# Fujiwara Opera

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{{Short description|Japanese opera company}}
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| resting_place = [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), [Japan](/source/Japan)
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The {{Nihongo|'''Fujiwara Opera'''|藤原歌劇団|Fujiwara Kagekidan}} is an [opera](/source/opera) company located in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), [Japan](/source/Japan), and is notably that nation's first and oldest professional opera company.

==Historical overview==
It was founded in 1934 by operatic tenor [Yoshie Fujiwara](/source/Yoshie_Fujiwara). Following [World War II](/source/World_War_II) the company entered a period of great success, beginning with a highly popular production of [Giuseppe Verdi](/source/Giuseppe_Verdi)'s ''[La traviata](/source/La_traviata)'' which was given more than 400 performances under the baton of [Manfred Gurlitt](/source/Manfred_Gurlitt). Renowned tenor [Arrigo Pola](/source/Arrigo_Pola) was the company's Artistic Director between 1957 and 1965. After he left the company went into a period of decline, but eventually the company began to thrive again beginning in the late 1970s. Since 1980 the company has been managed by the [Japan Opera Foundation](/source/Japan_Opera_Foundation), an organization which also manages the [Nihon Opera Kyokai](/source/Nihon_Opera_Kyokai).

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.jof.or.jp/en/ Official Website of the Japan Opera Foundation]

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Category:Japanese opera companies
Category:Musical groups established in 1934
Category:1934 establishments in Japan
Category:Music in Tokyo

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