Theatre Direction

 
1975   Hannya Shingyo, japanese ritualistic game, written by Shogo Ota and Takuro Endo, performed in Paris, New York, Amsterdam and Canadian tour. Publication : The Drama Review, vol 19 t-68 December 1975
      
1978   Amé Tsuchi, text by Mutso Takahashi, after the Japanese mythology, Festival d’Automne, Paris, and world tour
      
1979  

  Interrogations (words of the Zen Masters, Köan), Festival d’Avignon and world tour. Publication : The Drama Review, vol.25, N°2 (T20), N.Y., July 1981

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1982   The Tibetan Book of Dead, adapted by Isaelle Famchon, Maison des Cultures du Monde, Paris and Rennes
      
    The Divine Comedy, by Dante, adapted by Yoshi Oïda, Teatro Trastevere, Roma, Milan Italy
      
1983   Über den Berg Kommen, Nô play "Kayoï Komachi", after Zeami Kanze, a XIIIth century text, Werkhaus Moosach, Munich, Germany, European and Indian tour.
      
1986   The Walk of the Cameleon, after African folk story, Festival de San’Arcangelo di Romagna, Italy, and European tour
      
    The Guide of the Other World, adapted from the Tibetan Book of Dead, Festival de San Arcangelo di Romagna, and European tour
      
1989   Fiore di Riso, Fiori di Fango, based on Japanese texts of Kyogen, Theatro Alkaest, Milan, Sicily, Italy
      
    The Story of Kantan, after Japanese texs of Nô Theater, Werkhaus Moosach, Munich, Germany and German tour
      
1994   The Hunting Gun, based on a novel by Yasushi Inoue, Theatre Schaubühne, Berlin, Germany, Zûrich, Swiss
      
1995   The Woman in the Dune, after a novel by Kobo Abe, Theaterlabor, Bielefeld, and German tour
     
1996   Madame de Sade, by Yukio Mishima, Theatre Schaubühne, Berlin, Germany
     
1997   End Game, by Samuel Beckett, Appeltheater, The Hague, Netherlands and tour in The Netherlands
     
    Molley Sweeney, by Brian Friel, Thalia Theater, Hamburg, Germany
     
    Han-Jo, theatrical variation, text by Nô, Kyogen, and modern Nô by Kukio Mishima, Theatre Schaubühne, Berlin, Germany
     
1998   Curlew River, opera by Bengemin Britten, Festival d’Aix-En-Provence, France and tour in Europe
     
1999   The Misunderstanding, by Albert Camus, Thalia Theater, Hamburg, Germany
     
2000   The Nightingale, opera by Igor Stravinsky; and The Village of the Wolf Cub, opera by Guo Wenjing, opera de Rouen, France
     
2001   Dance Theatre : The Maids, after Jean Genet, Choreographed adaptation, Theater Haus, Stuttgart, Germany and tour in Europe (Awerd of Time Out, for Best Dance Show in London 2002); Washington DC
     
    Autumn Dream, by Jon Fosse, Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria
     
    Molly Sweeney, Dance Theatre by Brian Friel, Dance Theatre Nürnberg Opera, Germany
     
2002   Musical-theater : The Song of the Earth, by Gustav Mahler, adapted by Arnold Schöenberg, dramatizing by Yoshi Oïda,  Opéra de Rouen, Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Luxembourg, San Paulo (Bresil, 2017)
     
2003   Curlew River ( new staging ) by Bengamin Britten, Opéra de Rouen, France,  tour in NYC
     
    Dance Theatre : Mevlana Rumi (Recipes for Love), from poems of Rumi, adapted by Lorna Marshall, Hebbel Theater, Berlin, Germany
     
    Alex Langer (creation of opera), by Giovanni Verrando, libretto by Vito Ugo Calabretta, images by Thomas Shenk, Nuovo Teatro Comunale di Bolzano, Italy
     
    La Frontière (creation of opera), chamber opera, music byPhilippe Manoury, libretto by Daniela Langer, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris, tour in France, Orléans, Rouen, Strasbourg, Lausanne, Clermont-Ferrand, Metz
     
