A frustrated samurai. An unwieldy herd of pigs. A mysterious murder. A woman’s dying wish. Four surreal stories from Japanese author Natsume Soseki’s (1867-1916) Ten Nights of Dream come to life in Four Nights of Dream (2008), a contemporary chamber opera that traverses the subconscious through colorful melodies and piercing emotions. For this production, New York vocalists and Tokyo instrumentalists come together to perform within a spellbinding and ever-morphing set.    (Japansociety.org)

Directed by Alec Duffy 
Music and Libretto by Moto Osada
Choreograph by Raja Feather Kelly

Conductor: Ken-David Masur
Singers: Marisa Karchin, Gloria Park, Christopher Sokolowski, Makoto Winkler, Jesse Malgieri, Rocky Sellers
Instrumentalists: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Chamber Orchestra

Collaborators: Tuçe Yasak (lighting design), Mimi Lien (set design), Oana Botez (costume design)

Co-commissioned by the Japan Society and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, 4 nights of Dreams premiered Sept 13-16 2017 at the Japan Society in NYC, and later at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan in October 2017.

photos are from Japan Society Show in NYC

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/arts/music/four-nights-of-dream-moto-osada-review.html

https://operawire.com/q-a-director-alec-duffy-on-bringing-four-nights-of-dream-to-life-for-north-american-japanese-premieres/