List of operas by Japanese composers

This list is of operas by Japanese composers.

List Opera Composer Librettist Première Alternative name(s) Comments Image Gojūon Ref. Year VenueCamp DreamRoei no Yume 1905 HagoromoHagoromo 1906 Feather Robe cf. Hagoromo Eternal DarknessTokoyami 1906 Reishō 1907 ko-kageki Chikai no Hoshi Yamada Kōsaku 1909 Fairy opera "Dom-Brako"otogi kageki Don-burako 1912 "children's operetta" Uta-asobi "Ukare-Daruma"uta-asobi Ukare-Daruma Motoori Nagayo 1912 Women go to WarJogun shussei 1917 Ochitaru Tennyogakugeki Ochitaru tennyo Yamada Kōsaku Tsubouchi Shōyō 1929 Fallen AngelThe Fallen Celestial Maiden AyameAyame Yamada Kōsaku Percy Noel 1931 Sweet Flag Onatsu KyōranNihon kageki Onatsu kyōran Sekiya Toshiko 1934 Futari kuzuba Sekiya Toshiko 1935 Alt-HeidelbergAruto Haideruberuhi 1937 Hibiya Public Hall based on Alt Heidelberg Katsushika Love StoryKatsushika jōwa Nagai Kafū 1938 Romance in Katsushika KurofuneKurofune Yamada Kōsaku 1940 Tokyo Takarazuka Theatre cf. Black Ships Tomoe GozenTomoe Gozen Sekiya Toshiko 1941 cf. Tomoe Gozen Kokumin kageki Nishiura no Kami Hirota Ryūtarō 1943 YūzuruYūzuru Dan Ikuma Kinoshita Junji 1952 Shuzenji MonogatariShuzenji monogatari Shimizu Osamu 1954 based on by Okamoto Kidō Akai jinbaori Ōguri Hiroshi 1955 based on by Kinoshita Junji Clairvoyant Monkey PainterNihon-zaru sukitoorime Mamiya Michio 1966 OkinawaOkinawa 1969 cf. United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands Luminous MossHikarigoke Dan Ikuma 1972 Hikarigoke based on by Takeda Taijun ShunkinshōShunkin-shō Miki Minoru Maeda Jun 1975 Tokyo Yūbin Chokin Hall based on by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Hsiang Feigurando opera Kōhi Yamada Kōsaku , Yamada Kōsaku 1981 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan cf. Fragrant Concubine JōruriJōruri Miki Minoru Colin Graham 1985 Opera Theatre of Saint Louis cf. Jōruri WakahimeWakahime Miki Minoru Nakanishi Rei 1992 Okayama Symphony Hall cf. SilenceChinmoku Matsumura Teizō Matsumura Teizō 1993 Nissay Theatre based on Silence TakeruTakeru Dan Ikuma Dan Ikuma 1997 New National Theatre, Tokyo based on the story of Yamato Takeru Genji monogatari Miki Minoru Colin Graham 2000 Opera Theatre of Saint Louis based on The Tale of Genji RokumeikanRokumeikan Ikebe Shin'ichirō 2010 New National Theatre, Tokyo based on Rokumeikan by Mishima Yukio Shinran: Life is impermanent like an illusionShin ran maboroshi no gotoku naru ichigo 2011 Kyoto Concert Hall cf. Shinran Bamboo PrincessTaketori monogatari 2014 Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall based on Taketori Monogatari Sugihara Chiune monogatari jindō no sakura Shinada Yuri 2015 cf. Chiune Sugihara AstersShion monogatari Nishimura Akira Sasaki Mikirō 2019 New National Theatre, Tokyo based on Asters by Ishikawa Jun Kurenai Tennyosūpā opera Kurenai Tennyo Miuchi Suzue 2020 Bunkamura Orchard Hall Red Goddess based on Glass Mask

See also List of Japanese composers

References

Further reading

External links Opera Information Center, Opera Research Center, Showa University of Music Timeline (New National Theatre, Tokyo)