Opera in the Repertoire · Modern
Bamboo Princess
libretto by Ryūsuke Numajiri · premiered 2014 · at Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall
The Bamboo Princess (歌劇「竹取物語」, Kageki "Taketori Monogatari") is an opera in five scenes or acts composed by Numajiri Ryūsuke to a Japanese libretto by the composer, based on the late ninth- or early tenth-century Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. First performed in 2014, it has a running time of approximately two hours. While the libretto is faithful to the original story, the "beautiful" score is reminiscent of popular tunes of the Shōwa era. The orchestration includes parts for harp, celesta, and horagai.
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