Shigeaki Saegusa

nihongo|Shigeaki Saegusa|三枝 成彰 (formerly 三枝 成章)|Saegusa Shigeaki|born July 81942 is a Japanese composer.

Saegusa is best known for his opera version Chushingura of the well-known kabuki epic of the Forty-seven Ronin/Chūshingura with a libretto by the novelist Shimada Masahiko. Written over a period of 10 years, the opera was most recently performed at the New National Theatre, Tokyo in 2002. His newest opera, "Jr. Butterfly" is a sequel of Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly".

He has also written the background music for anime, the foremost of which being "Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam". Other anime he has written for are "Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ", ', "Catnapped! The Movie", and '.

Works

Opera

*1997 "Chushingura"
*2004 "Jr. Butterfly"

Oratorio

*1989 "Yamato Takeru"

Orchestral works

*1971 "Piano Concerto"
*1983 "The Symphony"
*1985 Symfonic Suite "Z Gundam"
*1989 "Orchestra '89"

Chamber/Instrumental works

*1963 "Bläserquintet (Wind Quintet)"
*1965 "Novelette" for string quartet
*1977 "Memory" for narrator, string quartet and tape
*1981 "Radiation Mass" for 4 synthesizers, vocorder and percussion
*1983 "Sho '83" for sho, percussion and keyboard
*1987 "Duo '87" for sangen and koto
*1988 "Cello '88" for cello solo
*1988 "Percussion '88" for percussion solo

Vocal works

*1970 "Madrigal" for 6 sopranos
*1998 "Requiem" for soprano, tenor, mixed chorus and orchestra
*2003 "Requiem" for soprano, tenor, male chorus and orchestra

Film score

*1988 ""

Music for TV programs

*1985 "Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam"

Recordings

Chushingura was recorded in 1997 and published on compact disc (Sony Classical SK60233).