Takaoki Onishi, Baritone+1 (347) 383-1282 / takabaritone@icloud.com

Ken Benson Artists

Bel Canto Global Arts

Japan Arts Corp

+1 (212) 280-2796
kenbensonartists@gmail.com+49 1725392397
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Operatic Roles
Marcello
La bohème
GuglielmoCosì fan tutte
Germont
La traviata
AchillaGiulio Cesare in Egitto
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
SilvanoUn ballo in maschera
Kothner, Beckmesser* Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
PingTurandot
BelcoreL’elisir d’amore
BenThe Telephone
Der HeerruferLohengrin
FigaroIl barbiere di Siviglia
ArganteRinaldoSilvioI pagliacci
Don Fernando
Fidelio
OneginEugene Onegin
Duke Robert
Iolanta
Riccardo*
I puritani
Zurga*Les Pêcheurs de perles
Chorèbe*
Les Troyens
Mercutio*, Paris
Romeo et Juliette
Father Arguedas
Bel Canto (World Premiere)
Dandini*
La Cenerentola
Il Conte Almaviva
Le nozze di Figaro
Agamemnon
Iphigénie en Aulide
Ford*
Falstaff
Duke Nottingham*
Roberto Devereux
Pandolfe
Cendrillon
Tiridate*
Radamisto
Malatesta
Don Pasquale

Puccini
The Dallas Opera
MozartNew National Theatre TokyoVerdiYamagata Symphony Orchestra
HandelBach Collegium Japan
MozartHyogo Performing Arts Center
Verdi
Riccardo Muti Opera Academy
Wagner
Biwa-ko Opera
Puccini
Houston Grand Opera
Donizetti
New National Theatre Tokyo
Menotti
Chofu International Music FestivalWagner
Biwa-ko Opera
RossiniFujisawa City Opera
HändelBach Collegium Japan
Leoncavallo
North Carolina Opera
Beethoven
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo
Tchaikovsky
Seiji Ozawa Festival Matsumoto
Tchaikovsky
Russian National Orchestra
Bellini
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Bizet
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Berlioz
Lyric Opera of Chicago
GounodLyric Opera of Chicago
J. López
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Rossini
Lyric Opera of Chicago
MozartThe Juilliard Opera
Gluck
MET + Juilliard
Verdi
Saito Kinen Festival Opera
Donizetti
Opera Orchestra of New York
Massenet
The Juilliard Opera
HändelThe Juilliard Opera
Donizetti
The Juilliard Opera

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2016
2015
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2013

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Jesus

Kullervo

Mass No. 5
Messiah
Kindertotenlieder
Ein Deutsches Requiem
Missa Solemnis
Symphony No. 9
St. Matthew Passion (Staged)
Sea Symphony
Lyrische Symphonie
Requiem in d-Moll
Das Lied von der ErdeEin Deutsches Requiem
Symphony No. 9
Kullervo
War Requiem
Carmina Burana

Schubert
Bach Collegium Japan
2023
HandelBach Collegium Japan
2022
Mahler
New Japan Philharmonic
BrahmsYomiuri Japan Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven
Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra
Beethoven
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo 2021
J. S. Bach
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
V. Williams
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Zemlinsky
Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka
MozartSpring Music Festival Tokyo
MahlerIzumi Sinfonietta Osaka
2020
BrahmsOratorio Society of New York
Beethoven
Wiener Symphoniker
2019
Sibelius
Oratorio Society of New York
BrittenKyoto Symphony Orchestra
2018
C. OrffOratorio Society of New York2015

Conductors: Fabio Luisi, Sir Andrew Davis, Riccardo Muti, Emmanuel Villaume, Alan Gilbert, Mikhail Pletnev, Paavo Jarvi,Jane Glover, Eve Queler, Sebastian Weigle, Eun Sun Kim, Sascha Goetzel, Gaetano d’Espinosa, Arthur Fagen, Matthew
Aucoin, Johannes Debus, Gary Wedow, Julian Wachner, Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki, Kent Tritle, Mark Shapiro, Keitaro
Harada, Yutaka Sado
Directors: David Kneuss, Stephen Wadsworth, Bartlett Sher, David McVicar, Peter McClintock, Kevin Newbury, PeterKazaras, Matthew Ozawa, David Paul, Mary Birnbaum
Voice Teachers: Arthur Levi, Brian Jauhiainen, Gerald Martin Moore, Julia Faulkner, Robert C. White Jr., Marcella Reale,Hidemi Kikuchi
Coaches: Brian Zeger, Ken Noda, Carrie-Ann Matheson, Niels Muus, Craig Terry, Eric Weimer, Shuji Yokoyama, Corradina
Caporello (Italian Diction), Marianne Barrett (German Diction), Robert Cowart (Russian Diction), Denise Massé (FrenchDiction), Kathryn LaBouff (English Diction)
Masterclass: Sir Thomas Allen, Gerald Finley, Sherrill Milnes, Alessandro Corbelli, Thomas Hampson, Eric Owens, René eFleming, Renata Scotto, Mariella Devia, Luciana Serra, Carol Vaness, Barbara Frittoli, Elena Obrastzova, Joyce DiDonato,Richard Bonynge

Scholarships, Competitions and Awards· Nippon Steel Music: New Artist Award, Japan 2020
· Grand Prize and Dmitri Hvorostovsky Memorial Prize in Premiere Opera Vocal Competition, USA 2018
· First Prize in The Giulio Gari International Vocal Competition, USA 2015
· Top Prize in The Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition, USA 2013
· First Prize in The Licia Albanese-Puccini International Vocal Competition, USA 2013
· First Prize in Opera Index Inc. Vocal Competition, USA 2012
· Finalist in Viotti International Music Competition, Italy 2018
· Finalist in Montreal International Competition, Canada 2015
· First Prize in IFAC-JUILLIARD Prize Voice Competition 2009, Japan

Education
Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago (2015 - 2018)
The Juilliard School (Artist Diploma in Opera Study and Graduate Diploma, 2011- 2015)
Musashino Academy of Music (BA and MM, 2004 - 2010)
Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (Opera Performance)