The Fujiwara Opera ( 藤原歌劇団 , Fujiwara Kagekidan ) is an opera company located in Tokyo , Japan , and is notably that nation's first and oldest professional opera company.
4-417: It was founded in 1934 by operatic tenor Yoshie Fujiwara . Following World War II the company entered a period of great success, beginning with a highly popular production of Giuseppe Verdi 's La traviata which was given more than 400 performances under the baton of Manfred Gurlitt . Renowned tenor Arrigo Pola was the company's Artistic Director between 1957 and 1965. After he left the company went into
8-685: A period of decline, but eventually the company began to thrive again beginning in the late 1970s. Since 1980 the company has been managed by the Japan Opera Foundation , an organization which also manages the Nihon Opera Kyokai . This article about an opera company or opera festival is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yoshie Fujiwara Yoshie Fujiwara ( 藤原 義江 , Fujiwara Yoshie , December 5, 1898 in Osaka , Japan – March 22, 1976)
12-548: The family name "Fujiwara". Even so, his true father met him later in his life and put Yoshie into school. Yoshie's mother died in his youth, and Reid remained a bachelor all his life. Reid's grave is in Shimonoseki and Reid's boarding house later became the "Fujiwara Yoshie Memorial Museum". In 1934, he established the Fujiwara Opera and became a notable figure of Japanese opera history. This article about
16-487: Was a Japanese tenor singer. He was born in Osaka . His mother Kinu Sakata was a biwa -player and a geisha , worked in Shimonoseki of Yamaguchi Prefecture . Her mother was born in Osaka too. His father, Neil Brodie Reid , (November 30, 1870 – January 19, 1920) a Scottish merchant, worked for Holme Ringer & Co. , however he was not raised by his father. Tokuzaburō Fujiwara adopted him, from whom he received
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