Kentaro Mitsumori

The Japanese Kentaro Mitsumori trained at a private ballet school in Japan and at the John Cranko School in Stuttgart. In 2017, he joined the Royal Swedish Ballet, where he was promoted to First Soloist in 2021 and to Principal Dancer in 2022. Kentaro Mitsumori joined the Vienna State Ballet as a Principal Dancer for the 2025/26 season.

His repertoire includes leading roles in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon and Romeo and Juliet, Rudolf Nureyev’s Swan Lake and Don Quixote, Tamara Rojo’s Cinderella, José Martinez’s Le Corsaire, Pär Isberg’s The Nutcracker, Marcia Haydée’s Sleeping Beauty, and Natalia Makarova’s Giselle. He has also performed in works by George Balanchine, Jean-Guillaume Bart, Maurice Béjart, Mats Ek, Alexander Ekman, William Forsythe, Serge Lifar, Wayne McGregor, Ohad Naharin, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon, among others.

His awards include first prize and the “Best Dancer” award at the All Japan Ballet Competition (2013), the Gallodier Award (2021), and the Mariane Orlando Scholarship (2023).

Performances with Kentaro Mitsumori

Saison 2025-26
Mon
10 Nov
19:00—21:30
Alexei Ratmansky
Ballett Main Stage
Kallirhoe

Cast on Monday 10. November 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Choreografie

Dramaturgie & Libretto

Guillaume Gallienne nach dem Roman »Kallirhoe« von Chariton von Aphrodisias

Musik

Aram Chatschaturjan

arrangiert von

Philip Feeney

Bühne & Kostüme

Jean-Marc Puissant

Umsetzung Kostüme

Sukie Kirk

Licht

Duane Schuler

Einstudierung

Nancy Raffa

Eric Tamm
Ö1 U27
Abo 13

Ticket information

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

08. September 2025Otello
06. Oktober 2025Fin de partie
10. November 2025Kallirhoe (Ballett)
23. März 2026Die verkaufte Braut
15. Juni 2026Così fan tutte

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