. As a director, he has directed a variety of productions, including Hamamatsu City Opera's "Kaguya," Gruppo Nori opera's "Gianni Schicchi/The Overcoat," and Tokorozawa Opera's "Don Giovanni." He also launched the opera group "NEOLOGISM," which seeks new forms of expression, and is actively involved in staging operas with his own Japanese translations. As an assistant director, he has been involved in many productions sponsored by the Japan Opera Foundation, Nissay Theatre, and others. Drawing on his experience in dance, he is often in charge of choreography.

Toru Onuma (baritone)

Graduated from Tokai University and completed his graduate studies at the same university. He furthered his studies at Humboldt University. In opera, he has received high acclaim for his roles as Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro with the Nikikai Society, Belcore in L'Elisir d'Amore with the New National Theatre, Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte with the Nissay Theatre, Jokanaan in Salome with the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra and Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, and the title role in Macbeth with the Nissay Theatre. He has also been active in concert as a soloist in the Japan premiere of the Ninth Symphony and Zimmermann's Requiem for a Young Poet. He has also received high acclaim for his German song repertoire, such as Winterreise. He is a lecturer at Tokai University and Kunitachi College of Music. He is a member of the Nikikai Society.

Ena Miyaji (soprano)

After graduating from the Kunitachi College of Music Graduate School, she went to Europe. In opera, she received rave reviews for her performance as Susanna in the Nikikai's "The Marriage of Figaro," and has also played the Queen of the Night in the New National Theatre Opera Appreciation Class's "The Magic Flute," Micaela in the Nikikai's "Carmen," and Sophie in the Taiwan Philharmonic's "Der Rosenkavalier." She has also performed as a soloist in concerts such as the "Ninth Symphony," Mozart and Faure's "Requiem," and Grieg's "Solveig's Song." In April of this year, she was invited back to Taiwan to perform as a soloist in "Mahler's Symphony No. 4" conducted by Jun Märkl. Her pure and beautiful singing has been highly praised. She is a member of the Nikikai.

Takashi Yoshida (piano)

Graduated from the Vocal Music Department of the Kunitachi College of Music. While still a student, she aspired to become an opera répétitor (vocal coach), and after graduation, she began her career at the Nikikai, and in 12, she furthered her studies at the Vienna Pleiner Conservatory. She has been active in a wide range of fields, including as a pianist performing with famous vocalists, and in media and commercials. Since 2019, she has been involved as a producer and répétit for the Ota Ward Cultural Promotion Association's Aprico Opera, leading the operetta "Die Fledermaus" to success in August XNUMX, and has earned high praise and trust. She is currently a pianist at the Nikikai, an assistant accompanist at the Kunitachi College of Music and Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, and a lecturer in the childcare department at Hosen Gakuen.

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