Manji (Quicksand) Opera in 3 Acts

Sonoko, the wife of lawyer Kotaro, falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a wool wholesaler she meets at art school, Mitsuko. They start a forbidden love between girls relationship. However, Mitsuko is unable to break off her other relationship with her fiancé, Watanuki. At the mercy of Watanuki’s jealousy and scheming, Mitsuko and Sonoko decide an escape plan. However, this eventfully leads to Kotaro also falling in love with Mitsuko. The married couple Sonoko and Kotaro suffer from possessiveness and suspicion, while they are being dominated both body and soul by Mitsuko. Now their four destinies are woven together in this excellent opera adaption of Tanizaki’s world of love, hate, and destruction. (Libretto in Japanese, English subtitles available)  Yuri Shingu(Mitsuko/Mezzo-soprano), Megumi Tsuyama(Sonoko/Soprano), Shingo Yokoyama(Kotaro/Tenor), Atsushi Okamoto(Watanuki/Bariton), Yasuhiro Miura(Satge director), Kenichi Nishizawa(Libretto, Compose & Conduct)