Coppélia – A Doll's Love Story
Enjoy the comical movements and folk dances of Dr. Coppélius' dolls. Step into the sweet, romantic world of ballet where you'll encounter dolls and...love!
Crazy Camel
Dairakudakan returns to Kobe Bunka Hall after 5 years since its first performance of “Paradise” in 2019!
Ichikawa Danjuro XIII, Hakuen Name Succession Tour
Performance times and prices TBA on the Kobe Bunka Hall website and other media.
Verdi: Opera “Falstaff”
Kobe Bunka Hall Opera opens with a new production of Verdi's opera “Falstaff!” Experience the best authentic opera brought to life in this innovative new production!
Metamorphosis of a Living Room
Following its European tour, the highly anticipated “New Music Theatre” production comes to Japan!
Kobe Bunka Hall opened in 1973.
To celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2023, the Kobe Bunka Hall will launch the "50th Anniversary Series". The series will feature operas, concerts, plays, and contemporary dance performances that bring together the cultural power of Kobe.
The themes of the series are "Port Town," "Theater," and "People. The performing arts to be created in Kobe on these themes will be presented to you in a three-year series of programs. We hope you enjoy the "New Era" that will start again at the Kobe Bunka Hall, a place that has been familiar to many citizens!
Coppélia – A Doll's Love Story
Saturday, May 18, 2024, 2 PM
Enjoy the comical movements and folk dances of Dr. Coppélius' dolls. Step into the sweet, romantic world of ballet where you'll encounter dolls and...love!
Crazy Camel
Saturday, July 13, 2024, 3 PM
Dairakudakan returns to Kobe Bunka Hall after 5 years since its first performance of “Paradise” in 2019!
Ichikawa Danjuro XIII, Hakuen Name Succession Tour
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Performance times and prices TBA on the Kobe Bunka Hall website and other media.
Verdi: Opera “Falstaff”
Saturday, December 21, 2024, 2 PM
Kobe Bunka Hall Opera opens with a new production of Verdi's opera “Falstaff!” Experience the best authentic opera brought to life in this innovative new production!
Metamorphosis of a Living Room
Saturday, February 1 and Sunday, February 2, 2025 *Performance start time TBA
Following its European tour, the highly anticipated “New Music Theatre” production comes to Japan!
In praise of
Theaters
The 50th Anniversary Project, celebrating 50 years since the opening of Kobe Bunka Hall, is a three-year series centered around three themes – “Port City,” “Theater,” and “People.”
Throughout the years, people have laughed, cried, and expressed themselves in various performances at the theater. In 2024, the second year of the series, a variety of programs will be presented in praise of theaters – from traditional Japanese performing arts, passed down for generations in the playhouse, to innovative dance performances that push the boundaries of the human body on a boundless stage, to the operatic masterpiece of Shakespeare and Verdi, who viewed the theater as a world in itself.
Today, Kobe strides forward to an exciting new stage.
“Coppélia – A Doll's Love Story,” “Crazy Camel” by Dairakudakan, “Ichikawa Danjuro XIII, Hakuen Name Succession Tour,” “Verdi: Opera ‘Falstaff,’” “Metamorphosis of a Living Room”
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In praise of
Human being
In praise of
the Port town image
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