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 to 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 Astro Boy (1980), Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, Catnapped! The Movie, and Mother: Saigo no Shoujo Eve.
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
1994 Four Concertos for violin, cello, piano and sangen
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
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