About

The New National Theatre, Tokyo

The New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) is Japan's only national theatre dedicated to the performing arts of Opera, Ballet, Dance and Drama. Since we opened in 1997, the NNTT has presented world-class performances not only at our theatre in Tokyo but also at many regional theatres, and has come to occupy a familiar and much-loved place in the nation's cultural life.

The NNTT comprises the Opera House, Playhouse and the Pit, each of which uniquely contributes to an annual total of about 300 stage performances to the delight of approx. 200,000 theatregoers, including many visitors from overseas. The theatre is constantly active in staging productions, by itself or in collaboration with other theatres throughout Japan and overseas.

New National Theatre Chorus and the National Ballet of Japan are the two resident companies of the NNTT. NNT Chorus inaugurated since the 1998/1999 Season performs in most of the opera productions produced by NNTT. Their activities go beyond operatic performances while they also appear at other concert halls and music festivals. Meanwhile, the National Ballet of Japan (NBJ) was founded in 1997 as the first ballet company in Japan resident of a Theatre.

The NNTT is also involved in educational programmes for high school students for their first time opera, ballet for children, free lectures, talk sessions and workshops, and other initiatives. What’s more, the NNTT has Opera Studio, Ballet School and Drama School within the theatre complex.

Updates

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Naoki Murata, Executive Director of New National Theatre Tokyo, delivered a speech at Thematic Forum “New Philosophies of Theatre Operations and Management”.

New National Theatre Tokyo and China NCPA renewed Memorandums of Understanding for Strategic Partnership during Beijing Forum for Performing Arts 2019.

Naoki Murata, Executive Director of New National Theatre Tokyo, had conversations with other representatives during Beijing Forum for Performing Arts 2019.

Artistic Directors ONO/YOSHIDA/OGAWA

La Traviata (2017) directed by Vincent BOUSSARD (Photo by TERASHI Masahiko)

Swan Lake (2018) choreographed by Marius PETIPA / Lev IVANOV / MAKI Asami (Photo by SETO Hidemi)

Dance Japon Project 2018 x NBJ "Summer / Night / Dream" (2018) choreographed by ENDO Yasuyuki / KOIKE Mimoza / YANAGIMOTO Mashiro (Photo by SHIKAMA Takashi)

Drama Guards at the Taj (2019) (Photo by MIYAGAWA Maiko)

NNT Opera Studio

NNT Ballet School

NNT Drama Studio