The New National Theater opened in October 1997 as Japan's only national theater for the contemporary performing arts of opera, ballet, dance and drama. The New National Theater Chorus also started its activities as a chorus that plays a central role in many opera performances held throughout the year. In addition to appearing in seasonal performances at the New National Theatre, from 2007, in response to requests from outside the theater, she began appearing in external performances. Each member has a high level of singing and acting ability, and the excellent ensemble ability and rich voice as a choir are not only performed by the performers, conductors, directors and staff who co-star at each performance, It has received high praise from both domestic and foreign media.