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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment

Team Tokyo: behind the scenes with the Royal Opera in Japan

Royal Opera: Royal Opera perform 'Manon'
Dancers get last-minute notes backstage during a rehearsal of the performance of Royal Opera's Manon, at the Bunka Kaikan Hall in Tokyo
Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Royal Opera: Royal Opera perform 'Manon'
Director of music Antonio Pappano leads the orchestral rehearsals for Manon inside a near-empty hall
Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Royal Opera: Royal Opera perform 'Manon'
The female chorus gets to grips with the new performing conditions – and their male counterparts – in a full dress rehearsal
Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Royal Opera: Royal Opera perform 'Manon'
Elsewhere during the rehearsal, dancing girls perform on stage
Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Royal Opera: Royal Opera perform 'Manon'
Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has her hat adjusted in her Tokyo dressing room
Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Royal Opera: Royal Opera perform 'Manon'
Hair today ... Singer Christophe Mortagne has a fake moustache applied in order to play Guillot De Morfontaine
Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Royal Opera: Royal Opera perform 'Manon'
Crowd scene ... Singers waiting to perform
Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Royal Opera: Royal Opera perform 'Manon'
Waiting game ... a singer prepares to perform
Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Royal Opera: Royal Opera perform 'Manon'
Sets had to be transported all the way from London for this performance
Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Royal Opera: Royal Opera perform 'Manon'
High drama ... Tenor Matthew Polenzani in the role of Chevalier Des Grieux, opposite Russian soprano Anna Netrebko as Manon Lescaut
Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Royal Opera: Royal Opera perform 'Manon'
Patrolling backstage during the performance of Manon
Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
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