2024 · Conductor
Mozart · Die Zauberflöte · Hiroshi Senju →
The first of Bunkamura’s three Mozart productions, staged in 2024 at Meguro Persimmon Hall. Masato Suzuki conducted BCJ, with art by Hiroshi Senju and direction by Leo Iizuka.
Opera
Mozart at Bunkamura, the Chofu International Music Festival, New National Theatre Tokyo and Baroque opera with BCJ. Productions conducted, directed and produced by Masato Suzuki.
Bunkamura · Three Mozart operas
2025
Mozart · Don Giovanni →
Masato Suzuki conducts Bach Collegium Japan in the 2025 production, directed by Leo Iizuka with sets by Hiroshi Sugimoto. Rehearsal report from Bunkamura.
2026 · Conductor
Mozart · Le nozze di Figaro · Kengo Kuma →
The third of Bunkamura’s Mozart productions, presented in 2026 with stage design by Kengo Kuma, costumes by Keita Maruyama and direction by Leo Iizuka. Masato Suzuki conducted BCJ.
Chofu International Music Festival
2018 · Conductor & festival producer
Mozart · Der Schauspieldirektor / Bastien und Bastienne →
A Mozart double bill at the 2018 Chofu International Music Festival. Masato Suzuki conducted BCJ in two comedies bringing singing and spoken theatre together.
2019 · Conductor, Selim & festival producer
Mozart · Die Entführung aus dem Serail →
At Chofu in 2019, Masato Suzuki both conducted and played the speaking role of Selim in Mozart’s three-act opera, directed by Satoshi Taoshita. The cast included Mari Moriya, Makoto Sakurada, Eri Sawae, Yosuke Taniguchi and Dominik Wörner.
2021 · Conductor & festival producer
Menotti · The Telephone →
Saki Nakae and Takaoki Onishi sang Menotti’s one-act opera at the 2021 Chofu International Music Festival, with Masato Suzuki conducting YNSO at Green Hall.
2025 · Conductor & festival producer
Handel · Rodelinda →
A concert performance at the 2025 Chofu International Music Festival, conducted by Masato Suzuki with BCJ, with Carine Tinney as Rodelinda and Daichi Fujiki as Bertarido.
2026 · Conductor & festival producer
Atsuhiko Gondai · ZEN · World premiere →
The world premiere at the 2026 Chofu International Music Festival. Masato Suzuki conducted BCJ in Atsuhiko Gondai’s two-act opera, with a libretto by Harue Tsutsumi and direction by Satoshi Taoshita.
BCJ Opera Series
2017
Monteverdi · L’incoronazione di Poppea →
Masato Suzuki’s BCJ Opera Series began in 2017, marking Monteverdi’s 450th anniversary, with Maki Mori, Rachel Nicholls and performances in Tokyo and Kanagawa.
2020
Handel · Rinaldo →
The second production in Masato Suzuki’s BCJ Opera Series, staged by Mao Sunakawa in Kanagawa and Tokyo in 2020. Suzuki conducted from the harpsichord, with Daichi Fujiki as Rinaldo, Maki Mori as Almirena and Saki Nakae as Armida. Stage photographs and BCJ’s official performance film.
2023
Handel · Giulio Cesare →
The third production in Masato Suzuki’s BCJ Opera Series, presented in Hyogo, Tokyo and Kanagawa in October 2023. Conducted from the harpsichord by Masato Suzuki, with staging by Miharu Sato.
2026
Gluck · Orfeo ed Euridice 2026 →
Masato Suzuki Presents / BCJ Opera Series Vol. 4. Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice in three acts, presented in concert, sung in Italian with Japanese subtitles.
Other productions
2009 · Stage direction
Monteverdi · L’incoronazione di Poppea · New National Theatre Tokyo →
In 2009, Masato Suzuki co-directed this concert opera with Goro Tamura at the New National Theatre Tokyo. Masaaki Suzuki conducted BCJ, with Maki Mori and Rachel Nicholls.
2011 · Conductor, director & harpsichord
Rameau · Les Indes galantes · Excerpts →
At Hakuju Hall in 2011, excerpts from Rameau’s opera-ballet met contemporary dance by Ikuyo Kuroda. Masato Suzuki conducted, directed and played harpsichord, with soprano Yukari Nonoshita and a Baroque ensemble.
2012 · Conductor
Gluck · Orpheus · Mori Ogai’s Japanese translation →
A 2012 production in Mori Ogai’s Japanese translation, marking the 150th anniversary of his birth. Masato Suzuki conducted at Bunkyo Civic Hall, with direction by Kazuko Watanabe and the Nagaokakyo Chamber Ensemble.
2020 · Conductor & organ
Britten · Curlew River →
In GEN at Yokosuka Arts Theatre in 2020, Britten’s Curlew River was paired with the Noh play Sumidagawa. Masato Suzuki conducted and played organ in Tadashi Miroku’s staging, with Jun Suzuki, Kei Yonashiro, Tadahiro Sakashita and Hirotaka Kato.
2022 · Conductor
Ikuma Dan · Yuzuru →
Toshiki Okada’s new staging of Yuzuru toured Japan. Masato Suzuki conducted the Kariya and Kumamoto performances in 2022, with Sara Kobayashi as Tsu and Takumi Yogi as Yohyo.
2022 · Conductor
Gluck · Orfeo ed Euridice · New National Theatre Tokyo →
Masato Suzuki made his conducting debut at the New National Theatre Tokyo in 2022, leading the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in Saburo Teshigawara’s production combining opera and dance.