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Findependent Productions, Popular Music, and Ballads

Entrusting mankind’s hopes and dreams to the undying medium of music

In addition to musical cultural exchange programs, Min-On hosts a comprehensive selection of concerts throughout Japan every year, including operas, original musicals and our own independently produced plays. We have also developed an extensive performance network featuring popular music, ballads and Japanese traditional music.

Min – On Opera Productions

1983
Le Nozze di Figaro
Produced by: Yasuhiko Aguni/ Conducted by: Yukinori Tezuka/ Soloists: Tadahiko Hirano, Hiroshi Kudo, Mitsumasa Sato, Yukie Okura, Yukiko Iwasaki, Masako Saito, Yasuko Kozaki, Kimiko Nagahama
1984
Les contes d'Hoffmann
Produced by: Keisuke Suzuki/ Conducted by: Seiji Ozawa/ Soloosts: Makoto Hayashi, Kiyomi Toyota, Yukie Okura, Yoshie Tanaka, Takao Okamura
1985
Madama Butterfly
Produced by: Yasuhiko Aguni/ Conducted by: Tadaaki Odaka, Makoto Kokubu/ Soloists: Iiran Chu, Yukiko Iwasaki, Yuko Ofuji, Kazuko Nagai, Shinya Kuroda, Kazuko Kobayashi, Makoto Hayashi
1987
La Cenerentola
Produced by: Yasuhiko Aguni/ Conducted by: Jerome Kaltenbach, Naohiro Totsuka/ Soloists: Yoshihisa Yamaji, Eiichi Taira, Kiyoshi Oda, Hiroyuki Okayama, Kiyotaka Kaga, Taichi Uchiyama, Kazuko Nagai, Keiko Omi
1989
The Queen of Spades
Produced by: Yasuhiko Aguni/ Conducted by: Seiji Ozawa/ Soloists: Hiroshi Kawakami, Makoto Hayashi, Shinobu Sato, Masako Saida, Akemi Nishi, Aiko Kori, Michio Tatara, Susumu Matsumoto
1990
Produced by: Yasuhiko Aguni, Shigetaka Matsumoto/ Conducted by: Jacques Delacote/ Soloists: Shinobu Sato, Robert Alagna, Robert Flontali, Michiko Aoki, Yukimi Akiyama, Ikuo Obo

Traditional Arts

1972
Okinawa Song and Dance Group: Inochi no Uta(Poems of Life)
1974
Traditional Japanese Music: Minnano Hogaku(The charm of Nagauta)
1988
Min-Bun-Ren: Japanese Folk Song Festival

Original Dramas

1981
Original Play "Aoki Okami", starring Tomisaburo Wakayama
1984
Min-On Popular Song Theater "Bokyo no Uta" starring Makoto Fujita
1990
"The Rentaro Taki Story", starring Noboru Matsuhashi

Original Musical

1985
"Le Pettit Prince", starring Hideko Yoshida in
1995
"Swingin' at Backstage", starring Izumi Yukimura and Kaho Shimada
1995
"The Broadway Story", starring Yoshinori Monta

Japanese Popular Music

1981
7th Long Recital, Chiyoko Shimakura
1996
1st Concert Tour, Ryo Kamon

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Musical Agenda
Opera
Ballet
Orchestra
Folk Music and Dance
Tango,Latin, American music and Jazz
Findependent Productions, Popular Music, and Ballads
  • Overseas cultural Exchanges
  • TOKYO INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION