Muti in Tokyo Enchants with ‘Simon Boccanegra’

Tokyo: Maestro Riccardo Muti performed ‘Simon Boccanegra’ in Tokyo with the Tokyo Harusai Festival orchestra and the Tokyo Opera Singers chorus.

According to Ansa News Agency, the Embassy of Italy in Japan emphasizes how the Italian Opera Academy in Tokyo, the project created by Muti to teach Italian opera to young conductors from all over the world, “confirms itself as a great success and a driving force for Italian culture in Japan.” Also in the hall to follow Muti’s concert was the Italian ambassador to Tokyo, Gianluigi Benedetti.