上演(じょうえん)

じょうえん
noun / verb (suru)
performance, staging
1. performance, staging, putting on a show
The act of performing or staging a theatrical production, play, opera, or similar live performance. Focuses on the act of presenting a work on stage rather than the performance skill of individual actors.
新(あたら)しい劇(げき)が上演(じょうえん)される。
A new play will be staged.
この作品(さくひん)は来月(らいげつ)から上演(じょうえん)予定(よてい)です。
This work is scheduled to be performed starting next month.
シェイクスピアの作品(さくひん)は世界中(せかいじゅう)で何百年(なんびゃくねん)も上演(じょうえん)され続(つづ)けている。
Shakespeare's works have continued to be performed around the world for hundreds of years.

上演(じょうえん) specifically refers to the staging or production of a theatrical work.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 劇(げき)を上演(じょうえん)する (stage a play)
  • 上演(じょうえん)予定(よてい) (scheduled performance)
  • 上演(じょうえん)時間(じかん) (performance duration/runtime)
  • 初(はつ)上演(じょうえん) (premiere, first performance)
  • 再(さい)上演(じょうえん) (restaging, revival)

CONTRAST WITH SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 上演(じょうえん): staging a theatrical work (plays, opera, ballet)
  • 公演(こうえん): a public performance or concert (broader scope)
  • 上映(じょうえい): screening a film
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