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Tokyo Music Competition

HANAFUSA Eriko

HANAFUSA Eriko

Mezzo-soprano
Born in: Nara Prefecture, Japan
2nd place, and Audience Award, Voice Section, The 19th Tokyo Music Competition 2021

Musical Study Experiences

March 2012 Graduated at top of the class from the Vocal Department of the Faculty of Music, Kyoto City University of Arts
March 2015 Receive master's degree in solo singing major at the Graduate School of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts
March 2017 Completed master class studies at the Nikikai Opera Institute

Teachers

Studied under SUGA Emiko, OSHIMA Ikuo, TAKEMOTO Setsuko, and KODAMA Akira.

Musical Careers

2017 Encouragement Award, Voice (Opera) Category, the 21st Matsukata Hall Music Award
2021 1st Place, the 40th Music Contest in Iizuka (Fukuoka)
2nd Place and Audience Award, Voice Section, the 19th Tokyo Music Competition

Further Activities

Performance History
2018:
Nikikai New Wave Opera Theatre "Alcina" as Ruggiero
New National Theatre, Tokyo "Die Zauberflöte" as Third Boy
2019:
Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre, MIYAMOTO Amon's Production "Madama Butterfly" as Suzuki
Educational Programme for High School Students in 2019 (at ROHM Theatre Kyoto) "Madama Butterfly" as cover for Suzuki
2020:
New National Theatre, Tokyo "Giulio Cesare" as cover for Nireno (performance canceled)
New National Theatre, Tokyo "Salome" as cover for a Slave and the Page of Herodias (performance canceled)
New National Theatre, Tokyo "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as cover for Oberon
Wa no Kai "Das Rheingold" as Wellgunde
2021:
Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre "Falstaff" as Meg Page

Repertoire

Religious Music and other pieces
BEETHOVEN: Ninth Symphony
J.S.BACH: St.Matthew Passion
MOZART: Krönungsmesse
PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater
HANDEL: Messiah
MAHLER: Symphony No.2 "Resurrection"
VERDI: Requiem
and more

Operas
MOZART: "Die Zauberflöte" as Third Boy, Second Lady; "La clemenza di Tito" as Sesto; "Le nozze di Figaro" as Cherubino
DONIZETTI: "Lucia di Lammermoor" as Alisa
VERDI: "Falstaff" as Meg Page, "Rigoletto" as Giovanna, "La traviata" as Annina
WAGNER: "Das Rheingold" as Wellgunde
OFFENBACH: "Les contes d'Hoffmann" as Voice of Antonia's mother, "Orphée aux enfers" as Public Opinion
R.STRAUSS: "Salome" as a Slave and the Page of Herodias
HANDEL: "Alcina" as Ruggiero, "Giulio Cesare" as Nireno
PUCCINI: "Madama Butterfly" as Suzuki
BRITTEN: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as Oberon
BIZET: "Carmen" as Carmen, Mercédès
GLUCK: "Orfeo ed Euridice" as Orfeo
HUMPERDINCK: "Hänsel und Gretel" as Hänsel, Gertrud
ROSSINI: " La Cenerentola" Angelina, Tisbe
and more

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