Today, I got mail (not electronic mail) from my coursin Shoko in Okinawa. Shoko included a flyer for her brother's music concert for the benefit of Japan, which was held on June 26th. I know it is kind of late to announce the flyer on my blog. Please do not think I'm a bit silly to do so.
My coursin Akira is an opera singer who is trained in the operatic arts in Milan and Vienna. He has had numerous concerts in both Europe and Okinawa, and has acted and sung in historical opera dramas in Okinawa since 1989, including Momoto Fumiagari, Amawari and Sangoku Shi. He also directed, written music score and acted as one of the cast of a play of the operatic version of Yushiya Chiru Monogatari - a story of the well-known poet Chiru Yushiya, who was born in Yomitan. Akira has been performing solo concerts at the Ashibina Theater in Okinawa city and many on other stages in Yomitan village, Okinawa. He composes songs, and teaches piano and singing at his studio in Takashiho Yomitan.
沖縄県でオペラ音楽活動を行っている従兄弟の章にーにーは、去る6月26日に震災ベネフィット公演を開催したようです。姉の正子ねーねーから、昨日手紙とフライヤーが届いていますが、すでに終わってしまった公演のチラシですけどお知らせします。正子ねーねーの手紙によるとコンサートは盛況だったようです。沖縄では、章にーにのコンサートが開催されるたびに母親も妹たちも美(ちゅら)すがいして(よそいきの服を着て)コンサートに出かけるんです。
ウイーンの町に住む人たちは、夕食を終えた後、毎晩のように気軽にオペラ見学に行くんだそうです。ウイーン市内で私が見学に行ったオペラ座は、ボルクス(Volks)・オペラとう名称の劇場でした。Volksはドイツ語で一般人という意味です。沖縄でも最近オペラファンが増えているようです。
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