1st Japanese conducts Rome Opera House orchestra

1st Japanese conducts Rome Opera House orchestra

ROME, Italy - Hirofumi Yoshida (C) takes a curtain call after becoming the first Japanese to conduct the orchestra of the Rome Opera House in the open air at the Baths of Caracalla ruins on Aug. 8. Yoshida, 38, conducted the orchestra for Sergei Prokofiev's ballet ''Romeo and Juliet'' and Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera ''Pagliacci.''

PAGLIACCI

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PAGLIACCI RICHARD TAUBER, STEFFI DUNA Date: 1936

PAGLIACCI

PAGLIACCI

PAGLIACCI RICHARD TAUBER Date: 1936

PAGLIACCI

PAGLIACCI

PAGLIACCI RICHARD TAUBER PAGLIACCI Date: 1936

Italy's Teatro Comunale di Bologna performs at Himeji Castle

Italy's Teatro Comunale di Bologna performs at Himeji Castle

Italian opera company Teatro Comunale di Bologna, directed by the Japanese artistic director of the company's philharmonic orchestra, performs "Pagliacci" composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo on a stage in front of the main tower of Himeji Castle, a World Heritage site, in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sept. 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Italy's Teatro Comunale di Bologna performs at Himeji Castle

Italy's Teatro Comunale di Bologna performs at Himeji Castle

Italian opera company Teatro Comunale di Bologna, directed by the Japanese artistic director of the company's philharmonic orchestra, performs "Pagliacci" composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo on a stage in front of the main tower of Himeji Castle, a World Heritage site, in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sept. 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

1st Japanese conducts Rome Opera House orchestra

1st Japanese conducts Rome Opera House orchestra

ROME, Italy - Hirofumi Yoshida (C) takes a curtain call after becoming the first Japanese to conduct the orchestra of the Rome Opera House in the open air at the Baths of Caracalla ruins on Aug. 8. Yoshida, 38, conducted the orchestra for Sergei Prokofiev's ballet ''Romeo and Juliet'' and Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera ''Pagliacci.'' (Kyodo)