New National Theatre Tokyo
He made his operatic debut in 1989 conducting "Die Fledermaus" at the Lyon Opera House, and in 1991 conducted the "Marriage of Figaro" in Paris. His recent conducting includes the three Mozart-Da Ponte operas, Gounod's "Faust" at the inauguration of the new Shanghai Grand Theatre, and Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande". In February 2002 he made his debut at the New National Theatre Tokyo conducting Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro".