"Princess Aida" (Noda's Kabuki production based on "Aida")
Noda's third Kabuki production will open at the fabled Kabuki-za in Tokyo on Aug. 9, running to Aug. 27, 2008.
For more details, visit http://www.kabuki-bito.jp/theaters/kabukiza/2008/08/post_29.html

After the sensational success of his two previous Kabuki productions at the Kabuki-za, "Togitatsu no Utare (Togitatsu's Revenge)" in 2001 and "Nezumikozo (Mouse Thief)" in 2003, this summer Noda will present his unique original staging of Verdi's masterpiece opera "Aida."
Here, Noda has changed the setting from conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia to the Warring States Period in Japan (1467-1568), also creating a poignant love story set against the wider political agenda.