Wagner-Verdi 200th birthday event
The Park Hyatt Tokyo in Shinjuku will host the dinner reception Touches of Opera on Feb. 9 at The Ballroom on the hotel's 39th floor. The event celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of two great composers — Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and Richard Wagner (1813-1883), two giants of the classical music world who brought the art of opera to its highest expression in the 19th century.
Cocktails will start at 5:30 p.m. followed by a four-course dinner from 6 p.m. accompanied by vocal performances from operas composed by the Italian and German legends. Featured selections will include the Grand March from Wagner's "Tannhäuser" and the famous drinking song from Verdi's "La Traviata," performed by Japanese soprano Ai Ichihara, Japanese-American tenor John Ken Nuzzo and the Tokyo Opera Singers.