Kazushi Ono conducts  Der fliegende Holländer at Hamburg State Opera this month, and later in the year,  Rusalka  at Opéra national de Paris and  Elektra  for New National Theatre, Tokyo. Beginning a year so full of opera, he tells us about his approach to balancing scores and remembers sneaking into a rehearsal of Carlos Kleiber Compared with studying symphonies, opera takes a lot of time to bring into one’s repertoire. I start the process not with the music, but reading th

Kazushi Ono conducts Natasha. Photo: New National Theatre, Tokyo Kazushi Ono conducted the world premiere of Toshio Hosokawa's new opera...

Kazushi Ono and New National Theatre, Tokyo, have announced their 2025–26 season, which will include Ono conducting new productions of...

Kazushi Ono will conduct the world premiere of Toshio Hosokawa's new opera Natasha at New National Theatre, Tokyo, in a production...

Kazushi Ono, Artistic Director of New National Theatre, Tokyo, has announced the house's 2024/25 opera season, which will include three...