“Yuzuru(The Twilight Heron, 夕鶴)”, a one-act opera composed by Japanese composer Ikuma Dan, premiered at the Asahi Hall in Osaka in 1952. Since then, i..
For his first foray into opera, dramatist Toshiki Okada is modernizing a Japanese classic, centering it on "the damaging influence of capitalism" instead of a tragic love story.