TOMOKO SHIBATA
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TOMOKO SHIBATAA soprano who brings the joy of song to the world.
After graduating from Musashino Academia Musicae, she went on to study at The Juilliard School. She has performed on prestigious stages both in Japan and abroad, including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and the New National Theatre Tokyo.
She has taken on leading roles in operas and musicals such as The King and I, and received high praise from The New York Times for her performance in the Japanese opera Twilight Crane Tsu.
She premiered contemporary works with the Kronos Quartet and studied in Italy, contributing to the promotion of Leonard Bernstein's music. She has performed with major orchestras such as the New Japan Philharmonic and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, and has released three CDs as an exclusive artist with EMI.
Among these, her aria-style cover of the Beatles' "Let It Be" attracted global attention and was re-released by Universal Music in 2021.
In 2024, she directed, produced, and starred in Message from Violetta - La Traviata, showcasing her innovative approach to performance. She also appeared as the prima donna in Tokyo Opera Production's Viva la Mamma at the New National Theatre Tokyo, and played the roles of Juno in The Merry Widow and Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld, both produced by the Nikikai Opera Foundation at the Nissay Theatre.
Genre: J-Pop, WorldActive Area: TokyoOrigin: Tokyo
Opera in Jiyugaoka