- Oriza Hirata
Playwright and director. President of the Professional College of Arts and Tourism. Director of the Aomori Museum of Art. He received the 39th Kishida Kunio Drama Award in 1995 for “”Tokyo Note,”” the 22nd Tsuruya Nanboku Drama Award in 2019 for “”The History of the Rise and Fall of Japanese Literature,”” and Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication in 2011. He has written and directed operas, including “”Stilles Meer”” (composed by Toshio Hosokawa) at the Hamburg State Opera in 2016 and “”Zero”” (composed by Kaito Nakahori) at the Toyooka Theater Festival in 2020.
Director’s Program
Kinosaki International Arts Center AIR Program 2025/26
Theater Opera
“The star has no sound −Clockwork Universe−”
Oriza Hirata ＋ Kaito Nakahori
Area
- Kinosaki
Date and Time
Sep.12(Fri)18:30
Sep.13(Sat)Closed days
Sep.14(Sun)13:00
Sep.15(Mon)11:00
Performance Duration
Approx. 100 minutes
Performance Language
Performed in Japanese only
*English subtitles
Admission Fee
【All seats unreserved】
Advance Tickets: ¥4,000
Same-day Tickets: ¥4,500
Advance Tickets U25/Student/Disabled Discount: ¥3,000*
Same-day Tickets Disabled Discount: ¥3,500*
U18 for advance and Same-day: Free*
Uzumaku Pass: ¥1,000
Clap Mates*
If there are remaining seats on the day, you can watch the performance for free who aged 19 to 25, or those with a valid student ID.
*Please proof required on the day of the event
Playwright and director Oriza Hirata and composer Kaito Nakahori will work on their second theater opera. With the themes of the universe and imagery, the latest 3D audio technology will be used to create a multidimensional space in which Hirata’s contemporary colloquial theater and Nakahori’s contemporary music arias featuring vocalise (singing technique using vowel sounds or nonsense syllables) alternate. The work is a result of exploration to realize an ultimate art work where elements of contemporary theater, music, and art interact.
It will tour to Setouchi Triennale 2025 and Mito International Music Festival in 2025.
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Performers
- Soprano：Maki Ota
Mezzo-soprano：Dora Garcidueñas
Tenor：Hugo Paulsson Stove
Cast：Kumi Hyodo Mizuho Nojima Moe Haemori Koharu Tasaki
"Ensemble Mito“
Flute：Kaori Wakabayashi
Clarinet：Nozomi Ueda
Bassoon：Hidetaka Nakagawa
Piano：Chiharu Wakabayashi
Violin：Mayuko Ishigami
Viola：Yoshiko Hannya
Cello：Seiko Takemoto
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Staff
- Set Designer：Itaru Sugiyama
Immersive Sound engineer：Yu Igarashi
Stage Manager：Saori Nakajima
Technical Director：Koji Takeyoshi
Lighting Designer：Shoko Mishima
Subtitle Designers：Aya Nishimoto, Izumi Sayama
Stage Movement Supervisor / Assistant Director：Noriko Fujise
Costume Designer：Aya Masakane
Production Manager：Kumiko Ota
Assistant Production Manager：Ulin Miula
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Accessibility
・Wheelchairs accommodated
・Free entrance for aide
・Childcare services
・English subtitlesIf you require any of the following services, please contact the Toyooka Theater Festival Festival Center before purchasing tickets.
Those who have a disability certificate and wish to be accompanied by an aide.
Those who plan to attend the festival in a wheelchair.
Those who wish to use childcare services.Childcare services (reservation required)
Date:Sep.14(Sun)13:00,Sep.15(Mon)11:00
*Free childcare service provided.
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Notes
*Preschool children are not admitted.
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Credits
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lanning & Production by Seinendan Theatre Company / Agora Planning LTD
Presented by Agora Planning LTD
Co-organized by Toyooka Theater Festival
In cooperation with Kinosaki International Arts Center (Toyooka City)
Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan｜Japan Arts Council -
- Kaito Nakahori
A Japanese-born composer based in New York, USA, Nakahori began composing under the influence of Toru Takemitsu’s music and gagaku, traditional Japanese court music. He advocates the concepts of “timeless music” in which sound and silence are interwoven in a meditative and hazy tonal world, and “spacetime music” in which sound image and acoustic changes are expressed. Since his portrait concert at the United Nations Headquarters in 2015, he has presented a variety of compositions from opera to gagaku around the world, and has collaborated in the fields of theater and the visual arts. In 2025, he will launch Mito International Music Festival as its director.
In 2025, the theater opera “”The Planet without Sound – Clockwork Universe”” will be co-produced and staged at Toyooka Theater Festival, Setouchi Triennale, and Mito International Music Festival.WEB：https://www.kaitonakahori.com/
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