2006  

Nabucco, by Giuseppe Verdi, Theatre Communale di Bologna, Sabonlina Festival (Finland), Lièges-Opera Royal de Walloni (Belgium)

Theatre : Possible Worlds of John Mighton - Toronto (Canada)
     

2007

 

  

Musical-theater : Winterreise, by Franz Schubert (1° version) - Music, theatre, images - Theaterlabor Bielefeld - Potsdam - Berlin 

 
   

Musical-theater :Winterreise, by Franz Schubert (2° version) - Monterey (Mexico)

Death in Venice, by Benjamin Britten, Aldeburgh Festival (U.K.), Bregen Festival (Austria) - Praha (Czech), Lyon (France), Toronto (Canada), Leeds (U.K.), Lowry(U.K.), Newcastle(U.K.), Nottingham (U.K.)

     

2008


2009

   Il Mondo della Luna, by Joseph Haydn - Rennes, Nantes, Angers, Luxembourgc

 

Don Giovanni, by Mozart - Saint Quentin en Yvelines, La Rochelle, Orléans, Chàteau de Versaille

 

2010

 

 

2011		  

  Idomeneo, by Mozart    National Theatre  Prague ( Czech)

  Birth of The Baptist (creation of opera) of Jyrki Linjama - Carinthischer Sommer, Festival Ossiach (Austria)

 

 Musical-theater :Winterreise, by Franz Schubert (3° version with Orchestre) - Theatre Athene, Festival Euphonie, saint Quenn Yvelinnes, Tour in Iles de France

  Opera Creation: La nuit de Gutenberg, by Philippe Manoury - Opera du Rhin (Strasbourg-France)

 

 
2012  

Le Vent Divin - kamikaze  (danse and images) - Château de Morsang-sur-Orge (France)

Opera Creation: Terre et Cendre   of Atiq Rahimi , by Jérôm Combier - Opera de Lyon (France)

 Les Pêcheurs de Perles by Bizet - Opera Comique, Paris (France), Lièges-Opera Royal de Walloni (Belgium)

   Opera National de Bordeaux (France, 2017), Royal Opera House Muscat (Oman, 2017)

The Pilgrim's Progress by Vaughan Williams - ENO English National Opera in London

 

 

2013

 

 

 

2014

 

 

 

2016      

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2019 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

 

2024

  

 Sang de cerisiers : theatre : Compagnie le Bruit des Hommes - Theatre Aubagne, Marseille (France)

 

 

 

Opera Peter Grimes by Benjaman Britten - Opera de Lyon (France)

Musical-theater : YOUME -The Wind blowing in the pine trees- (inspeared from Noh Theter)   text by Jacqued Keriguy and composed by Kazuko Narita -Maison de la culture de Japon, Opera de Reims, and other theaters

 

 

Opera Madame Butterfly (1st version) by Puccinis  Opera Goteborg (Sweden),

    The Finnish National Opera in Helsinki (Finland, 2018), Opera Goteborg (Sweden, 2018)

 

 

Opera Madame Butterfly (2nd version) by Puccinis  Tokyo, Osaka, Kanazawa, Takasaki  (Japan)

 

War Requiem by Benjaman Britten - Opera de Lyon (France)

 

 

Opera Creation Shion Story  by Nishimura Akira   - New National Theatre, Tokyo (Japan)

 

 END GAME of Beckett, Sesc Ipiranga, Sao Paulo, Brazil,     Havana Festival, Cuba

 

Theatrical Concert  Barlaam et Josaphat, quand Bouddha devient Chretien,  Guimet Museum, paris (France)

 

Music Theatre "Aoi no ue"  by Yoritsune Matsudair, Sanno Audium, Oomori, Japan

 

Modern Noh    Le Tambour de Soie  (title previsoire, En Avant-Premiere) 

                        Maison de la Culture d'Amiens, Amiens, France 

                        Le Centquatre, Paris, France

 

 

 Opera Note to a friend by David Lang, Japan society (NYC)

                                                                              Tokyo Bunka Kaikan　(Japan)