1. Takaoki Onishi, Baritone
Ken Benson Artists Management
212/280-2796 kenbensonartists@gmail.com
Operatic Roles
Onegin (Cover), Captain
Morales, Dancaïre (Cover)
Chorèbe (Cover)
Mercutio (Cover), Paris
Father Arguedas
Dandini (Cover)
Apprentice #2 (Cover)
Count Almaviva
Eugene Onegin
Carmen
Les Troyens
Romeo et Juliette
Bel Canto (Premiere)
La Cenerentola
Wozzeck
Le nozze di Figaro
Tchaikovsky
Bizet
Berlioz
Gounod
J. López
Rossini
Berg
Mozart
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago
The Juilliard Opera
2017
2016
2015
Agamemnon(Cover) Iphigénie en Aulide Gluck The Juilliard Opera 2014
Ford (Cover) Falstaff Verdi Saito Kinen Festival
Nottingham (Cover) Roberto Devereux Donizetti Opera Orchestra of New York
Onegin Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky The Juilliard Opera
Pandolfe Cendrillon Massenet The Juilliard Opera
Tiridate (Cover) Radamisto Händel The Juilliard Opera 2013
The Timeless Man The Memory Stone(Premiere) M. Regan HGOco East+West
Malatesta (Cover) Don Pasquale Donizetti The Juilliard Opera
Masetto Don Giovanni Mozart The Juilliard Opera 2012
Blansac La scala di seta Rossini The Juilliard Opera 2011
Don Giovanni Don Giovanni Mozart Musashino Academy of Music 2009
Guglielmo Così fan tutte Mozart Musashino Academy of Music 2008
Il Conte Il matrimonio segreto Cimarosa Musashino Academy of Music 2007
Marullo
Oratorio
Rigoletto Verdi Lirica Italiana Opera of Tokyo 2006
Baritone solo Ein Deutsches Requiem Brahms Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra 2016
Baritone solo Carmina Burana C. Orff Oratorio Society of New York 2015
Baritone solo Hodie V. Williams The Cecilia Chorus of New York
Jesus St. Matthew Passion J. S. Bach The Juilliard School 2014
Bass solo Messiah Handel Meistersinger Akademie 2013
Bass solo Symphony No.9 Beethoven Tokyo Symphony Orchestra 2011
Adam, Raphael Die Schöpfung Haydn Musashino Academy of Music 2009
Scholarships, Competitions and Awards
· First Prize in The Giulio Gari International Vocal Competition 2015
· Top Prize in The Gerda Lissner Interational Vocal Competition 2013
· First Prize in The Licia Albanese-Puccini International Vocal Competition 2013
· First Prize in Opera Index Inc. Vocal Competition 2012
· Finalist in Montreal International Competition 2015
· Inaugural First Prize Winner in IFAC-JUILLIARD Prize Voice Competition 2009, Tokyo (offering a full scholarship
of Juilliard School)
Education
Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago (2015 - present)
Artist Diploma in Opera Study and Graduate Diploma, The Juilliard School (2011- 2015)
B.A. and M.M. in Voice, Musashino Academia Musicae (2004-2010)

2. Voice Teacher: Julia Faulkner, Robert C White Jr., Marcella Reale, Hidemi Kikuchi
Coaches: Craig Terry, Brian Zeger, Ken Noda, Eric Weimer, Margo Garrett, Robert Cowart, Denise Massé
Directors: Stephen Wadsworth, Bartlett Sher, David McVicar, David Kneuss, Kevin Newbury, Peter Kazaras,
Matthew Ozawa, David Paul, Mary Birnbaum
Conductors: Sir Andrew Davis, Fabio Luisi, Emmanuel Villaume, Alan Gilbert, Jane Glover, Eve Queler, Stephen
Lord, Matthew Aucoin, Johannes Debus, Gary Widow, Julian Wachner, Kent Tritle, Mark Shapiro, Timothy Meyers
Masterclass: Thomas Allen, Gerald Finley, Sherrill Milnes, Alessandro Corbelli, Thomas Hampson, Eric Owens,
Renée Fleming, Renata Scotto, Mariella Devia, Luciana Serra, Carol Vaness, Barbara Frittoli, Elena Obrastzova,
Joyce DiDonato Richard Bonynge