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Akira Miyoshi's Toi Ho (Distant Sail) with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra

Nov. 27, 2013

Akira Miyoshi's <em>Toi Ho (Distant Sail)</em> with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra

On December 7 and 8, Masahiro Sato leads the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra with the Opera “Toi Ho” Choir and NHK Sendai Children’s Chorus in a production of Akira Miyoshi’s opera, Toi Ho (Distant Sail). The production takes place at the Tokyo Electron Hall Miyagi and features baritone Teruhiko Komori, tenor Koyama Yojiro, and direction by Keiko Miyata.

Toi Ho was commissioned by Sendai City and premiered in 1999 with Yuzo Toyama leading the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra. The work received the Suntory Music Award in 2000. Toi Ho is based on the life of Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571–1622), the first Japanese ambassador in the Americas and Europe and one of very few Japanese people to have encountered the western world in that era. The production honors the 400 year anniversary of Hasekura's mission to Europe, known as the Keichō Embassy (1613-1620), which entered Japan into diplomatic relations with Spain.

Further performances are scheduled in Tokyo on August 23 and 24 at New National Theatre Tokyo. 

For more information on Akira Miyoshi, please visit www.zen-on.co.jp/world.

Akira Miyoshi
“Toi Ho” (Distant Sail) (1999)
an opera in one act
Libretto (Jap) by Mutsuo Takahashi
2.2.2.2-4.3.4.0-4perc-hp-pno-str
70’

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