Ryuichiro Sonoda

Biography

Education
Conductorat the National University of Fine Arts and Music in Tokyo, 2004
Studies with Kurt Masur & Charles Dutoit (Miyazaki International Music Festival), Gianluigi Gelmetti (Accademia Musicale Chigiana Siena)
 
Debut
Il viaggio a Reims(Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro), 2007
 
Career
Specialisation: Rossini & Italian opera
 
Highlights
Tosca (Siena); La Bohème (Japan Opera Foundation Tokyo); Die Zauberflöte (Biwako-Hall Japan); L’Italiana in Algeri (Rossini Festival in Wildbad); L’elisir d’amore (Opera Foundation Tokyo); Giselle (Teatro Comunale di Bologna); La gazza ladra (Bologna, Reggio Emilia, Rossini Festival Wildbad Bad); Don Giovanni (Osaka); Le nozze di Teti e Peleo (Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro); La morte di Didone (Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro); Coppelia (Teatro Comunale Bologna); Lucia di Lammermoor (Japan Opera Foundation)
Rossini cantatas Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo & La morte di Didone (Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro); Requiem (Verdi) (Japan)
 
Prizes
Prize ‘Carlo Corsini’ (2004) & honorary diploma (2006) at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana (Siena)
 
Worked with
Alberto Zedda


Recent and future productions
Il viaggio a Reims (Vlaamse Opera)
 
www.ryuichirosonoda.com

Last update on 12 December 2011

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31/12/13 - 01/01/14

New Year Concert

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At the Flanders Opera the transition from the old year to the new is being celebrated with sparkling dance music, with the operas and operettas of Donizetti, Offenbach, Bernstein, Johann Strauss and Léhar as a rich source of inspiration....
Conductor: Ryuichiro Sonoda

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07/02/14 - 09/03/14

Otello

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The outsider Otello, a successful army general, gets married in secret to his great love Desdemona. Her father categorically disapproves of their relationship. Rodrigo, who is also seeking Desdemona’s hand, and by extension the whole community, throw a spanner...
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Conductor: Alberto Zedda
Director: Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier

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