Upcoming
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.
Past
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.
On Feb 12 2021, begin streming at https://hotdigital.vhx.tv/products/mozart-s-bastien-and-bastienne.
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
Balcony Series presents Aria Night sponsored by MIT CTL
Friday, September 20, 2019
7pm
Killian Hall, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge MA 02139
A collection of arias from some of the world’s most popular operas, sponsored by MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics.
Théodora Cottarel (Soprano)
Taka Komagata (Tenor)
Luisamaria Hernandez (Soprano)
Noriko Yasuda (Piano)
FREE admission with reception to follow.
Massenet’s Cendrillon at Opera del West
Friday, August 9, 8:00 pm
Saturday, August 10, 8:00 pm
Sunday, August 11, 2 pm
The Boston Center for Arts Plaza Theatre
Performs the role of Le Surintendant des plaisirs in Massenet’s Cendrillon at the Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre
Massenet’s Cendrillon at Opera del West (Concert version)
Sunday, August 4, 2019
2:00 pm
The Center for Arts in Natick
Performs the role of Le Surintendant des plaisirs in Massenet’s Cendrillon at the Center for Arts in Natick
10 July 2019, North Shore Summer Concert Series
Wednesday, July 10: Opera Favorites
Songs and Scenes from the greatest operas
19-21 June 2019, Gianni Schicchi at Varna International Music Academy
Makes Bulgarian debut as Rinuccio in Puccini’s Ganni Schicchi, 19-21 June 2019
11 June 2019, Mozart Great Mass in C minor at Varna International Music Academy
Performs Tenor Solo in Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor, June 11th 2019
13-20 April 2019, Così fan tutte at Lowell House Opera
Debuts at Lowell House Opera in the role of Ferrando in Mozart’s Così fan tutt(i). April 2019
2-3 Feb 2019, Countess Maritza at Pickman Hall
Performs the role Baron Zsupán in Countess Maritza by Emmerich Kálmán. Feb 2019
13 Dec 2018, Operatica: An Evening of Arias and Duets at Pickman Hall
The Longy Chamber Orchestra for an evening of well-loved arias and duets from your favorite operas and operettas
1-2 Dec 2018, Secrets Shared: Winter Opera Scenes at Pickman Hall
Performs a duet from Così fan tutte
18 Nov 2018, An Ending, a Beginning: Taka Komagata Solo Recital
4pm at Edward M. Pickman Hall
Taka Komagata invigorates a variety of classical vocal music in his graduate recital “An Ending, a Beginning…” with pianist Noriko Yasuda and soprano Kristen Buabin.
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
4-11 Aug 2018, Don Giovanni at Halifax Summer Opera Festival
Makes a Canadian debut in the role of Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni. Aug 4th and 9th 2018
6 May 2018, Mirrored Facades: An Evening of One-Act Operas
Performs the title role of Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg
