Schedule

Upcoming

Rocking Horse Winner with Opera Maine

Taka will sing the role of The House in Rocking Horse Winner by Gareth William with Opera Maine.

Saturday, June 5 & 7 | 7 pm
Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater Street, Westbrook, ME

The 2023 Studio Artist Program will present two performances of Rocking Horse Winner by Gareth Williams with libretto by Anna Chatterton. A modern adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s short story, Rocking Horse Winner explores the relationship between Paul, a young man with autism, and his emotionally distant mother. Paul becomes dangerously obsessed with solving the “bad luck” of his family in order to win his mother’s love. His pursuit awakens a strange magic that connects him to luck, but also to powerful voices only he can hear. In our new age of entitlement Rocking Horse Winner is an intimate, psychological look at love, “luck”, and greed.

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Madama Butterfly by Savannah VOICE Festival

Taka will sing the role of Goro in Madama Butterfly with Savannah VOICE Festival.

AUG 19, 2023
Savannah Cultural Arts Center
201 Montgomery St Savannah, GA 31401

Under Jorge Parodi’s baton, a timeless story comes to Savannah for the first time to win everyone’s heart. This Puccini classic – performed as part of a cultural exchange in its traditional form – is a Savannah OPERA production in collaboration with the Tokyo International Vocal Arts Academy.

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Mozart’s Requiem with MidAmerica Productions

Taka will sing the tenor solo in Mozart’s Requiem conducted by Maestro Peter Tiboris, presented by MidAmerica Productions.

Honolulu Chamber Players & Choir Perform two World Premiere Choral Works
Saturday, May 20 | 7 pm
Kawaiahaʻo Church 957 Punchbowl Street Honolulu, HI 96813
Admission: Free and open to the public

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The Elixir of Love with Hawaii Opera Theatre

Taka will make a role debut as Nemorino in Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love.

Friday, February 17 | 7:30 pm
Sunday, February 19 | 4:00 pm
All performances at the Blaisdell Concert Hall
Sung in English with English supertitles

Love is in the air.

In February, love is in the air with Donizetti’s charming comedy, The Elixir of Love, sung in a witty English translation. This heartwarming comedy hits the stage just in time for Valentine’s Day when a worker falls in love with a beautiful farm owner. HOT’s production is perfectly set in present-day Hawai‘i in a quaint town outside a sugar cane farm. The fantastic ensemble cast includes soprano Natalie Image, tenor Taka Komogata, and baritone Efrain Solis with director Maria Todaro. Benjamin Makino returns to conduct following the recent, triumphant run of Madame Butterfly.

The Secret Garden with Hawaii Opera Theatre

Taka will perform the role of Colin Craven in The Secret Garden.

Friday, October 14 | 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 16 | 4:00 pm
All performances at the Blaisdell Concert Hall
Sung in English with English supertitles
Approximately 2 hours 20 minutes with 1 intermission

The season opens in October with a gorgeous operatic telling of one of literature’s most beloved children’s stories, The Secret Garden, by composer Nolan Gasser and librettist Carey Harrison. Directed by HOT’s very own Karen Tiller, the cast is headed up by soprano Laura Corina Sanders in her HOT debut and rising local talent, tenor Taka Komagata. The production will be conducted by Elizabeth Askren, who is making a name for herself throughout the US and Europe. This production, perfect for the whole family, is the same traditional story you love but set in a tropical Hawaiian oasis.

Preview Pau Hana

Wednesday, September 14 | 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Hawaii Opera Plaza #101, 848 S Beretania St, Honolulu, HI 96813

Join us for a drink while you sip and sample the mainstage season as General Director Andrew Morgan guides you through our 22/23 season. This one-hour showcase features highlights from The Secret Garden, The Elixir of Love, & Gianni Schicchi. Starring local artists Sydney Branch, Robert Feng, Leslie Goldman, & Taka Komagata.

HOT Dolce Vita

Taka sings several Italian songs at this concert.
Friday, September 9 | 6 PM & 8 PM
Sunday, September 11 | 4 PM & 6 PM
Hawaii Opera Plaza #101, 848 S Beretania St, Honolulu, HI 96813

Wine and music are only two reasons to love Italy (as if we need more!) So, let’s enjoy both during this lively celebration of Italian art songs, Neapolitan songs, & music from the Italian American Songbook, which includes our very own Orvis Studio Artists from both past and present.

One Nature with Mika Mimura Erickson by Balcony Series

Popular music celebrating nature for tenor and vibraphone curated from Japanese popular music, Ghibli, Disney, and elsewhere.
Mika Mimura Erickson, vibraphone player and Taka Komagata, tenor team up to explore popular music on the theme of nature.

Sun, August 21, 2022 3PM
Gedatsu Church of Hawaii
6095 Summer Street Honolulu, HI 96821

Program selections:

千の風になって (Do not stand at my grave and weep)
いのちの名前　映画『千と千尋の神隠し』から (The Name of Life from Spirited Away)
小さな空 (Small Sky)
O sole mio
Go the Distance from Hercules
Precious, composed by Mika Mimura Erickson
+additional selections
*Reception to follow

On Shuffle by Balcony Series

Join Balcony Series in their newest program, “On Shuffle” which invites the audience to participate in an interactive experience that shows what it is like when opera heroines, lovesick wanderers, and captivating storytellers are all given a chance to have their songs heard.

Sunday May 22 3pm

Luisamaria Hernandez, Soprano
Taka Komagataka, Tenor
Laura McHugh, Soprano
Noriko Yasuda, Piano
Arthur Grau, MC
* Reception to follow *

Madame Butterfly by Hawaii Opera Theatre

Taka makes a role debut as Goro in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly directed by Gregory Keller and conducted by Benjamin Makino.

FRIDAY, APRIL 8 AT 7:30PM
SUNDAY, APRIL 10 AT 4:00PM
TUESDAY, APRIL 12 AT 7:30PM
NEAL S. BLAISDELL CONCERT HALL, Honolulu HI

Aida by Hawaii Opera Theatre: The Opera Express

Taka is performing the role of Radames in an adaptation for children of Verdi’s Aida.

The Opera Express at Hawaii Opera Theatre’s education program brings a kid-friendly version of Verdi’s Aida to students. Three performers put on complete shows, with a set, costumes, props, student volunteers, and audience participation!

Oahu tour: Jan 18th to Feb 4th
Kauai tour: Feb 14 to Feb 18th

Eliss by Guerilla Opera

Ellis is a brand new opera that tells touching stories of true-life immigrants from oral and written interviews from the “Ellis Island Oral Histories.” Spectacular giant video projections transport you to another time and place as we discover different characters and share the experience of immigrants through time. The stories are of struggle and pain, but also love, friendship, and faith, and we are reminded that we are all wanderers searching for a place to call home.

Saturday, October 2, 2021 7PM
Sunday, October 3, 2021 7PM

Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street Boston, MA, 02108

Snapshots from The Fall of the House of Usher by Felix Jarrar

On Friday March 26th, 2021 at 7pm EDT, join composer/pianist Felix Jarrar as he presents a virtual concert production of excerpts from his second opera The Fall of the House of Usher on his YouTube channel. This “snapshot” of the opera celebrates the fifth anniversary of its world premiere.

Taka performs the role of The Friend.

Here’s the link to the YouTube premiere of the 3/26 livestream: https://youtu.be/TGlF4Q4cSfM

Bastien & Bastienne by Hawaii Opera Theatre

Taka performs the role of Bastien in a studio production of Mozart’s Bastien & Bastienne by Hawaii Opera Theatre.
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I’ll Be Home for Christmas

December 11th – 19th 2020
Asakusa Kyugeki 浅草九劇

Taka performs the male leading role in an original Christmas musical with Japanese musical stars, Kurama Sao and Mimi Maihane.

Le nozze di Figaro at Vox New England (CANCELLED)

Saturday, May 2nd 2020
Worcester, MA

Taka sings the role of Don Curzio

Songs From The Homeland

Saturday, February 29 4PM 2020
Invitation- only salon

Stillman Willis House, Cambridge MA

The ensemble presents its new concert program, a curated Salon: Songs from the Homeland.

Balcony Series presents our season opener Salon: Songs from the Homeland, which will feature tenor Taka Komagata, soprano Theodora Cottarel, and soprano Luisamaria Hernandez . We invite you to relish in the languages, melodies, and poetry of the places that we consider home. A glimpse into the history of these pieces will be facilitated by resident Balcony Series emcee and mood manager, Arthur Grau.

Songs from the Homeland gives you a chance to step into our world as we introduce this newly curated program and share what we have coming up this year.

うた- Japanese Song Night

Saturday, February 22 2020
7 PM
Arlington Street Church Chapel, 351 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116

Taka Komagata, tenor
Hana Omori, soprano
Rui Urayama, piano

Balcony Series presents, うた: Japanese Song Night. Enjoy select songs from traditional and modern Japan as sung by Taka Komagata and Hana Omori with pianist, Rui Urayama.
Experience, the premiere of “Boston Sky’s Red Dragonfly” an arrangement of “Amazing Grace” with “Aka Tombo”, by Rui Urayama.
Admission is free/donation but seating is limited so please register on this page or from the link above.

Barber and Brahms Love Woes/Love Waltzes

Saturday, January 18, 2020
3 PM
Church On The Hill, 140 Bowdoin Street, Boston

Taka sings Brahms’s Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52

Amahl and the Night Visitors at Vox New England

Sunday, December 8, 2019
6 PM
Jewish Community Center
633 Salisbury Ave, Worcester

Performs the role of King Kasper in Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors at Vox New England

Sunday, December 8, 2019
2:00 PM
Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester
90 Hoden Street, Worcester

Performs the role of King Kasper in Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors at Vox New England

Saturday, December 7, 2019
7:30 PM
Joseph & Jordan Shapiro Concert Hall
1 Gorham Street, Worcester

Performs the role of King Kasper in Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors at Vox New England

Saturday, December 7, 2019
2:00 PM
Belmont A.M.E Zion Church, 55 Illinois Street, Worcester

Performs the role of King Kasper in Amahl and the Night Visitors

NEW IN NOVEMBER at Hartford Opera Theater

Sunday, Novermber 17, 2019
7pm

Performs the role of Mr. Foster in The Séance – Music by Timothy Peterson and Libretto by Sara Fetherolf

He will perform:
Liederkreis Op. 24 by Schumann
Three Shakespeare Songs Op 6 by Quilter
Excerpts from Don Giovanni by Mozart
along with French, Italian, and Japanese art song