新国立劇場
In 2002 he appeared in "Sly" and "Rigoletto" at the Metropolitan Opera House, in "Madama Butterfly" in Tokyo under the baton of Myung-whun Chung and in Simon Boccanegra at the Opéra Bastille of Paris. His commitments for 2003 included: "Madama Butterfly" at the Teatro Comunale in Florence, "Andrea Chénier" and "Simon Boccanegra" at the Teatro Regio di Torino, "La Gioconda" and "Don Carlos" at the Zurich Opera, "Otello" at the New National Theatre Tokyo, "Aida" at the Liceo of Barcelona.