The Opera "Forgotten Boys" What Xavier left to Japan

Edward Ishita

September 21,1947
	Born in Osaka as a child of a son of a Japanese immigrant to Philippine (Father) and a Spanish Filipino (Mother).
March 1966　Graduated from Kozu High School.
	Manager of gymnastics club and chairman of the student council
March 1971　Graduated from Musashino Music University
	(major: Vocal Music Course). Also learned composition under the tutorage of Kozaburo Hirai and others.
July 1976 Launching "Group Ushio" which is the predecessor of
	"Tokyo Opera Association"
	Since then, engaged in the following activities as the Representative and Art Director of Tokyo Opera Association:
Performance of citizen-participating opera in several parts in Japan.
Performance of several European classic opera rearranged from the current view point which includes:
-------	Bizet's "Carmen" rearranged to a fantasy of a slum in Tokyo and to a dance opera.
-------	Mozart's "The Magic Flute" rearranged to a musical "Magic Flute & Bell". Performance held more than 100 times.
-------	Mozart's "The marriage of Figaro" rearranged to a Kabuki opera. Performance held around dozen times.
-------	An opera version of Beethoven's "Symphony No.9" and Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" which performed for the first time in Japan.
Under the concept of "international cultural exchange through an opera", created and performed the following opera from Japan to the world.
-------	"Forgotten Boys - Tensho Youth Envoys to Europe" (Composer: Nanno Shibata, Libretto and General manager: Edward Ishita) which was held more than 100 times in Japan and Europe.
-------	Japan-China joint opera "Country of Horal - Tales of Jofuku" (Libretto and General manager: Edward Ishita) which was held five times in china and eleven times in Japan.
	Recital (constructed placing stress on original pieces) − held 40 times.
Other activities: 1979 through 1999 at Teikyo University
	Taught "Theory of Music","Theory of Modern Music","Musical Practice"
October 2000　Reprint of "Anthology of Edward Isita works"
Future Performance
-------	Musical drama "Smile of a Condemned Criminal - on the Last Morning": In preparation for the script aiming for the performance of more than 50 times beginning from Spring 2003.
-------	Philippine-Japan joint opera "The Blessed Lord - Ukon Takayama": Scheduled to perform more than a dozen times in Philippine and Japan.
-------	Opera "An Ancient Tale of God Era" (composed by Taku Takagi): In preparation for the script aiming for the performance beginning from autumn.
-------	Brazil-Japan joint opera "Unpei Hirano": In preparation for the script.