I’ll Be Home for Christmas
December 11th – 19th
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
Worcester, MA
Taka sings the role of Don Curzio
Songs From The Homeland
Saturday, February 29 4PM
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
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
