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Japanese Premiere of Hans Werner Henze's Opera, Gogo no Eiko

Nov. 29, 2023

Alejo Perez led the New Japan Philharmonic in the Japanese premiere performance of Hans Werner Henze's opera, Gogo no Eiko at the Nissay Theater in Tokyo on November 23 with additional performances through November 26.

Gogo no Eiko ("Das verratene Meer"), based on the iconic novel by Yukio Mishima, tells the story of a murder committed out of disappointment and a misconceived sense of honor: the teenage boy Noboru and the gang of youths that he has joined kill the lover of Noboru’s mother Fusako, the ship’s officer Ryuji. They cannot bear that he, the passionate seaman, wants to turn his back on the sea, the symbol of independence and vastness, out of his love for Fusako.


Hans Werner Henze/Gogo no Eiko, Act I/Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI/Gerd Albrecht, conductor

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Hans Werner Henze
Gogo No Eiko (1989/2005)
based on "Das verratene Meer, " revised 2003/2005
an opera in two acts
text by Hans-Ulrich Treichel based on Yukio Mishima's "Gogo No Eiko" ("Der Seemann, der die See verriet")
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