Toshio Hosokawa | karsten witt music management
In this short chamber opera, which is inspired by the traditional Noh play Futari Shizuka (The Two Shizukas), Toshio Hosokawa's music tells the unique story of the encounter of an ancient Japanese ghost with a present-day refugee. The libretto, written by Oriza Hirata is sung both in English and Japanese: a migrant woman, Helen (soprano), is ...