“GARASHA”
Mono opera “Garasha” Nogaku version
Music by Esteban BENZECRY エステバン・ベンゼクリの音楽
田中彩子 Ayako Tanaka, soprano coloratura
Upcoming performances:
September 19 Nagoya Nogakudo
September 21 Amanohashidate special performance
https://www.japanmep.com/garasha2022
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次回名古屋公演、天橋立公演はパワーアップして帰ってきます！
GARASHA
モノオペラ「ガラシャ」能楽版
エステバン・ベンゼクリの音楽
2022年9月19日（月・祝）名古屋能楽堂
2022年9月21日（水）天橋立
詳細とチケット購入はこちらから
https://www.japanmep.com/garasha2022
(Video made with scenes from Garasha performed at the National Noh Theater, Tokyo, Japan, January 29, 2022)
Composition: Esteban Benzecry
Libretto: Noboru Yokoshima
Work commissioned by Japan Association for Music Education Program
“Hosokawa Garasha” synopsis
The mono Opera “Garasha” by Esteban Benzecry with a book by Noboru Yokoshima has texts in Japanese and old monastic Spanish, the starting point is precisely the narration made by a Jesuit priest of the history of Tama Hosokawa who when he converted to Catholicism is baptized with the name of Garasha (Grace) Hosokawa. Married to Tadaoki Hosokawa at the age of 15, mother of six children, a betrayal of her father against his lord, Oda Nobunaga, whom she murders, automatically makes her the daughter of a traitor and therefore liable to separation. from her husband. He did not wish to end her bond and sent her with some of her servants to the mountains near what is now Kyoto where she remained hidden for two years. After that time she was later transferred to Osaka where a cell was her accommodation. A maid converted to Catholicism was the link with the word and faith. When her husband learned of these conversations, she, too, clarified her ideas with a friend of his who was also converted to the Christian faith. An anti-Catholic proclamation from Toyotomi, lord of the place, convinced Tama to finally convert to Christianity and her husband, aware of this, pointed out that her life was in danger and if she was found she should kill herself. Garasha talks to the local priests. They tell them that suicide is a mortal sin for Catholicism, which despite the fact that the danger had diminished, leaves a mark on her religious conviction for the future. Toyotomi’s death brought about a factional struggle for power, leaving the territory for the dominated divided in two. Togokawa was the leader of the eastern part, with whom Garasha’s husband was enlisted and Mitsunari in the West. The latter decides to invade the East, assault Osaka and attack the castle where Garasha resided. Her husband left her servants a clear order that if her enemies attempted to take her from her, they must kill her immediately. When this happened, Shosai Ogasarawa, retainer of the family, killed Garasha, who faced the moment with supreme serenity, after which all the occupants of the place took their own lives.
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