Four Nights of Dream
Wednesday, September 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, September 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Japan Society – 333 E. 47th Street (between First and Second Avenues)
Admission: $55/$45 Japan Society members
This Japan Society 110th Anniversary Commission is based on a novel by revered Japanese author Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) and reimagined into an opera.
A frustrated samurai. An unwieldy herd of pigs. A mysterious murder. A woman’s dying wish. Four surreal stories from Soseki’s Ten Nights of Dream come to life in Four Nights of Dream, a contemporary chamber opera that traverses the subconscious through colorful melodies and piercing emotions. For this new production, New York vocalists and Tokyo instrumentalists come together to perform within a spellbinding and ever-morphing set.
Hear from director Alec Duffy and Librettist Moto Osada in Japan Society’s video here.
Four Nights of Dream
- Music and Libretto: Moto Osada
- Conductor: Ken-David Masur
- Director: Alec Duffy
- Set Designer: Mimi Lien
- Costume Designer: Oana Botez
- Lighting Designer: Tuce Yasak
- Singers: Marisa Karchin, Gloria Park, Christopher Sokolowski, Makoto Winkler, Jesse Malgieri, Rocky Sellers
- Instrumentalists: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Chamber Orchestra
Performed in English.
The opening night performance on Wednesday, September 13 will be followed by a MetLife Meet-the-Artists Afterparty, and the performance on Friday, September 15 will be followed by an artist Q&A.
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit Japan Society’s website.